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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:15 pm Post subject:
I wonder if anybody went to the Gyoza contest on Saturday. They moved it from JACCC to one of the parking lots over by the Go For Broke Memorial. I guess they were charging $5 to get in because they were also having some kind of ramen thing that cost another $8.The idea of eating ramen in 90 degree weather on a black top parking lot didn't really appeal to me so I didn't go.
I hope that $8 covered everything and they weren't charging $8 per bowl of ramen.
Sure wish they would bring back the Tofu Festival.
I wonder if anybody went to the Gyoza contest on Saturday. They moved it from JACCC to one of the parking lots over by the Go For Broke Memorial. I guess they were charging $5 to get in because they were also having some kind of ramen thing that cost another $8.The idea of eating ramen in 90 degree weather on a black top parking lot didn't really appeal to me so I didn't go.
I hope that $8 covered everything and they weren't charging $8 per bowl of ramen.
I was at the Ramen Festival in Torrance last year and they charged $8 per bowl... And it wasn't a very big bowl.
And on top of that the lines were disgustingly long.
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:04 am Post subject:
Now that, to paraphrase Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons, the "worst Nisei Week ever" is over, not doing anything September 9th and got $10 to spare? 30th anniversary of "Wax on, wax off": http://www.janm.org/events/film/
The special guests are director John Avildsen, Ralph Macchio, and Pat Morita's daughter, Aly.
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:03 am Post subject:
They tried this last year and came up pretty short but they're going to try again this year. If you're in the L.A. area on April 18th and not doing anything else, bring your ukulele: http://www.jaccc.org/laukuleleexpo
Time for some neighborhood renaming. Per Rafu Shimpo, L.A.�fs own Japanese daily news source, the Sawtelle/Little Osaka/West L.A. neighborhood has officially been designated as Sawtelle Japantown. It's nice to see perhaps the best eating street in all of Los Angeles finally get the neighborhood name it deserves.
The naming solidification is long overdue, as the multi-hyphenate neighborhood has worked through a handful of nicknames over the decades. Now the designation is etched in stone on one of those blue neighborhood signs, following last week�fs 14-0 City Council vote in favor of the motion.
More than just the final phase of otherwise fluid naming issues for the area over the years, the new Sawtelle Japantown designation has plenty of cultural significance. "We�fd like to get recognition for the historical presence of the Japanese community in West Los Angeles," noted local historian Randy Sakamoto during the long campaign to bring the name change about, adding that the longstanding race restrictions of the early 1900�fs helped to form the predominantly Japanese area.
Rafu Shimpo offers more color on the backstory to the long naming debate over on their site. It�fs a worthwhile read for anyone interested in understanding the power behind a name �\ or anyone who just wants to send their friends to the right neighborhood the next time they try to all meet up at Tsujita.
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