The Official Nisei Week Foundation Japanese Festival Website | August 11-19, 2012

Events

Hoops Basketball Tournament
Fri-Sun, June 22-24
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Opening Ceremony
Sun, July 15
(by invitation only)

Nikkei Games Invitational Team Golf Tournament
Sat, July 21
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Nikkei Games Youth Baseball Tournament
Sat, July 21
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Baby Show
Sat, July 28
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Nikkei Games Softball Tournament
Sat-Sun, July 28-29
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Nikkei Games Bowling Tournament
Sat, August 4
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Nikkei Games Youth Volleyball Tournament
Sat, August 4
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Orange County Sansei Singles Dance
Sat, August 4
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Nisei Week/Mitsuwa - Kitchen Masters Competition
Sat-Sun, August 4-5
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Nikkei Games Invitational Track & Field
Sun, August 5
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4th Annual Tanabata Festival
Fri-Sun, August 10-12
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Coronation Ball Golden Circle Dinner
Sat, August 11
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Coronation Ball
Sat, August 11
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Nikkei Games 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
Sat-Sun, August 11-12
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Queen's Reunion
Sun, August 14
(by invitation only)

Grand Parade
Sun, August 12
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Awards Dinner
Mon, August 13
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Pioneer Luncheon
Wed, August 15
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Competition Day
Day-Lee Foods Gyoza Eating Championship
Sat, August 18
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Plaza Festival
Sat, August 18
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Ondo & Closing Ceremony
Sun, August 19
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Nikkei Games Karate Tournament
Sat, August 26
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The Nisei Week Queens and Royal Courts

[click Queen’s image to view Royal Court]

Alice Watanabe 1935	Renko Oyama 1936	Clara Susuki 1937	Margaret Nishikawa 1938	Shizue Narahara 1939	Shizue Kobayashi 1940	Reiko Inouye 1941	Terri Hokuda 1949
Sachi Kazunaga 1950	Aiko Ogomori 1951	Emily Kato 1952	Judy Sugita 1953	June Aochi 1954	Stella Nakadata 1955	Phyllis Ono 1956	Mitzi Miya 1957
Jean Yasui 1958	Faith Higurashi 1959	Pennu Akemi Tani 1960	Dianne Kubota 1961	Frances Yanai 1962	Helen Funai 1963	Sandy Saito 1964	Carol Kunitsugu 1965
Ruby Komai 1966	Joanne Sono Uehara 1967	Claire Nonoshita 1968	Toni Sakamoto 1969	Jo Ann Uyemura 1970	Joyce Kikuchi 1971	Carol Lynn Matsunaga 1972	Cheryl Kawakami 1973
Eliza Akemi Cuthbert 1974	Dulcie Ogi 1975	Sandra Toshiyuki 1976	Loris Kurashige 1977	Lisa Yamamoto 1978	Jeanne Nakagama 1979	Hedy Ann Posey 1980	Frances Shima 1981
Janet Barnes 1982	Tracy Isawa 1983	Tamlyn Tomita 1984	Tish Okabe 1985	Jennifer Kusumoto-Ahn 1986	LeeAnne Sera 1987	Karen Uchizono 1988	Sandra Fukushima 1989
Sandra Posey 1990	Mutsuko Sata 1991	Andrea Kawamoto 1992	Naomi Ono 1993	Kimi Tokuda-Evans 1994	Judy Sato-Gilbertson 1995	Joann Shin 1996	Janelle Hamabata 1997
Tiffany Hattori 1998	C. Traci Murase 1999	Tricia Tanaka 2000	Lauren Hanako Kinkade 2001	Jamie Mizuhara 2002	Nicole Cherry 2003	Nikki Kodama 2004	Steffanie Tamehiro 2005
Liane Takano 2006	Monika Teuffel 2007	Jill Hiraizumi 2008

Merchandise

2012 Nisei Week Poster - design by Ryan Furuya/rayngraphics

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2012 poster design by
Ryan Furuya/rayngraphics.

2012 Nisei Week Commemorative Booklet

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2012 Commemorative Booklet available throughout Little Tokyo at various retailers or contact [+Nisei Week office] or [+email].

Sponsors

This project is supported in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.

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Gyoza Eating Championship

Facilities

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in order to celebrate and share Japanese and Japanese American culture and history as an integral part of the City of Los Angeles' historic Little Tokyo community.
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