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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:14 am Post subject:
gaijinmark wrote:
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
And they didn't make it:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — What do you get when more than 1,100 ukulele (OO'-koo-leh-leh) enthusiasts gather and begin playing their instruments?
Lots of noise, but not a new world record.
Crowds gathered Saturday in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of Los Angeles in a second annual attempt to set a new mark for the largest ensemble of ukuleles, the Hawaiian instrument that looks like a mini guitar.
The ensemble played the same song for five minutes, but the Los Angeles Times reported (lat.ms/1JUwbXr) that 1,102 participants fell short of the official Guinness record of 2,370, set in England.
Meanwhile, a recent gathering in Tahiti said it attracted an as-yet-unverified 4,750 participants.
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 11:08 pm Post subject:
Short video of the Nebuta float from last night's parade. It looks better if you watch it on full screen, they you get a better idea of how big it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7dyPkVLsTI
If triky is still around he really needs to pick up some of that Sendai Kuroge Wagyu. At $49.99 a pound should be able to make some decent burgers from that.
Short video of the Nebuta float from last night's parade. It looks better if you watch it on full screen, they you get a better idea of how big it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7dyPkVLsTI
The Nebuta floats from Aomori are quite spectacular.
I saw one of those floats in Hawaii this past March; it was shipped there to participate in the Honolulu Festival parade. But it was spelled "Neputa" in romaji. When I wondered if that was a misspelling, I was told that this float came from Hirosaki in Aomori prefecture and there it is called Neputa.
I think the big Marukai further down on Western is still a Marukai but I haven't been down there to check yet.
The main Marukai on Artesia Blvd. is still a Marukai; I was there a couple of weeks ago.
The new Tokyo Central on Redondo Beach Blvd. used to be called Pacific Market. I liked shopping there; it often had deals separate from the regular Marukai stores and also had a nice selection of goods from Hawaii. The only drawback was it was always really cold in there; great during the summer, not comfortable at all the rest of the year.
The West Covina Marukai has also been converted to a Tokyo Central.
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 7:05 am Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
The new Tokyo Central on Redondo Beach Blvd. used to be called Pacific Market. I liked shopping there; it often had deals separate from the regular Marukai stores and also had a nice selection of goods from Hawaii. The only drawback was it was always really cold in there; great during the summer, not comfortable at all the rest of the year.
And that place has the worst parking lot IN THE WORLD! I've never seen a parking lot with more bumps and dips. You could probably make a smoother parking lot on top of the La Brea Tar Pits.
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