Nisei Week (二世週祭, Nisei-shū Matsuri) is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Nisei means 2nd generation in Japanese, describing the first American born Japanese, a group which the seven-day festival was originally meant to attract. Though named for the Nisei generation, Nisei Week is no longer targeted at Niseis, nor is the festival still contained within a week. Nisei Week Foundation president for 2006, Michelle Suzuki, described the festival as "the opportunity for people of all backgrounds to celebrate Japanese heritage and culture".[1]
Festivities are held over one month, though the main attractions are held during the primary two weekends of the festival in mid-August. Nisei Week draws tens of thousands of participants each year from both the Japanese community and Southern California area, mostly to its Grand Parade and specialized festivals. The 80th Annual Nisei Week Festival & the Grand Parade were to take place in August 2020.[2][3] The 12th Annual Tanabata Festival was to be held in Little Tokyo in mid-August 2020, but all of which were cancelled & deferred to 2022.[4]
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^"2014 - 6th Annual Tanabata Matsuri in Los Angeles, Little Tokyo - Front of MOCA Geffin Contemporary Museum (Friday to Monday)". Japanese-City.com. August 5, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
NiseiWeek (二世週祭, Nisei-shū Matsuri) is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Nisei...
become a history teacher. While a junior at UCLA, she participated in NiseiWeek, where she was crowned its 1984 queen. She and several other Japanese-American...
2014 NISEIWEEK GRAND MARSHAL AND PARADE MARSHAL". Rafu Shimpo. August 7, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014. "Celebrating Past and Future at NiseiWeek – Little...
Hashimoto became the first woman to chair the NiseiWeek Japanese Festival. She organized fundraising for NiseiWeek and remained a strong proponent of the festival...
differences. Institutional and interpersonal racism led many of the Nisei to marry other Nisei, resulting in a third distinct generation of Japanese Americans...
Huell Howser Howser at the NiseiWeek Grand Parade in Los Angeles, California, 2007 Born Huell Burnley Howser (1945-10-18)October 18, 1945 Gallatin, Tennessee...
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on May 2, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2012. "Tanabata Workshop: A Pre-NiseiWeek Celebration by Japanese American National Museum". Discovernikkei.org...
in June 1964. In 1965, Yoda headed the panel of judges that chose the NiseiWeek Festival Queen at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. Yoda died in Fullerton...
Mikhail (December 22, 2008). "Bob Sapp to Fight Kinnikuman Cosplayer Next Week". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved...
make her own dolls. Her work was on exhibit for many years at the annual NiseiWeek Festival in Los Angeles and at the Japanese American Community Center's...
Night. Kyodo has performed at live events around Los Angeles, such as NiseiWeek, the L.A. Tofu Festival, the Lotus Festival, and the First Annual U.S...
1960s. Ray is also grandfather to Dana Fujiko Heatherton who is 2009-2010 NiseiWeek Queen for Los Angeles.[citation needed] In July 1975, Ray and Joey had...
form of Japanese theater. In 1934, she participated in the very first NiseiWeek Japanese Festival. That same year she traveled to Japan to study under...
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Award" - East West Players (2013) "Parade Marshal of Grand Parade" - NiseiWeek Festival (2013) "Sen. Daniel Inouye Leadership Award" - Southern California...
participated in UCLA's UniCamp to go to college there. In 1959, Ochi ran for NiseiWeek Queen because her mother wanted to visit their relatives in Japan but...
During World War II, Japanese American women, known as Nisei, joined the United States military as translators and linguists. The U.S. military recruited...
literature, and folk customs. Yamaguchi was also a frequent exhibitor at the NiseiWeek Festival. Her work includes Omoi (Reminiscence), Renshishi (Two Lions...
Union Church of Los Angeles) is located on Judge John Aiso Street. The NiseiWeek festival is held early in August every year and is sponsored by various...
Fest was approved by the LTSC in 1995 and added as a subcommittee to the NiseiWeek Foundation with support from the Japanese American Cultural and Community...
be chosen for this award. He had two kids during his marriage. "75th NiseiWeek Honors Pioneers on Aug. 19". Rafu Shimpo. July 27, 2015. Retrieved February...
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