"Nisei" are the second-generation Japanese Americans who founded the annual festival in 1934 to attract business to the Little Tokyo area and promote goodwill in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood Women's Club hosts Florence Taye Hori as honor guest during post-holiday Japanese program. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Larry Galt; Mrs. Hori, wife of Japanese Consul; and Mildred V. Bodle, program chairman. Standing, left to right: Nellie M. Skankey, Mrs. D. W. Pierce, Jr., Mrs. G. A Cave.