March 2018
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Tea for two
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
In San Francisco’s Outer Richmond district, Larry Sokyo Tiscornia, 69, and Kimika Soko Takechi, 68, teach tea as members of San Francisco Urasenke Tankokai. The couple met while taking Saturday […] READ MORE
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Speaking the language of karate for the Tokyo Olympics
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
As if fluency in both English and Japanese wasn’t enough, Gakuji Tozaki has used a different type of skill as a means to positively express his Japanese American identity. Through […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Ikebana to go: Kiyo’s Floral Design delivers ikebana-inspired creations
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For designer Lisa Taira, every flower arrangement she creates is one that comes from the heart — even if it’s just one flower. “It’s not just a […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Matt Ogawa perpetuates the cultural arts and gives back with a purpose
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Whether motivating a group into action or expressing his love for his own Japanese American heritage through his involvement in a myriad of cultural activities, Matt Ogawa doesn’t have to […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, News, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Ikebana teacher follows family’s legacy of service, sees “revival” in the art
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Her grandfather, the Rev. Shozen Naito, was a minister at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda before World War II; her grandmother taught Sogetsu ikebana in the 1970s and Japanese language […] READ MORE
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Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Japanese Culture Guide, Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, Special Issues
Tiffany Tamaribuchi’s multifaceted Sacramento Taiko Dan family
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — “My mom would say from the time I could walk, I would stand in front of the taiko,” said 51-year-old Tiffany Tamaribuchi, recalling her earliest encounter with […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kenneth Moriguchi
March 29, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MORIGUCHI, KENNETH, 86, 1932 – 2018 retired U.S. Postal Employee of 34 years, passed away suddenly from a lung-disease. “Uncle,” as he was so fondly called, passed away surrounded by […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Hitoshi “Tom” Takemori
March 29, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
TAKEMORI, HITOSHI “TOM”, 89, passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 18th, surrounded by his family and his loving wife of 63 years, Madge. He most recently resided at […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kazuko Walker
March 29, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
WALKER, KAZUKO, of San Francisco passed away quietly on the morning of February 24, 2018 with her best friend Sunshine by her bedside. She was preceded in death by her […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: An intersectional battle for justice
March 29, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
It has always bothered me that our history of being incarcerated during World War II, based solely on the fact of our being of Japanese descent, has been so obscure […] READ MORE
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