Hiura Award to Be Presented to Young Artists
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SAN JOSE Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS) announces the Dr. Jerry Hiura Inspirational Award ($500) for local high school and college artists.
Dr. Jerry Hiura
With “What It Means to Be AAPI” as the theme, submit your videos, films, performance, spoken word, poetry, essay, painting, comics, etc. You must be a current high school or college student in the Bay Area to participate.
Submission period ends Aug. 1. Winner or winners will be announced on Sept. 4. Presentation of awards will take place in October during the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival.
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A world-class rose garden, a computer history museum, and one of the nation's last authentic Japantowns are just some of the treasures that await in San Jose.
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If there is an elder statesman on Jackson Street in the heart of San Jose s Japantown, it s hands down the Kogura Company gift shop. It s occupied the same storefront since 1934 where Kohei Kogura moved it from its original 1928 location a few blocks away.
Not only does the shop boast the title of oldest store in San Jose s Japantown it s considered the oldest to occupy its original location in any Japantown in the U.S. Unlike the days when it supplied appliances to the Japanese community, these days its shelves are stocked with colorful Japanese vases, dolls, sake sets and rice cookers.
Keeping Japantown Safe
SAN JOSE The Japantown Community Congress of San Jose posted this photo on April 18 with the following explanation:
“One of three patrols this morning in San Jose Japantown! Our ‘Safe From Hate’ S.J. Japantown Community Patrol is a win win WIN situation! This patrol is about helping and assisting in a safe manner and grew from the desire to protect San Jose Japantown. We are excited that volunteers are learning about S.J. Japantown, one of the last three Japantowns left in the United States.
“Thank you to the many donors for this program and many, many thanks to Rich Saito, who accepted this challenge!”