TORRANCE — Kinji Inomata will talk about his book “Pure Winds, Bright Moon: The Untold Story of the Stately Steward and His Hapa Family Beautiful” on Friday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 2115 W. 182nd St., Torrance.
All are welcome. The talk is sponsored by the Greater L.A. Singles Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. For information, call Louise at (310) 327-3169 or Janet (310) 835-7568.
Inomata, a retired paralegal, currently works as a professional Polynesian musician. He will also sing a few Hawaiian songs with his ukulele.
“Pure Winds, Bright Moon” details the remarkable story of Inomata’s grandfather Kenji Inomata, who left Japan as a stowaway and jumped ship in New York in 1899. He served in the U.S. Navy for 30 years.
He married his wife, who was of European and Creole heritage, in 1916. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1928. Contrary to alien land laws prohibiting Japanese immigrants from owning land, he was among the first to own property.
Inomata was also the only Japanese male of record who was “honorably” exempted from the World War II concentration camps. He and his Hapa family were the only family of Japanese ancestry allowed to live in wartime Los Angeles, with the exception of Japanese wives of white soldiers and some Hapas under the Army’s racist mixed-marriage policy.
The comprehensive, well-documented book with many pictures covers much more of the story of the grandfather and his family.
“Pure Winds, Bright Moon” is available at the JANM bookstore at http://janmstore.com/151397.html or from the author’s website at http://purewindsbrightmoon-untoldstory.weebly.com/.
Entertainment Lineup for Tanabata Festival
These spiders use their enormous eyes to capture prey at night
Jessica Alba accurately describes WebMD as a 'black hole of anxiety'
Dept. of Education releases guidelines to help schools protect transgender students
Japanese Chefs United Donates to L.A. Fire Department Foundation to Support Firefighting Efforts
Discover the world's most Instagrammed coffee
Cute capybara gives birth to even cuter capybara pups
Kickstarter campaign breaks record by inspiring girls to dream big
Rooster qualify for ESL Pro League Season 17
Justin Bieber's face tattoo may be a loving Ryan Gosling tribute
PHOTOS: Riding High at Sun Valley Obon
Man gets his 3
The most outrageous things Trump's White Nationalist delegate has said
Trump calls on Mayor of London to take an IQ test
blameF on becoming IGL: "I know my individual level is going to take a hit"
Ellie Goulding shares her struggle with 'debilitating' panic attacks
The Internet is hot for Khaleesi after THAT 'Game of Thrones' moment
Chrissy Teigen is still defending her decision to eat dinner at a restaurant as a mom
fnatic defeat B8 to qualify for BLAST.tv Paris Major
Airbnb slapped with suit for alleged discrimination against black guests
Apple is reopening its stores. Here's what you need to know.Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn't want misinformation 'going viral'It's possible to make Instagram an empowering place'The Last Dance' is the greatest sports fix of the pandemicFacebook to acquire Giphy for $400 millionFred Willard, comic legend from 'Best in Show,' is dead at 86Fred Willard, comic legend from 'Best in Show,' is dead at 86Can UV light sanitize hotel and Airbnb rooms?The art of transforming 'Minecraft' into 'Minecraft Dungeons'Twitter tests feature that limits who can respond to tweets Everything coming to Netflix in January nugs.net subscription to livestream concerts at home 'Succession' Season 3: The 10 most diabolical scenes 'The Dawn of Everything' is a history book for the 99 percent ... of history Sean Baker's 'Red Rocket' is a bait and switch, but in a brilliant way XGIMI projectors on Amazon Rivian R1T is first electric pickup to win MotorTrend's 'Truck of the Year' award 10 best 'Saturday Night Live' sketches of 2021, ranked Lexus shows off its first electric SUV, the Lexus RZ 450e Parker Solar Probe mission: NASA spacecraft dives into sun's corona
0.173s , 14306.09375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【thailand teen sex in theater movie video】Kinji Inomata to Speak in Torrance on Feb. 14,Global Hot Topic Analysis
