Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

Tu_triky wrote:
Where? Harbin, China?

:headscratch:

gaijinmark wrote:

:headscratch:

My apologies. Bad joke. I think it seems quite remarkable that many of the contestants, likely due to mixed heritage, don't look "typically" Japanese, perhaps more so than in previous years.

Tu_triky wrote:My apologies. Bad joke. I think it seems quite remarkable that many of the contestants, likely due to mixed heritage, don't look "typically" Japanese, perhaps more so than in previous years.

LOL, that's what I figured your point was... The Nisei Week Queen contest is looking more and more like a hapa-fest.

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, that's what I figured your point was... The Nisei Week Queen contest is looking more and more like a hapa-fest.

Haha. That's true. In a few more years it will look like a Kappa Fest.


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From Wiki:

Kappa are typically depicted as roughly humanoid in form, and about the size of a child. Their scaly, reptilian skin ranges in color from green to yellow or blue.[6][7][8] Kappa supposedly inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet.[9] They are sometimes said to smell like fish, and they can certainly swim like them. The expression kappa-no-kawa-nagare ("a kappa drowning in a river") conveys the idea that even experts make mistakes.[10] Their most notable feature is an indentation on the top of their head that holds water; this is regarded as the source of their power. This cavity must be full whenever a kappa is away from the water; if it spills, the kappa will be unable to move.[6][7] Although they are reported to inhabit all of Japan, they are often said to be particular to Saga Prefecture.[11]

^ The same Kappa from Summer Time Machine Blues?

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bmwracer wrote:^ The same Kappa from Summer Time Machine Blues?

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Haha. That crazy movie....

Doing anything August 11th? JANM is having their own version of the Olympics including a Jan Ken Po tournament: http://www.janm.org/events/2012/summerfest/

Okinawan Food Festival started today at Mitsuwa.

A Trip to Southern Japan
Japanese superstore Mitsuwa Marketplace will bring together some of southern Japan's favorite brands this weekend for its Kyushu & Okinawa Fair. You can sample regional specialties including Tatsunoya ramen, Kikuya pudding desserts, and Blue Seal's sweet purple yam ice cream. Mitsuwa Marketplace, 21515 S. Western Ave., Torrance; 310-782-0335 or mitsuwa.com

The Nisei Week website finally got around to posting some info about this years Queen candidates: http://www.niseiweek.org/court/2012/

gaijinmark wrote:The Nisei Week website finally got around to posting some info about this years Queen candidates: http://www.niseiweek.org/court/2012/

What's up? Is this gig sponsored by UC, Irvine?

Tu_triky wrote:

What's up? Is this gig sponsored by UC, Irvine?

I think it was either krim or K.T. Tran that once said UCI stands for "University of Civics and Integras."

I just noticed on the Nisei Week website they have a new event this year taking place at the Torrance Mitsuwa: http://www.niseiweek.org/events/kitchenmasters/

Could be fun! :drooling:

gaijinmark wrote:I think it was either krim or K.T. Tran that once said UCI stands for "University of Civics and Integras."

At one point in time (and maybe still), UCI stood for "University of Chinese Immigrants." :mrgreen:

gaijinmark wrote:

I think it was either krim or K.T. Tran that once said UCI stands for "University of Civics and Integras."

I just noticed on the Nisei Week website they have a new event this year taking place at the Torrance Mitsuwa: http://www.niseiweek.org/events/kitchenmasters/

Could be fun! :drooling:

Keep us posted! Sounds like it has potential.

bmwracer wrote:
At one point in time (and maybe still), UCI stood for "University of Chinese Immigrants." :mrgreen:

Harbin, China I tell ya. :beaten: Where are all the kappas at?

JACCC schedule for Nisei Week: http://www.jaccc.org/niseiweek2012_week1.php

It's official, the Kyoto Gardens Hotel (formerly the New Otani Hotel [of Japan]) is now that most Japanese of institutions, the illustrious...Double Tree by Hilton.

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Tu_triky wrote:the illustrious...Double Tree by Hilton.

:bow: :bow: :bow:

:rolleyes:

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Emily Iijima Folick, 2012 Nisei Week Queen :woot:

The parade is being broadcast live on 18.2... Helen Ota is the host again. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:The parade is being broadcast live on 18.2... Helen Ota is the host again. :victory: :applaud:

The participants must be hot as hell...it was blazing today.