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  • Mottainai Spirit: Yoga with traci ishigo

    Jan 09, 2016

    January 9, 16, and 23—JUST ADDED! Single session options. Roughly translated, mottainai means "Don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both resto...

  • Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle": Extreme Unrated Edition

    Jul 08, 2015

    Directed by Danny Leiner, this raunchy 2004 comedy follows the life-changing (and mind-altering) journey of Korean American investment banker Harold (John Cho) and Indian American medical school candidate Kumar (Kal Penn). Both underdogs, Harold and Kumar decide to spend what would have been an uneventful Friday night trying to satisfy an oddly intense urge for White Castle hamburgers. But finding a White Cas...

  • "City Girls: The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950" by Valerie J. Matsumoto

    Sep 20, 2014

    During the 1920s and ’30s, Nisei girls’ organizations flourished in Los Angeles, then home to the largest Japanese American population. In clubs with names such as the Junior Misses and Tartanettes, girls learned leadership skills and took part in community service; they also enjoyed beach outings and parties. Often sponsored by the YWCA, Buddhist temples, and Christian churches, these groups served as a bulwark ag...

  • They Call Me Mr. Tofu

    Mar 17, 2012

    FREE! Product demonstration & free samples!! When Yasuo Kumoda came to the United States, he was charged with popularizing the Morinaga Nutritional Foods tofu. Kumoda discovered that in 1987, most Americans considered tofu as the least appealing food product, but he persisted. He ran a marathon carrying a product sign, sent tofu products to the White House, and discovered different ways that Americans could con...

  • Trick or Tofu

    Oct 30, 2003

    It’s Cold Tofu’s annual Halloween show! Hear scary tales and spooky Halloween songs from cast members: StEVIL Brady, ROBBERt Covarrubias, Tom O-SHEAR-o, HELLen Ota, ZaKILLya Reagan, Aaron Taka-SLASH-i, Bob "Red-Rum"stein, and others. No need to be afraid though, just get ready to die laughing as Cold Tofu, the nation’s first Asian American improvisational theatre company, lets you produce the show by using your sug...

  • Preserving Your Family's History: Basic Collection's Care

    Sep 07, 2003

    Learn how to preserve your family images for generations to come. This workshop, presented by the National Museum's Associate Collections Manager Nikki Chang and Assistant Archivist Robert Dirig, will provide helpful guidelines to improve the care of your family's home movie collection and photographs/photo albums. With the understanding that optimal preservation conditions are quite costly, this workshop will inform...

  • Taisho Koto Concert

    Aug 23, 1997

    Special Performance Featuring: Kotohime Kai Taisho Koto is a Japanese musical instrument that developed during the Taisho period (1911–1925) of Japan. Unlike the traditional koto (Japanese harp-like instrument) which has 13 strings, the taisho koto has 5 strings and is electronically amplified. The Kotohime Kai members include Kaoru Domon, Kiyoko Ando, and Etsuko Yamanoshita. The trio which is based in Los Ang...

  • Hibari Children's Chorus from Japan

    Mar 28, 1997

    Special Performance The hibari is a skylark bird that sings so beautifully it lifts your spirits to soaring heights. The Hibari Children’s Chorus, an internationally renowned group led by founder, Kazuko Minagawa, celebrates its 50th anniversary, by making its first concert appearance in the U.S. at the Japan American Theater on March 30. Many well-known speakers and movie stars in Japan including Sayuri...

  • Making Manju Rice Cakes

    Jan 19, 1997

    Japanese American Cuisine Series Lecture/Demonstration Third generation confectionary store owner, Brian Kito of Fugetsu-Do in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles will show visitors how to make manju or wagashi (traditional Japanese rice cakes). Although manju is originally from Japan, it has become a Japanese American tradition to serve manju on special occasions. The business that Kito’s grandfather and father ran is t...

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