"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. Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron poses with Japanese American women at a Neisi festival in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
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People Events Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.) Culture Japanese American neighborhoods--California--Los Angeles Ethnic festivals Japanese Americans Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968
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