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Entertainment Schedule at the Nihonmachi Street Fair

Sorry for neglecting this blog for Facebook'ing and Tweeter'ing.... Here's the entertainment lineup for the Nihonmachi Street Fair today and tomorrow: SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 …
Dee Oh Arh 2009

Some images from the recent Day of Remembrance held at the Sundance Kabuki Theatre. I was not the official photographer, so I got there kind of late. I just wanted to mainly photograph the candle lighting ritual. …
Day of Remembrance Poster and Brochure Cover

so...I did the postcard. They wanted me to do the brochure cover, flyer and 11x17 poster too. They wanted to retain the date on that banner in the original photograph. I tried to keep things simple without too many ch…
Day of Remembrance 2009

I wound up doing the graphics for the Day of Remembrance for the third time. I've been doing this to help pay the rent of the little basement which J-Town Arts rents, a group I am affiliated. Day of Remembrance i…
35th Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair

The 35th Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair came and went in Japantown last month. My connection with this street fair is that I have I used to design the posters for this fair for thirty years. It's been four years since …
...and here's the Random Ninjas of LA

The Random Ninjas! Their opening number, Hoy. You can hardly hear their lyrics in this recording, but you can listen to a few of their songs at their MySpace website. I was enjoying this band...but had to cut o…
My First Upload on You Tube -- The Slants

The Slants from Chinatown, Portland, Oregon at the Asian American Heritage Festival in Japantown last weekend performing their hit, Sakura Sakura. It was shot with my Fuji S700. I'm surprised after uploading how …
Taru Mikoshi

This year was my tenth time carrying the Taru Mikoshi in the Cherry Blossom Festival parade. This year was a good year. The Mikoshi remained above my shoulders which is a good sign. Last year we had a strenuous time b…
We had a great time carrying the Taru Mikoshi at the Cherry Blossom Parade. Popular wedding photographer Kurty and Sharon of Kurty Photography joined me this year. It rained the day before and the weather w…
Mikoshi Carriers Needed Tomorrow April 22nd

Please join me this Sunday at the Cherry Blossom Parade to be one of the 120 people carrying the Taru Mikoshi. This is my ninth consecutive year in doing this. It's a great opportunity to get crazy, yell at the top of y…

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