Community News
We cover community events and workshops, interview leaders and newsmakers and profile nonprofits and independent businesses.
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Oto’s Marketplace holiday gifts 2025
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SACRAMENTO, Calif, — While shopping for holiday dinner ingredients, grocery shoppers at Oto’s Marketplace in Sacramento, Calif. can also find plenty of gift options to check off your lists this […] READ MORE
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Nikkei gift ideas
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With the holiday rush approaching, people may consider purchasing gifts for loved at San Francisco and San Jose Japantowns. San Francisco’s Japantown Chameleon Vintage Chameleon Vintage, which is located on […] READ MORE
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Be ‘In Tune’ with yourself
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PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. — At the end of her freshman year in 2023, Adelyn Qian and other Woodside Priory School students began creating “In Tune,” a children’s book. Two and-a-half […] READ MORE
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SJ restaurant closure is symptomatic of larger problem
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By Brandon Pho San Jose Spotlight Jtown Pizza Co. is shuttering after six years in Japantown, with its owners buried in debt from city red tape over historic buildings. The […] READ MORE
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ELAINE FUKUMOTO: Expressing gratitude through Bon Odori in SoCal
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LOS ANGELES — Summer season means it’s time for Obon, which many thousands of Japanese Americans and non-Nikkei Buddhists in Southern California will be celebrating. Obon is a traditional Japanese […] READ MORE
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Rev. Rodney Yano: New head minister bringing aloha to the Konko Church of San Francisco
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The Rev. Rodney Yano had a hunch he would come to San Francisco. What he never assumed was becoming head minister at the Konko Church of San Francisco. “My sister […] READ MORE
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Konko Church of S.F. serves culture, community, connection … and some tasty summer eats
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Nestled in between a busy summer of Obon festivals, the Konko Church of San Francisco Summer Bazaar serves up an understated menu of delectable delicacies. They are made with a […] READ MORE
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Longtime assistant takes over at Northern California Koyasan Temple
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It’s hard to run a temple by yourself, but the Rev. Miyoko Shigemitsu-Coy at the Northern California Koyasan Temple has help. She needs that help since taking […] READ MORE
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Rinban Sakamoto to retire from San Jose Betsuin
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Rinban Gerald Sakamoto is set to retire Dec. 31 of this year as the head minister of the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin in the city’s Japantown. Sakamoto has served […] READ MORE
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Celebrating youth and honoring what came before: San Francisco’s APA Heritage Awards
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In a country where diversity, equity and inclusion have come under attack, particularly since the start of the year, San Francisco’s APA Heritage Foundation launched the citywide celebration of Asian […] READ MORE
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