On January 25, Celebrate with Lion Dance was held as part of Uwajimaya’s Lunar New Year Sale at Uwajimaya in Seattle, Washington. The lion dance is thought to ward off evil spirits and attract good ...

AARP Washington Welcomes Ron Chew. By Northwest Prime Time NA. Portrait of Ron Chew AARP WA St President Photo credit AARP WA St. American Association of Retired Pers ...

On February 22, the Lunar New Year Celebration, presented by the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area, was held in Seattle, Washington’s Chinatown-International District. The ...

In past NAP issues, the Events Calendar section listed several Day of Remembrance (DOR) events occurring in Western Washington and even in Ontario, Oregon. This year has seen a record number of ...

Calling All Poets. Can You Haiku? – Friends of Mukai is calling on poets both near and far to enter the 2025 Haiku Festival and Contest. This is the sixth year for Mukai Farm and Garden. Submittals ...

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Keith Uyekawa carrying steam rice prepared the old-fashioned way. On January 11, the 35th Annual Mochitsuki sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) took place at ...

Three volunteers willing to pound the rice. Photo credit: Theo Bickel. Mochitsuki (pounded rice) was founded in the eighth century in Japan as an offering to the god of the new year. Later, it was ...

The late Arata Nakamura. Photo credit: Nakamura family. Some may be aware that Arata Nakamura passed away December 23, 2024. He was born the son of Kikutaro and Yuki Nakamura on January 8, 1946 and ...

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Participants with their certificates. Photo credit: Otto Rabe. On January 19, the Japanese in America (JIA) Foundation and the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle co-hosted the Seijin Shiki ...

The Kakehashi Project is a people-to-people exchange program between Japan and North America funded by the Japanese government. Promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, the Okinawa ...