Resource Type: still image / Names: Amemiya, Tadao, 1921-1999 / Subject: Events - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: The first year of the Nisei festival was 1934. The term Nisei was used to signify the second generation, or American-born Japanese who were American citizens. The festival is now [2012] known as Nisei Week. In 1935 the second annual Nisei festival included a banquet, fashion shows, an ondo (folk dance), kendo contests, a pageant tracing Japanese history, flower and tea ceremonies and a parade.
Date:: August 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection