Nisei Week

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Japanese American cultural festival annual festival community event

Nisei Week is an annual Japanese American cultural festival in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo that celebrates Japanese heritage through parades, performances, and community events.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nisei Week Foundation	1
Nisei Week Japanese Festival	1
Nisei Week Queen and Court pageant	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese American cultural festival ⓘ annual festival ⓘ community event ⓘ
aimsTo	preserve Japanese American heritage ⓘ promote Japanese American culture ⓘ strengthen community ties in Little Tokyo ⓘ
celebrates	Japanese American heritage ⓘ Japanese heritage ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasActivity	arts and crafts ⓘ community events ⓘ cultural demonstrations ⓘ cultural performances ⓘ food booths ⓘ pageants ⓘ parade of Japanese American community groups ⓘ parades ⓘ street festival activities ⓘ
hasComponent	Grand Parade ⓘ Nisei Week self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nisei Week Queen and Court pageant closing ceremonies ⓘ martial arts demonstrations ⓘ onsen and cultural demonstrations ⓘ taiko drumming performances ⓘ traditional dance performances ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin	Japanese American community ⓘ Japanese culture ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	term "Nisei" meaning second-generation Japanese Americans ⓘ
inception	1934 ⓘ
locatedIn	Little Tokyo, Los Angeles ⓘ Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
occursInMonth	August ⓘ
organizer	Nisei Week self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nisei Week Foundation
significantFor	Japanese American cultural preservation in Los Angeles ⓘ Little Tokyo neighborhood identity ⓘ
startTime	1934 ⓘ
targetAudience	Japanese American community ⓘ general public ⓘ
website	https://www.niseiweek.org/ ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Tokyo, Los Angeles → culturalEvent → Nisei Week ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisei Week Japanese Festival

Japanese Americans → culturalFestival → Nisei Week ⓘ

Nisei Week → hasComponent → Nisei Week self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisei Week Queen and Court pageant

Nisei Week → organizer → Nisei Week self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nisei Week Foundation