Summer 02 - Nikkei Concerns

Volume 26 Issue 2 

SUMMER 2002 

Nikkei Concerns 

President’s 

Message 

By Carol Suehiro, President, 

Board of Directors 

Summertime is about community. 

Taking advantage of lengthened daylight 

and immersed in the warmth of 

sunshine, we enjoy community 

festivals, fairs and picnics. Reveling in 

activity, we are proud to be part of a 

community. These groups become the 

center of our attention. 

Community is often defined as a 

group of individuals with a common 

interest within a geographical area. 

Issei Concerns was such an 

organization. It was fostered by a group 

of individuals with a common bond to 

care for the elderly Issei, predominantly 

living in Central Seattle. Today Nikkei 

Concerns continues to be a community 

organization, developed and sustained 

by that community to serve primarily 

elderly Nikkei. 

Over the years our physical 

boundaries have extended way beyond 

Central Seattle. Services have 

expanded beyond skilled nursing care. 

Most people will not need skilled 

nursing care, but may require some 

type of assistance in daily living. It is 

for this reason Nikkei Concerns has 

evolved into an organization addressing 

senior needs in other capacities such as 

Kokoro Kai, Nikkei Horizons and 

Nikkei Manor Assisted Living. The 

demands and needs of the elderly are 

in continual change as the Nikkei 

profile evolves. It is our focus to 

anticipate these changes. We already 

know technology, modern medicine, 

Continued on page 2 

By Lillian Hayashi, Administrator of Community Services 

What a terrific day it was on April 20, 

2002 when thirteen Boeing Good 

Neighbor Day volunteers helped to clean 

up Nikkei Manor, including Brianna 

Felix, a 9-year-old who worked so hard 

and kept up with her parents and the 

other adult volunteers without a word 

of complaining. We especially want to 

express our appreciation to Joan 

Bowman, the Boeing coordinator, who 

worked out all the details before their 

arrival at 9 a.m. on a sunny day perfect 

for hard work. 

The team, Joan Bowman, Doug 

and Paula Davina, Ed, Diane and 

Brianna Felix, Ted Griffiths and 

Diane Tanner, Grace Jones, Susan 

Jones, Happy Leonard and John 

and Rosie Todd weeded the planting 

beds, washed down the patio furniture greenery. 

and scrubbed the concrete on the ground 

Community 

A Fantastic Boeing Good Neighbor 

Day For Nikkei Manor 

Boeing Good Neighbors help make Nikkei Manor sparkle. 

floor patio. It took Doug Davina all six 

hours to pressure wash the main entry 

way and the glass donor display at the 

entrance to Nikkei Manor and what a 

notable difference this wash down 

made. 

Gravel from the planting strips 

along 6th Avenue South and Lane 

Street was moved to designated areas 

which were first weeded and carpeted 

with ‘weed no more.’ Not only does it 

look much neater but now there is no 

hazard of slipping on the gravel on the 

sidewalks. We are also enjoying the new 

azaleas and specialty grass along the 

sidewalk. The large square planting 

areas on the sidewalk along 6 th Avenue 

from Dearborn to Lane Street was also 

beautified with new colorful plants and 

Continued on page 13

longevity of life and the decline of 

government funding will impact how 

Nikkei Concerns will serve an aging 

population. 

As autumn approaches with a return 

to school and an anticipation of the 

holidays, our attention turns to family 

and friends. Elder care is about the 

community, family and friends, sharing 

in this responsibility. Nikkei Concerns 

has excelled because the community, 

family and friends have taken their task 

seriously all year round. 

Within the larger Nikkei community 

are many communities: religious, 

political, educational, professional and 

philanthropic. These groups have 

supported Nikkei Concerns through 

generous donations and have contributed 

to the expansion of our volunteer base. 

Whether you have come to know Nikkei 

Concerns as an individual or through a 

community organization, your support 

has promoted our growth and enabled 

us to serve you. 

We are on the threshold of the 

emergence of a greater population to 

serve - the babyboomers. Will we be 

ready There is great potential in the 

community to continue to provide 

quality services for seniors. Nikkei 

Concerns is a community success story 

with chapters yet to be written. With 

your commitment to elder care, the 

legacy will continue. Thank you for 

being part of the Nikkei Concerns 

community. a 

Editor 

Circulation 

Mailing 

TAYORI 

Tiffany Buckner 

Darcia Tanabe 

Ken Higashi 

Paul Miyahara 

Sam Nakagawa 

Shorty Ono 

Sam Shoji 

TAYORI, the newsletter of Nikkei 

Concerns, is published three times a 

year with a circulation of over 9,700 

readers. 

From the desk of the CEO 

By Catherine Kanda, Chief Executive Officer, Nikkei Concerns 

The strength of a community 

depends upon the vision, commitment 

and support of its members. Nikkei 

Concerns is extremely fortunate that 

these qualities are embodied in our 

community. Your support has enabled 

Nikkei Concerns to be responsive to the 

changing needs of our community and 

offer high quality, innovative and 

progressive services. 

Over the years, Nikkei Concerns’ 

commitment to providing quality care 

and services to the elderly has remained 

constant; however, the definition of our 

“community” has changed somewhat. 

Once defined singularly as serving the 

“Japanese,” Nikkei Concerns had a 

fairly defined community. However, 

with the demographic changes in the 

population, the community that we now 

touch reaches beyond that definition. 

As we look around us and within our 

families and friends, we can see that the 

Japanese population has changed with 

more interracial marriages and bi-racial 

children. Additionally, nationwide, the 

Japanese population is the only Asian 

ethnic group to decrease in number 

between 1990 and 2000, as reported by 

the US Census Bureau. The Japanese 

population is now the sixth largest Asian 

American community. 

Today, there are other ties that define 

and bond our community – our 

expanded community is defined by our 

values and sense of identity. Those 

values include a commitment to caring 

for others and a deep respect for our 

elders and the path that they have paved 

for us. We understand the hardships 

that our grandparents and parents 

endured and appreciate the values that 

we have learned from them. We want 

our children to also understand and 

value their past. It is these shared 

experiences of our past, a deep 

commitment to caring for others and 

sense of understanding and trust that 

provides a bond within our current 

community. 

Nikkei Concerns is built upon a 

strong set of values, sense of identity 

and commitment to family and 

community. Although the community 

may change over time, our pledge is to 

continue to be responsive to the needs 

of the elderly in the community in which 

we serve. 

Thank you for contributing to the 

strength of our community. 

Please feel free to contact me by e-mail 

at catherinek@nikkeiconcerns.org or by 

phone at (206) 726-6500. a 

Contents 

President’s Message........................ 1 

Boeing Good Neighbors ................... 1 

From the Desk of the CEO ............... 2 

Treasurer’s Report ........................... 3 

Unsung Hero ................................... 4 

Blood Drive ...................................... 4 

Volunteers........................................ 5 

Community and NC ...................... 6-7 

Endowment................................... 8-9 

Seattle Keiro .................................. 10 

Nikkei Manor .................................. 12 

Nikkei Horizons.............................. 14 

KIDcare .................................... 16-17 

Kokoro Kai ..................................... 18 

Misc. .............................................. 19 

Ayame Kai ..................................... 20 

Golf Tournament ............................ 21 

Contributions & Memorials ........ 22-26 

Corrections 

The Spring Issue of the Tayori 

contained the following mistakes: 

p. 15- Senior’s Making Art 

photo caption- Jack Nomi was 

misspelled as Jack Nori. 

The Tayori strives to print 

accurate information. Please 

send any corrections to 

tiffanyb@nikkeiconcerns.org 

2 Newsletter of Nikkei Concerns • TAYORI


Board of Directors 

Carol Suehiro, President 

Joe Yabuki, 1st Vice President 

Nina Chinn, V.P. - Volunteers 

Dr. Kenneth Mayeda, 

V.P.- Medical 

Tomio Moriguchi, V.P. - Planning 

Sam Shinozaki, Treasurer 

Thom Ikeda, Secretary 

Janet Deguchi 

Kathy Hasegawa 

David Hayasaka 

Kachi Ikeda 

Dr. Ruby Inouye Shu 

Hon. Richard Ishikawa 

Hon. Eileen Kato 

Mitsuko Kimura 

Tom Kometani 

Dr. Gerald Kuwada 

Hon. Ron Mamiya 

Paul Miyahara 

Bob Mizukami 

Kevin Nagai 

Tony Nakata 

Charles Natsuhara 

Jill Nishi 

William Y. Nishimura 

Chizuko Norton 

Tosh Okamoto 

Ned Sato 

Dr. Christine Shigaki 

Noboru Shinoda 

Hideko Tachibana 

Elsie Taniguchi 

Harold Taniguchi 

Yuzo Tokita 

Gail Tsuboi 

Shigeko Uno 

Shizue Yahata 

Dennis Yamashita 

Kevin Yokoyama 

Douglas Yoshida 

Harry Yoshimura 

Treasurer’s Report 

By Sam Shinozaki, Treasurer, Board of Directors 

Nikkei Concerns has retained the services of Moss Adams, Certified Public 

Accountant, to review its fiscal operation and position for 2001. In their opinion, 

our basic financial statements were found to have been presented fairly. 

BALANCE SHEET as of: 12/31/2001 12/31/2000 

Cash & Equivalents $ 715,255 $686,209 

Receivables (including Pledges) 851,423 327,165 

Other Assets 503,236 499,144 

Investments 7,627,180 7,178,932 

Property (Net of Depreciation) 12,424,172 11,017,709 

TOTAL ASSETS $22,121,266 $19,709,159 

Current/long term liabilities $11,225,221 $ 9,486,350 

Net Assets 

Unrestricted Funds 

General 8,663,825 9,171,010 

Board Designated 1,271,068 985,772 

Permanently Restricted-Endowment fund 961,152 66,027 

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $ 22,121,266 $19,709,159 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS for 2001 

REVENUE Year ended 12/31/2001 Year ended 12/31/2000 

Net Patient Service Revenue $ 9,520,887 $ 9,374,598 

Childcare Revenue 555,611 482,755 

Other Revenue 164,217 110,114 

TOTAL REVENUE 10,240,715 9,967,467 

OPERATING EXPENSES 

Nursing Services 5,095,031 4,738,760 

General Services 3,268,970 3,112,307 

Administrative Services 1,325,853 1,397,551 

Depreciation and Amortization 665,648 648,007 

Interest 222,774 352,126 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 10,578,276 10,248,751 

OPERATING (LOSS) (337,561) (281,284) 

NONOPERATING INCOME & EXPENSES 

Contributions 1,453,143 394,970 

Investment Income 267,109 364,100 

Net Realized (Loss) on Investments (123,436) (10,516) 

Fund Raising and Administrative Expenses (700,006) (482,463) 

Other 286,103 199,547 

NET NONOPERATING INCOME 1,182,913 465,638 

EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES 845,352 184,354 

NET UNREALIZED (LOSSES) (172,116) (422,780) 

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS $673,236 $(238,426) 


TAYORI • Newsletter of Nikkei Concerns 3

Community Blood and Bone 

Marrow Drive 

A CHANCE TO HELP SAVE LIVES UNIFIES THE 

COMMUNITY 

Community members came together 

on June 22 nd to help in a variety of ways 

with the Rare Donor Blood and Bone 

Marrow Drive. Nikkei Concerns, 

Japanese Community Services and 

Puget Sound Blood Center sponsored 

the drive, held at Nikkei Manor. A 

successful drive, we had 24 blood 

donors and 15 bone marrow registrants 

taking time on a beautiful summer day 

to donate. 

Nikkei Concerns is proud to help 

spread the word about the need for rare 

donors, and we thank all who came out 

to support this important cause! 

Special thanks go to all our 

volunteers who helped with the drive: 

William Elder and Ryan Colis 

helped recruit donors at Uwayimaya on 

the day of the drive. William, who 

turned 17 that very day, also donated 

blood for the first time. What a way to 

spend a birthday! (Donors 

between 16 and 18 years of age 

must have parental permission.) 

Thanks to the Japanese 

Community Princesses, 

Jasmine Baker, Noelle Ebel 

and Chika Kato, and to 

Darlene Takahashi and 

Tiffany Buckner who also 

helped recruit donors. Ken 

Sato, of Japanese Community 

Services, and Bill Colter 

helped direct traffic. Darlene 

Suyematsu registered donors 

and Catherine Kanda worked the 

canteen, passing refreshments out to 

the recovering donors. Thanks also to 

Kirsten Lutes who donated 

homemade biscotti to serve in the 

canteen. Our appreciation also goes to 

West Coast Printing for donating the 

printing of the blood drive flyers and to 

Merchant’s Parking and Spic ‘n 

William Elder, 17, donates blood on his birthday! 

Span Cleaners for donating over a 

dozen extra parking spaces for our use 

that day! A big thanks to Amy Rastogi 

and the wonderful PSBC technicians for 

making this day possible. We wouldn’t 

have had such a successful drive without 

everyone’s assistance and dedication! a 

Unsung Hero 

By Dr. Ben Uyeno 

A long overdue compliment and 

thank you goes to Mr. Tak Aoki for his 

many years of service to Seattle Keiro. 

For the past ten years, he has been 

helping transport meals from the 

kitchen to the dining rooms twice a day, 

two to three times a week! But he 

doesn’t just bring the food, he brings 

friendship to the residents on each floor. 

Additionally, Tak has been the Chair 

of the Family Council for the past three 

years. He meets with family members 

of the residents once a month, listens 

to their concerns or complaints and 

facilitates communication between 

family members and the dietary 

department and nursing staff. A 

problem solver, Tak tries his best to 

make sure that residents and family 

members have a voice in their lives at 

Mr. Tak Aoki, volunteer and friend to Keiro residents. 

Seattle Keiro. This is not an easy job at 

times. So we thank Tak for his many 

efforts and recognize him for his 

valuable contributions and years of 

service. Thank you, Tak! a 

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information about all our 

programs, facilities and 

volunteer opportunities. 


Volunteers Our Sincere Thanks to all our Volunteers 

(3/01/02 – 6/30/02) 

Sumiko Akai 

Ruth Aoki 

Takao Aoki 

Lillian Aoyama 

Saeko Aoyama 

George Arakawa 

Pauline Asaba 

Rose Asakura 

Masako Bacher 

Ron Bacher 

Jasmine Baker 

John Barnett 

Annie Bautista 

Teru Beppu 

Gabe Bosworth 

Thomas S. Brooke 

James Butler 

Yaeko Cella 

Yenna Cheng 

Donald Chikuma 

Nina Chinn 

Heidi Chung 

Ryan Colis 

Mitsu Connery 

Yuriko Cottom 

Masue Cresse 

Janet Deguchi 

Edward Delanty 

Mickey Delanty 

Amy Doi 

Jim Doi 

Noelle Ebel 

Mitsuko Eguchi 

William Elder 

Setsuko Evans 

Tsuchino Forrester 

Myra Fregon 

Sue Fujino 

Etsuko Fujishima 

Mary Fujita 

Marck Fujiwara 

Herber 

Kelsey Fukuhara 

Nancy Fukuhara 

Tedros 

Gebreselassie 

Art Gorai 

Hiroko Gripman 

Fumiko Groves 

Charlie Hall 

Peggy Hanada 

Kyoko Harada 


Sawako Hashiguchi 

Starr Hashiguchi 

Kisae Hashimoto 


Yuna Healy 

Akiko Higashi 

Ken Higashi 

Kinuko Higo 

Nobie Hino 

Kimi Hiranaka 

Amy Hirasawa 

Mary Hirata 

Michi Hirata 

Mary Hokari 

Alyna Holden 

Kazuko Holmes 

Sono Hoshi 

Noriko Ichise 

Takuya Igarashi 

Aiko Ii 

Joe Ike 

Miyoko Ike 

Kachi Ikeda 

Thom Ikeda 

Jeanne Inouye 

Ruby Inouye Shu 

Willy Iritani 

Richard Ishikawa 

Shig Ishikawa 

Yoshiyuki Ishikawa 

Yuko Ishimaru 

Yuko Kanazawa 

Dale Kaneko 

Yoshi Kanemori 

Miyoko Kaneta 

Suzanne Kanetomi 

Takako Karpinic 

Daniel Kashima 

Chika Kato 

Eileen Kato 

Mutsu Kato 

Kazzie Kawachi 

Mits Kawachi 

Miyoko Kawaguchi 

Frank Kawasaki 

Miye Kawata 

Minhtri Khuu 

Momoko Kido 

Tomonori Kikuchi 


Chigusa Kitai 

Stephanie Ko 

Emiko Kobayashi 

Kiana Kobayashi 

Nori Kobayashi 

Tomoko Kobayashi 

Mas Kojima 

Pat Kojima 

Yuri Kojima 

Tom Kometani 

Pat Kono 

George Kozu 

Mary Kozu 

Masako Kubo 

Julianne Kumasaka 

Yuri Kumasaka 

Minako Kuniyoshi 

Amy Kuramoto 

Shiho Kurauchi 

Tosh Kurosaki 

Gerald Kuwada 

Ok Shim Kwak 

Pam Sho Ken Lee 

Nobuko LeMay 

Michael Leong 

Ashley Lewis 

Bryan Lewis 

Rachel Lin 

Maggie Loh 

Sheila Lukito 

Jackie Lum 

Junko Maeda 

Fumiko Maeshiro 

Sky Magnuson 

Ron Mamiya 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Michelle Manangan 

Mariko Mano 

Chiyoko Martin 

Hiromi Marty 

Fumi Masunaga 

Kaori Masunaga 

Kazuko Masunaga 

Jack Matsui 

Shiz Matsuoka 

Kathy Matsuura 

Dolly Matsuzaki 

Joe Matsuzaki 

Yuki Matsuzawa 

Yuri Matsuzawa 

Emi Mayeda 

Kenneth Mayeda 

Emi McKenna 

Seiko Miyabe 

Kelly Miyahara 

Paul Miyahara 

Wanda Miyahara 

Colleen Miyata 

Linda Miyata 

Nancy Miyazaki 

Henry Miyoshi 

Bob Mizukami 

Frank Mizukami 

George Momoda 

Yoshie Mori 

Tomio Moriguchi 

Mire Morii 

Mayumi Morioka 

Gail Mukai 

Lilly Mukai 

Aaron Murai 

Fumi Murai 

Kaori Muranaga 

Kevin Nagai 

May Nagasawa 

Sam Nakagawa 

Yuna Nakajima 

Healy 

Yuki Nakamura 

Ray Nakanishi 

Steve Nakano 

Tomi Nakashima 

Tony Nakata 

Bob Nakayama 

Michi Namba 

Hitomi Nanaeda 

Akiko Narusawa 


Elsie Ngo 

Thu-An Nguyen 

Yae Niimi 

Jill Nishi 

Mary Nishida 

William Y. 

Nishimura 

Frank Nishimura 

Haru Nishimura 

Nish Nishimura 

Shizue Nobuyama 

Frank Nomiyama 


Setsuno Nosho 

Sonoe Obara 

Bill Ogasawara 

Saeko Ogawa 

Nobuko Ohgi 

Kimiko Ohno 

Katashi Oita 

Tosh Okamoto 

Toshi Okamoto 

Ruth Oki 

Mari Okumura 

Megumi Okumura 

Seiko Olson 

Tak Omoto 

Kenji Onishi 

Kimiko Ono 

Shorty Ono 

Mary Osaki 

Hiroko Ota 

Kimi Ota 

Nobuko Otsuji 

Ryuichiro Otsuka 

Teruko Pace 

Grace Park 

Sue Park 

Tomiko Perry 

Miyo Philip 

Taylor Robinson 

Connie Saito 

Herbert Saito 

Beulah Sakagami 

Lynn Sakai 

Gail Sakoda 

Yoshiko Sakuma 

Shizu Sakurai 

Hattie Sao 

John Sasaki 

Keiko Sasaki 

May Sasaki 

Hideko Sato 

Masaki Sato 

Ned Sato 

Grace Shibayama 

Christine Shigaki 

Meri Shimada 

Haruko Shimizu 

Tazu Shimoguchi 

Masako Shimomura 

Yuriko Shimosaki 

Etsuko Shinbo 

Michiko Shinoda 


Elaine Shinozaki 

Sam Shinozaki 

Ruby Shoji 

Sam Shoji 

Mee Siu 

Hidemi Slyman 

Eleanor Smith 

Clara Stewart 

Carol Suehiro 

Sawako Suga 

Sachiko Sugimoto 

Craig Sugiyama 

Ryan Sugiyama 

Chickie Sumimoto 

Sueko Sumioka 

Kathy Suyama 

Yaeko Suyetani 

Cindy Ta 

Hideko Tachibana 

Richard Tachibana 

Yuko Tajima 

Amy Takahashi 

Momoye Takakoshi 

Kiyoko Takashima 

Victor Takemoto 

Takako Taki 

Ted Tamaki 

Tom Tamanaha 

George Tamura 

Nami Tanaka 

Peggy Tanemura 

Elsie Taniguchi 


Lois Taniguchi 

Martha Taniguchi 

Tosh Taniguchi 

Mineko Tanoue 

James Terada 

Shokichi Tokita 

Yuzo Tokita 

Takako Tokumasu 

Masako Tomita 

Miki Tomita 

Gail Tsuboi 

Florence Tsuchida 

Tak Tsuchida 

Yuri Tsukamaki 

Hiroko Tsuru 

Noriko Ueno 

Tomiko Ueno 

Sada Uno 

Shigeko Uno 

Shiz Watanabe 

Toyoko Watanabe 

Carol Williams 

Tim Wyekoiff 

Joe Yabuki 

Kiyo Yabuki 

Shizue Yahata 

Ed Yakushijin 

Maxine Yakushijin 

Sallie Yamada 

David Yamaguchi 

Taiki Yamaguchi 

Fujie Yamasaki 

Dennis Yamashita 

Dorcas Yamashita 

Eichii Yamashita 

Tossie Yamashita 

Yuriko Yamazaki 

Sunuwar 

Akio Yanagihara 

Keiko Yanagihara 

Nancy Yates 

Michelle Yi 


Don Yoshida 

Douglas Yoshida 

Mary Yoshida 

Ruth Yoshida 

Yumiko Yoshikiyo 

Harry Yoshimura 

Rose Yoshizumi 

Junji Yukawa 

Volunteers 


Seattle First Hill Lions Serve a 

Feast and the Community 

ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST SERVES 1000 

The spirit of giving, helping and 

community is the essence of the Seattle 

First Hill Lions Club. 

On a bright Sunday morning, 

February 24, 2002, the Seattle First Hill 

Lions once again displayed their strong 

support for the community by holding 

their Annual Pancake Breakfast. All 

proceeds from this very popular event 

are directed to Nikkei Concerns, Kin On 

Health Care and Kawabe Memorial 

House. 

The Seattle First Hill Lions worked 

feverishly to serve over 1,000 breakfasts 

to hungry customers. Delicious stacks 

of hot pancakes were complimented by 

the traditional Hawaiian breakfast of 

Portuguese sausage, rice and eggs– 

enough to satisfy the hungriest of 

appetites! 

The Pancake Breakfast proceeds 

given to Nikkei Concerns this year were 

$2,375! Over the past 17 years, the 

Seattle First Hill Lions has generously 

contributed over $40,000 to Nikkei 

Concerns. They are a remarkable and 

fun group of people with a dedication 

to serving the community. 

Our heartfelt thanks goes to the 

members of the Seattle First Hill Lions 

Club for their ongoing support and 

commitment to helping others, and to 

the many community members who 

attended this event. Each year, the 

proceeds from the pancake breakfast 

help to provide much needed services 

in the community. Thank you for your 

continued support. a 

Kawabe Memorial Fund Awards Nikkei Concerns 

$10,000 

GRANT TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE KEIRO BED REPLACEMENT PROJECT 

The Kawabe Memorial Fund has 

generously awarded Nikkei Concerns a 

grant of $10,000 for the Seattle Keiro 

Bed Replacement Project. The money 

will be used to provide new, safer, and 

more comfortable electric beds for 

Seattle Keiro residents. The goal of the 

Bed Replacement Project is to replace 

all 150 beds at Seattle Keiro. With the 

support of the Kawabe Memorial Fund, 

eight new resident beds were 

purchased, with a total of 30 now 

upgraded. 

Nikkei Concerns has been so 

fortunate to have the support of the 

Kawabe Memorial Fund throughout the 

years. In 1985, a major gift from the 

Kawabe Memorial Fund contributed to 

our campaign to build a new Seattle 

Keiro. In 1995, they again partnered 

with Nikkei Concerns by supporting the 

construction of Nikkei Manor. Our 

most sincere thanks to the Trustees and 

Advisory Committee of the Kawabe 

Memorial Fund for once again 

generously helping to support our 

mission by funding new beds that will 

mean much more comfort for our 

residents. Thank you Kawabe 

Memorial Fund! a 

HELP WANTED 

• Do you love to take short drives and need something rewarding to do 

Kokoro Kai 

• Would you like to provide a service to the elders in our community 

• Do you have a current WA Driver’s License (a mini-van is provided) 

• Are you available a few hours in the mornings and again in the afternoons on Wednesdays 

If yes, we have just the right opportunity for you to help in providing much needed transportation for our south 

route participants of Kokoro Kai. 

To volunteer your services, please contact Lil Hayashi at (206) 726-6461. 

To become a part-time employee, please contact Naoko Ulstein at (206) 726-6474. 

There is currently a great need for a Wednesday Kokoro Kai driver, and we would greatly appreciate hearing from 

you. Thanks very much for your consideration! 


Charitable Giving in the Workplace 

By May Leong, Fund Development Specialist 

Looking for an easy way to give a gift 

that makes a world of difference 

Consider supporting Nikkei Concerns’ 

many programs through your 

company’s employee charitable 

donation campaign. Whether you’re a 

federal, state or city employee or a 

public agency retiree, you can still 

contribute. 

Thanks to everyone who participated 

in last year’s employee charitable 

campaign programs, Nikkei Concerns 

raised over $26,000. With your help we 

can increase this year’s amount. Below 

is a list of our 2002 Employee 

Charitable/Combined Fund Campaigns. 

Government Campaigns 

1. King County Employee Charitable 

Campaign 

2. Kitsap-Mason Counties Combined 

Federal Campaign (CFC) 

3. King/Snohomish County Combined 


4. South Puget Sound Combined 


5. Yakima-Kittitas Combined Federal 

Campaign (CFC) 

6. Island County Combined Federal 

Campaign (CFC) 

7. City of Seattle Combined Charities 

8. Washington State Combined Fund 

Drive 

9. North Central Washington 

Combined Federal Campaign 

United Way 

You can give through United Way by 

designating Nikkei Concerns on your 

contribution form. If you would like to 

direct your contribution to a specific 

program, write in “Nikkei Concerns/ 

[program name].” 

Matching gift programs 

Many companies have programs to 

match their employee’s contributions to 

charitable organizations. Eligibility 

criteria and the percentage of the 

matched gift vary, but some companies 

will match gifts to Nikkei Concerns, 

dollar for dollar. If you are planning to 

donate to Nikkei Concerns, you may 

want to check to see if your employer 

will make a matching gift. 

If Nikkei Concerns is not listed in 

your agency’s charitable giving list, 

please contact May Leong at (206) 726- 

6522 or mayl@nikkeiconcerns.org. 

When making a contribution through 

a workplace program, please make 

sure to mark the box which gives 

permission for the agency to 

report your name so that Nikkei 

Concerns can recognize and thank you 

for your generous contribution. a 

A Workplace Donor Says... 

“Growing up in Southeastern 

Colorado, there was no Asian 

community like the one we have 

here in Seattle. Several years 

ago when Nikkei Concerns 

needed to raise $1 million to 

build Nikkei Manor, a friend 

mentioned that all we needed 

was to find 1,000 people who 

would donate $1,000 per year. 

Ever since then I made a 

commitment to be one of those 

1,000 people.” 

“I find that giving through a 

payroll deduction program is 

very convenient. It’s tabulated 

and easy to use. Twice a month 

the donation is already set aside 

and I can budget accordingly. I 

know that I’m supporting an 

important organization which 

serves our community.” 

~Hideo Fujita, a donor who 

gives through the Washington 

State Combined Fund Drive 

Vehicle Donations “Rolling In” 

NIKKEI CONCERNS RECEIVES FIRST DONATION 

We all know that some things get 

better with age, but not everything. Old 

cars tend to lose value over time until 

they are worthless. But your old vehicle 

may be very valuable to Nikkei 

Concerns. By donating your unused 

vehicle, you can help the programs of 

Nikkei Concerns. 

Nikkei Concerns Vehicle Donation 

Program, begun on April 2nd, received 

its first auto donation soon thereafter. 

Bob Mizukami became the inaugural 

donor when he donated a 1977 Lincoln 

Continental to the Program. Bob says, 

“The process was really easy and I 

encourage others to get involved. Plus, 

I was really happy to get rid of the car 

because it was sitting in my garage, 

taking up space for years. Now I can 

park my other car there.” 

Since Bob’s generous donation, 

fourteen other vehicles have been 

donated to Nikkei Concerns. 

If you have a car or truck to donate, 

please call Darcia Tanabe at (206)726- 

6550 for more information. a 

Bob Mizukami hands over the keys to Darlene 

Suyematsu. 


On September 30, 2000, at Nikkei 

Concerns’ 25 th Anniversary Celebration, 

Board member Jill Nishi gave an 

impassioned speech to launch the 

Nikkei Concerns Endowment 

Campaign. In her speech, Jill called 

upon her generation (sansei/thirdgeneration) 

“and those who come after 

us” to become involved in Nikkei 

Concerns to sustain the legacy of all 

those who worked so hard to create the 

organization 25 years before. As the 

Endowment Campaign moves into its 

second year, some younger community 

members have generously responded to 

this call to action: 

Gary and Christine Kimura have 

given a generous major lead gift to the 

Endowment Campaign. The Kimuras 

have been donating to Nikkei Concerns 

since the mid 1980’s, when they first 

supported the campaign to build the 

new Seattle Keiro. Gary says they 

decided to give to the Endowment 

because “it’s important that Nikkei 

Concerns have a solid financial base for 

Endowment Campaign 

A New Generation of Support 

SANSEI DONORS PLEDGE LEAD GIFTS TO THE ENDOWMENT 

By Darlene Suyematsu, Director of Development and Communications 

the future to provide the level of support 

needed, without worrying about the 

rises and dips in the economy.” Gary 

adds that they “have been blessed, and 

really wanted to support the 

community.” 

“Community” is also why Mark and 

Cathy Takisaki decided to make a 

major lead pledge to the Endowment 

Campaign. Mark Takisaki says that as 

he has watched his parents and their 

friends getting older, he sees the 

importance of supporting Keiro and 

other programs so that they will 

continue. Mark feels that “there is a 

sense of community that means so 

much as you get older” and that the 

programs of Nikkei Concerns provide 

that “community.” 

Board member Gail Tsuboi and her 

husband, Jim Kranick, felt that their 

lead gift was “one small way of giving 

back to the Japanese community.” Gail 

and Jim were able to enhance their 

generous donation through a matching 

Endowment Donors 4/1/00 -6/30/02 

We are grateful to the following seed 

donors who have contributed $1.1 

million to the Nikkei Concerns 

Endowment Campaign: 

Ayame Kai Guild 

Henry Daty 

Perry Ko & Family 

C.T. Takahashi 

Nikkei ei Concerns ns Endowment 

$500,000+ 

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Takisaki 

$250,000-499,999 

Tomio, Tyler, and Denise Moriguchi 

$100,000-249,999 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

$25,000-49,999 

Anonymous 

Mark and Cathy Takisaki 

$10,000-24,999 

The Bullitt Foundation 

Tosh and Toshi Okamoto 

John and Polly Shigaki 

Harold and Diane Taniguchi 

$5,000-9,999 

Catherine Kanda 

Kenneth Mayeda, MD and Eliane Dao 

Elaine and Samuel Shinozaki 

Carol Suehiro 

Gail Tsuboi and Jim Kranick 

Joe Yabuki 

$2,500-4,999 

Costco Wholesale Corp. 

Furuta Lee Foundation 

Kathy H. Hasegawa 

Thomas Y. and Janet M. Kometani 

Koji, Tomoko, Mineko, and Mayumi Matsuno 

Paul M. and Wanda S. Miyahara 

Kevin Nagai 


Jill Nishi and Howard Nakase 

Christine Shigaki 

Darlene Suyematsu 

Harry and Elsie Taniguchi 

Shigeko Uno 

Dennis J. Yamashita, Elaine M. Aoki, Emily J.A. 

Yamashita 

gift from Gail’s employer, Costco. Gail 

hopes their gift will help “continue the 

generous traditions of the Issei and 

Nisei.” 

Harold and Diane Taniguchi 

extended their gift to the generations by 

not only making a lead pledge, but also 

including a bequest to the Endowment 

Campaign. Harold, who is a Board 

member and Co-Chair of the Campaign 

along with Tomio Moriguchi, 

expressed that “the Endowment 

Campaign gives Diane and me an 

opportunity to show our appreciation 

for what this organization has meant to 

our community.” 

Our most sincere thanks to all of 

these lead donors, who have made such 

generous contributions to the future of 

Nikkei Concerns. We thank each of 

them for their compassion, their strong 

sense of community and for continuing 

the legacy of the Issei and Nisei by 

fulfilling the role of the next “generation 

of caring.” 

If you have questions about the 

Nikkei Concerns Endowment 

Campaign, please contact Darlene 

Suyematsu at (206) 726-6462 or 

darlenes@nikkeiconcerns.org a 

$1,000-2,499 

Yick and Nina Chinn 

Janet Deguchi 

Mary Dunnam 


Richard and June Ishikawa 

Kemper Freeman Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mizukami 

William Y. Nishimura 

Victoria Reed, ARCADE Magazine 

Richard and Hide Tachibana 

$500-999 

Columbia Foundation 

Eileen Kato 


Dr. Masayoshi and Margaret Uchimura 

Ben and Ruth Woo 

$1-499 

Yasumasa Akiyama 

Aon Foundation 

David and Sheri Buelow 

Henry Ishikawa Family 


Mr. and Mrs. M. Kishiyama 

Lori Matsukawa and Larry Blackstock 

John and Sadako Matsumoto 

David Nishimura 

Frank and Haru Nishimura 



Washington Residents May Owe 

Unanticipated Estate Tax 

FEDERAL AND WASHINGTON STATE ESTATE TAX REQUIREMENTS 

DIFFER IN 2002 

By Marcia Fujimoto, Attorney, Graham & Dunn PC, Endowment Advisory Committee Chair 

Effective January 1, 2002, the 

Economic Growth and Tax Relief 

Reconciliation Act of 2001 made broad 

changes to the estate tax at the federal 

level. However, these changes do not 

apply at the Washington State level, 

creating an unanticipated tax liability 

for many estates. For example, in 2002, 

the federal estate tax exclusion is 

$1,000,000 and the Washington 

estate tax exclusion is $700,000. 

Understanding the differences 

In brief, the differences between the 

federal and Washington State estate tax 

are as follows: 

•The difference in the federal and 

Washington State exclusion amounts is 

important because the exclusion 

amount sets the threshold for filing 

estate tax returns. For deaths occurring 

in 2002, the estates of Washington 

residents with gross values falling 

between $700,000 and $999,999 will 

need to file an estate tax return with 

Washington State, even though a federal 

Endowment Donors, cont’d. 

Yuki Sato 

George and Laurie Schuchart 




Dr. Ben T. Uyeno 

William and Shizue Watanabe 

ab 

Ayame Kai Endowment 

$100,000+ 


$1,000-4,999 

Shizue Yahata 

$500-999 

Haruno Morishima and Joan Seko 

Ernie and Sunnie Nagai 

$1-499 

Hank and Susan Anderson 

Pauline Asaba 

Nancy Fong 


Roy and Lillian Hayashi 

Alice Hayashida 

Masue Heyamoto 

Nancy Ishii 

Tosh and Akiko Ito 

return is not required. 

•The exclusion amount also sets the 

floor for paying estate tax. Estates of 

Washington residents with taxable 

estates falling between $700,00 and 

$999,999 will have to pay estate tax to 

Washington State, even though no tax 

is owed to the federal government. For 

example, in 2002, a Washington 

resident with a taxable estate of 

$1,000,000 (with no adjusted taxable 

gifts) will owe zero federal estate taxes 

but will owe $33,200 is estate taxes 

to Washington State. 

•The second important difference 

involves the credit for amounts paid for 

state death taxes. This credit reduces 

the federal estate tax. For deaths 

occurring in 2002, the new federal law 

reduces the credit to 75% of prior levels. 

However, because Washington State 

still follows prior federal law, the estate 

will pay 100% of the state death tax 

credit allowed before 2002 and, thus, 

will pay more tax. 

Dale and Shizue Kaku 


George and Mary Kozu 

Henry and Jan Kumasaka 

Diane Locke 

Joe and Brenda Matsudaira 

Yoshie Mori 

Susan Nakagawa and Martin Oiye 

Julie Ann Oiye and Randall Asplund 

Tsuke and Jean Okamoto 


Bill and Carol Shinbo 

ab 

Tsuyoshi and Yay 

ayoi oi Inouye e Endowment 

$10,000-99,999 


$1,000-4,999 

Lloyd Inouye 

Bessie Okada 

Geraldine Shu 

$1-499 


John and Lillian Matsudaira 

Ruth Okada 

Doug and Marianne Okamoto 

Seattle Lady Lions 

Planned 

Giving 

Corner 

•In 2002, depending on how a will is 

written, the gift in a married person’s 

will to the “bypass” or “credit shelter” 

trust for the surviving spouse may be 

limited to $700,000 rather than 

$1,000,000. Unless the will is 

revised, upon the death of the first 

spouse, the $300,000 of 

additional federal exclusion may 

be wasted. 

•If a person becomes incapacitated in 

2002 and is unable to revise his or her 

will, the problem gets worse in future 

years. For example, in 2004, the gap 

between the Washington State 

exclusion and the federal exclusion will 

be $650,000 (i.e., $850,000 state 

exclusion versus $1,500,00 federal 

exclusion.) 

You should consult with your estate 

planning advisor to review your current 

estate plan in light of this recent State 

of Washington development. a 

What is the Keiro Heritage Circle 

Donors who notify Nikkei Concerns 

that they have included a gift to the 

Endowment Fund in their estate plans 

(through a bequest or other estatebased 

gift) will be recognized as a 

member of the Keiro Heritage Circle. 

If you would like more information on 

the Keiro Heritage Circle, please contact 

Darlene Suyematsu at (206)726-6462 or 

darlenes@nikkeiconcerns.org. 

Keiro Heritage Circle 

4/1/00 - 6/30/02 

Tosh & Sue Akamatsu 

S. Mae Numata 

Tosh & Toshi Okamoto 

Richard & Hide Tachibana 

Harold & Diane Taniguchi 

Endowment 


Seattle Keiro Summer Festival 

By Akiko Kusunose, 3rd Floor Recreational Services Coordinator 

The Fourth Annual Seattle Keiro 

Summer Festival was held on July 12th 

in the Keiro parking lot under blue skies 

and colorful lanterns. The festival 

began with the powerful sound of 

Northwest Taiko drums. New for this 

year, were dances by kimono-clad Bon- 

Odori dancers from Seattle Betsuin. The 

Katherine Okamura and Yone Bartholomew keep 

cool under paper hats at Summer Festival. 

group danced three numbers, and when 

they danced popular Tanko-bushi (coal 

miner’s dance) the dance circle was 

bigger than ever, with KIDcare children, 

Japanese Community Princesses, 

volunteers, and Nikkei Concerns staff 

all joining in. 

Following the opening 

entertainment, Catherine Kanda 

presented a bonsai to Kip Tokuda to 

show our appreciation for his eight 

years work as a state representative. 

Japanese Consul Shingo 

Higashimoto then greeted the 

audience, commenting nostalgically 

that the festival reminded him of 

festivals in Japan. 

The festival continued with a 

watermelon smashing game, which was 

won by William Martin, Second Floor 

Program Manager. In addition to 

traditional Japanese dances, we had the 

Macarena, led by Aurea Quilit. 

Nearly all the residents of Seattle 

Keiro attended the festival, along with 

KIDcare kids dressed in paper costumes dance the Bon-Odori. 

Nikkei Manor residents, staff, 

volunteers, family members and 

community members. There were food 

booths featuring traditional Japanese 

fare like Okonomiyaki (Japanese 

pancake) and somen, plus summer 

goodies like shaved ice and watermelon. 

Kids played tic-tac-toe and fishing 

games, while adults viewed the silent 

auction table or the employee benefit 

table under the hundreds of colorful 

balloon lanterns. 

Thank you to the volunteers, 

committee members and staff who 

made the festival a success. And special 

thanks to Northwest Taiko, Seattle 

Betsuin, and the Japanese 

Community Princess for their 

participation, and to Central Market 

for its generous donation. a 

A Generous Donation for Seattle Keiro Employees 

STAFF LOUNGE GETS FACELIFT 

A much-needed upgrade of Seattle 

Keiro’s employee lounge was 

undertaken thanks to a generous 

donation from Lily and Takashi 

Hori. The new lounge was unveiled in 

a dedication party in May. 

“Nikkei Concerns is a valuable 

organization in the community,” says 

Mrs. Hori, explaining why she and her 

husband chose to donate to Nikkei 

Concerns. 

The Horis were uncertain where their 

donation money was most needed, so 

they asked Dr. Ruby Inouye-Shu to 

suggest a few places their donation 

might be most needed. Based on her 

recommendations, they decided that 

the employee lounge needed upgrading 

so that the hardworking staff could have 

a nice place to eat and relax during their 

breaks. 

The staff lounge now has fresh paint, 

new chairs and lockers and a new TV, 

making for a pleasant breakroom, 

indeed! Other necessities like garbage 

cans and wall protectors were also 

purchased. Thank you very much, Lily 

and Tak! a 

Lily and Tak Hori, seated, and Dr. Ruby celebrate 

the dedication of the newly refurbished Keiro 

employee lounge. 


South China Dinner feeds Thousands! 

By May Leong, Fund Development Associate 

The 22 nd Annual South China Benefit 

on July 8, 2002, sponsored by the Ko 

Family and Perry Ko’s South China 

Restaurant was a resounding success! 

We sold 1,534 meals this year (34 over 

our goal of 1,500). The weather was 

perfect and wait lines were down from 

the year before. Our most sincere 

thanks to the Ko Family for their 

continued support in hosting this event. 

Special thanks to the South China staff 

and our volunteers who made this a fun 

event! And to all the hungry people who 

enjoyed the dinner, Thank You! a 

The volunteers this year were: 

Darlene Alcayaga 

Pauline Asaba 

Jasmine Baker 


Bing Chan 

Shi Chen 

Dorrienne Chin 

Nina Chin 

Yee Chin 

Jo Churchill 

Amy French 

Jean Geong 



Lillian Hayashi 


Hats Higa 

Amy Hirasawa 

Mary Hirata 

Michi Hirata 

Tom Hoshikawa 

You Huang 

Leon Hung 

Joe Ike 

Miyo Ike 

Kachi Ikeda 

Ruby Inouye 

May Ishida 

Richard Ishikawa 

Aki Ito 

Shiz Kaku 

Fusa Kamihara 



Susan Kanetomi 

Ossie Katayama 

Chika Kato 

Miyoko Kodama 

Fumi Kojima 

Judy Koyano 

From L-R, Pauline Asaba, Michi Hirata, Alice Hayashida and Mary Hirata serve as quickly as they can 

to feed the hungry crowds. 

George Kozu 

Mary Kozu 

Amy Kuramoto 

Hai Kwong 

May Leong 

Jian Liao 

Jian Luo 

Maeve Maclysaght 

Ron Mamiya 

Gary Matsudaira 

Shiz Matsuoka 

Paul Miyahara 

Wanda Miyahara 

Nancy Miyazaki 


George Morihiro 

Anne Moriyasu 

Tama Murotani 

Kevin Nagai 

Sunnie Nagai 

Hiro Nagasawa 

May Nagasawa 

Susan Nakagawa 

Yone Nakako 

Nyla Nakano 

Chuck Natsuhara 

Fay Ng 

Jill Nishi 

Frank Nishimura 

Haru Nishimura 

Chiz Norton 

Martin Oiye 

Jean Okamoto 

Kats Okamoto 

Toshi Okamoto 

Miki Onishi 

Joe Sasaki 

Kazie Sasaki 

May Sasaki 

Ned Sato 

Polly Shigaki 

Gloria Shigeno 

Timo Standord 

Carol Ann Suehiro 

Ellen Suzuki 

Hide Tachibana 

Richard Tachibana 

Jan Tadehara 

Yut Tam 

Jinlong Tan 

Darcia Tanabe 

Faye Tanagi 

Shig Tanagi 


Merrily Taniguchi 

Irene Tanino 

Tama Tokuda 

Massie Tomita 

Gail Tsuboi 

Sada Uno 

Shigeko Uno 

Huey Wong 

Joe Yabuki 

Suma Yagi 

Shizue Yahata 

Julie Yari 

Mary Yee 


Suzanne Yoshitomi 

A Twenty-one Year Legacy 

SEATTLE KEIRO SAYS FAREWELL TO A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE. 

By Rick Henry, Chief Operating Officer of Nikkei Concerns, Seattle Keiro Administrator 

After twenty-one years of service to 

our organization, Hiromi Tamura has 

decided to retire from Seattle Keiro. At 

times like this, it is always difficult 

finding the right words to express our 

gratitude. Hiromi was the third Activity 

Director for Seattle Keiro and worked 

diligently in developing our Activity 

Program. Hiromi’s work was a 

reflection of her resident-focused 

philosophy and commitment to serving 

others. 

In addition to serving as the Director 

of Activities, Hiromi also served as the 

Director of Volunteers. In this role she 

worked tirelessly to recruit and sustain 

volunteer involvement at Seattle Keiro. 

Hiromi understood the important role 

volunteers play in improving resident 

quality of life and was an advocate for 

volunteer involvement. 

Thank you, Hiromi, for the legacy of 

love you have left behind. Our warm 

thoughts and wishes are with you for 

your retirement years. a 

Hiromi Tamura slices cake at her retirement party 

as her daughter looks on. 

Seattle Keiro 


Community 

Crossroads, 

Nikkei Manor 

By Naoko Ulstein, Kokoro Kai Director 

All the programs of Nikkei Concerns 

have strong connections to the 

community and Nikkei Manor is no 

exception. 

Nikkei Manor is located in the 

International District where many 

Nikkei and others come to shop, eat, or 

go to baseball games. Nikkei Manor is 

in a prime location for people to stop 

George Hayashi and Ichiro Enomoto share a hug 

during a KIDcare visit to Nikkei Manor 

by to see their family and friends. Often 

some residents go out for lunch or 

dinner with their family or friends. 

Hidenori Shiraishi and Hiroko Watanabe from Gifu prefecture in Japan entertain Nikkei Manor 

residents. 

Quite a few residents go for walks, 

shopping, or have hair appointments 

during the day right in the Nikkei Manor 

neighborhood. 

On Kokoro Kai days, we have a sense 

of community within our facility. 

Kokoro Kai is held at Nikkei Manor 

three days a week. A few Nikkei Manor 

residents volunteer to help set up the 

rooms and games for the program 

each day. We have an average of 

35 people that come to the 

program from the area. Many of 

the participants and volunteers 

are Nikkei Manor residents’ 

friends, neighbors, or 

acquaintances from many years 

ago. Some volunteers bring some 

fresh cut flowers from their yard 

to their Nikkei Manor friends 

before Kokoro Kai starts. A few 

Kokoro Kai participants 

sometimes visit their Nikkei 

Manor friends in their rooms. And 

others got to know each other after 

they met at Kokoro Kai. I’m 

always impressed to see how much 

those people care for each other. 

Nikkei Manor has many other 

connections to the community through 

our special guests and entertainers all 

year long. Residents have opportunities 

to meet many community groups, local 

church members, talented individuals, 

and even students and musicians from 

Japan. This is one of the great benefits 

of residing in an assisted living facility 

like Nikkei Manor. You can meet many 

people and enjoy entertainment without 

leaving your home. 

We are also connected to the other 

Nikkei Concerns’ programs. Four times 

a month, we have intergenerational 

activities with KIDcare children. Nikkei 

Horizons also offers some classes here 

at Nikkei Manor. One resident takes a 

class here once a week. Other residents 

enjoy viewing the calligraphy exhibit, 

listening to the koto practice, or simply 

stopping by to see the Zokei Bonsai 

class. 

These are some of the ways Nikkei 

Manor is tied to the community. We 

want to thank everyone that is involved 

in this friendly relationship with Nikkei 

Manor. a 


Boeing Good Neighbor Day, continued from page 1 

What a fantastic team of Boeing 

volunteers who gave over six hours of 

their precious weekend time and energy 

on a beautiful Saturday to beautify 

Nikkei Manor’s grounds and patios for 

the enjoyment of the residents and their 

families, guests, volunteers and staff. 

The volunteers sat with the residents 

and had lunch together, specially set up 

for them on the first floor multi-purpose 

room. The volunteers shared how much 

they really enjoyed that special time 

together with our residents – a 

wonderful new experience for them! 

I want to especially thank Bill 

Colter and Mark Terhaar for all the 

support they gave on that day and to 

Tony Nathaniel who supplied the 

Brianna Felix pushes the broom with enthusiasm! 

necessary equipment from Seattle 

Keiro. The support we also received 

from the Nikkei Manor staff was 

outstanding – thank you Al Sican, 

Pusan Kil and the dietary staff for the 

delicious lunch and the outstanding job 

they did supplying the work team with 

refreshments at break time, Keiko 

Kitano and her resident care staff, Aya 

Nakamura and the activity volunteers, 

Kenji McCullogh at the front desk 

keeping everyone going in the right 

direction and, of course, to all the 

residents, who observed and enjoyed 

the progress of that day’s work. Thank 

you, everyone, who was involved in this 

very special Boeing Good Neighbor Day 

at Nikkei Manor. It was indeed a very 

beautiful day for us all! a 

Boeing Good Neighbors in front of Nikkei Manor after a hard day’s work. 

Join the Nikkei Manor/Kokoro Kai Memory Walk Team! 

The Alzheimer’s Association Annual Memory Walk is in September! Help support this cause by 

joining our team. 

When: Sunday September 8th 

Registration 9 am-10 am 

Walk begins at 10:00 am 

Awards Ceremony & Prize Drawings after 11 

Where: Sand Point Magnuson Park 

7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle 

Contact Naoko Ulstein at (206) 726-6474 or naokou@nikkeiconcerns.org to join the NM/KK team. 

Nikkei Manor 


Nikkei Horizons Instructor Profiles 

By Kirsten Lutes, Nikkei Horizons Coordinator 

HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE WONDERFUL 

VOLUNTEERS 

WHO HELP MAKE 

Dr. Gerald Kuwada 

OUR PROGRAM 

A SUCCESS. 

Nikkei Horizons is very lucky to have 

in our service the expertise of Dr. Gerald 

Kuwada who instructs our Morning Tai 

Chi class. In fact, we have been lucky for 

the past 12 years, as Dr. Kuwada has 

been teaching for us faithfully since the 

inception of our program in 1990. “Dr. 

K,” as he is affectionately called, has an 

vote as one of the 150 Most Influential 

Podiatric Surgeons and Practitioners in 

the US. He has even had several surgical 

procedures named after him! It is not 

surprising that Dr. K utilizes his 

knowledge of Chi in his medical practice 

and considers himself a Master in 

Healing Chi. Dr. K believes that, when 

extensive background in Tai Chi, Chi 

used with good intent, Chi has 

Dr. K has been a Nikkei Concerns board member 

Kung and Reiki, as well as a wide range 

extraordinary healing results. This has 

since 2000 and has served on various committees. 

of martial arts including Judo, Karate, 

been proven to him over and over in his 

Tae Kwan Do and Kendo. He also It is enough that Dr. K is such an practice and life. 

practices Kriya Yoga, an ancient yogic 

technique for spiritual enlightenment. 

expert in martial arts and Chi, described 

by Dr. K as “life force energy,” but in 

The importance of Chi as a life force 

is the prominent theme in Dr. K’s 

Raised in Spokane, Dr. K was first 

addition, he is a highly respected and classes, as well as his medical practice. 

introduced to martial arts at age nine 

accomplished doctor of podiatric In his classes, Dr. K stresses the 

by his uncles, Takeo and Keigi Horiuchi, 

medicine. Besides his private practice, significance of “energy medicine,” and 

who taught Judo. In 1973, upon 

which he has had for over 25 years, he how life force energy, controlled and 

entering medical school, Dr. K met his 

serves as the Chair for the Washington channeled through Tai Chi techniques 

Tai Chi Master, William Chin, with 

State Podiatric Disciplinary Board, and and movements, affects overall health 

whom he has trained in Tai Chi ever 

is Director and Co-founder of the and well-being. His class is catered to 

since. After studying with Master Chin 

Northwest Podiatric Foundation, which the individual, with each student 

for several years, Dr. K was told that in 

provides educational opportunities in working at their own pace and personal 

ten more years of self-study, he would 

post-graduate study and research for level. Dr. Kuwada is a treasure in our 

be ready to begin teaching. Exactly ten 

doctors. His lectures, publications and community and a true asset to our 

years later he was asked by Nikkei 

surgical residency directorships over program. We thank him for all his 

Horizons to teach a class for our brand 

the years have led to numerous awards, wonderful years of service to us and 

new program, and he has been with us 

including election to the National hope his busy schedule never precludes 

ever since. 

Academy of Practice for Distinguished his continued participation in Nikkei 

Podiatric Practitioners, and last year’s Horizons. a 

Kawabe Memorial House and Horizons’ Partnership 

By Lillian Hayashi, Administrator of Community Services 

On May 23, 2002 Nikkei Horizons’ 

computer program and lab, located at 

Kawabe Memorial House, received a 

Certificate of Achievement from 

Delores Pruden, Director of the 

Office of Neighborhood Networks, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) “for helping to 

create a vibrant community that fosters 

economic opportunity and life-long 

learning.” 

Among those present at the 

dedication ceremony were State Senator 

Adam Kline, Philip Head, HUD 

Regional Director of Operations, 

Connie Devaney, Administrator of 

Kawabe Memorial House and Bill 

Nishimura, former HUD Regional 

Director, past Nikkei Concerns’ 

President, and Master of Ceremonies 

for the dedication of this new HUD 

Neighborhood Network Center. 

Our computer program and lab at 

Kawabe Memorial House is the 36th 

such Neighborhood Network Center in 

a Washington State facility insured by 

and assisted through HUD. In 1995, 

HUD began an initiative to encourage 

managers of HUD-assisted housing to 

create computer learning centers onsite 

for the residents, with the help of 

other public and private community 

partners and resources. 

We are grateful to Connie Devaney 

and Kawabe for this unique partnership 

which brings the elders of our respective 

programs together under their roof as a 

team! 

Continued on next page 


Western Oyster Company Hosts Clam Dig and Oyster Fry 

By Kirsten Lutes, Nikkei Horizons Coordinator 

On May 14 th Eiichi Yamashita and 

his family hosted a group of 33 Nikkei 

Horizons participants at his oyster farm 

on the Kitsap Peninsula for an old 

fashioned clam dig and oyster fry. Two 

bus loads of eager clammers, rubber 

boots and buckets in tow, arrived at 

Western Oyster Company in Purdy, WA 

just in time for mid-morning low tide. 

While we waited for the tide to settle, 

Eiichi described for us the history of his 

74-year-old business, (founded by his 

father, Masahide Yamashita, around 

1928) and a bit about the industry and 

process of clam and oyster farming in 

general. Next, we received a lesson in 

oyster shucking, and many tried their 

of us, not so brave, waited for 

the fried variety, samples of 

which were doled out to 

participants waiting eagerly 

in line. When Eiichi gave the 

signal, everyone grabbed a 

rake and trudged out to the 

beach to start digging for 

manila, littleneck and horse 

clams. Meanwhile, Ta Son 

Thompson, one of Western 

Oysters most faithful and 

long-standing employees, 

had prepared an amazing 

feast of every variety of mollusk 

imaginable, steamed, sautéed and 

blended into a range of delicious and 

tempting dishes for our 

enjoyment. The weary 

entourage of diggers was well 

rewarded with this meal when 

they returned, and were given 

fresh insight into the range of 

culinary possibilities for their 

captured fare. Despite a 

questionable forecast early on, 

the weather cooperated 

perfectly, making for a 

delightful day for everyone. We 

Clamdiggers look for lunch. 

hand at shucking their own oysters 

while a few brave souls slurped them 

down right there on the beach! The rest 

Kawabe/Horizons partnership, continued from previous page 

Horizons’ computer program started 

in the Fall Quarter of 1993 with one 

class: Computer Concepts 101 taught 

by Yaeko Namba. The following year, 

Shox Tokita introduced the first 

Beginning Computer class at another 

HUD facility, Wisteria View Manor, 

which was home for Nikkei Horizons’ 

computer program during the first 

seven years. 

Connie Devaney extended a generous 

invitation for Horizons to move the 

program to Kawabe in the winter of 

2001. With the move, we were able to 

expand our growing computer program 

and double our classroom space. Since 

would like to express our 

sincere appreciation to Eiichi 

and Dorcas Yamashita for planning 

and implementing the day for us, 

(Dorcas was the genius behind the 

the move to Kawabe and five quarters 

later our program has expanded with 

the addition of six new classes: Typing 

on Computer, Introduction to 

Computers, Beyond Basics, Advanced 

Computer Solutions: Word & Excel, The 

Internet & E-mail and Getting 

Connected Online. This coming Fall 

Quarter a new class will be offered: 

Digital Photography and Imaging. 

The success of our very popular 

computer program is primarily due to 

our irreplaceable volunteer instructors 

–they are truly the heart of our program. 

Kirsten Lutes, Nikkei Horizons 

Coordinator, and I would like to express 

Eiichi Yamashita shows how to shuck oysters. 

delicious fried oysters we all enjoyed) 

and for their most generous donation 

of fresh oysters and clams to our large 

group of participants. Thanks also to 

Fumi and Aaron Murai (Eiichi’s 

sister and brother-in-law) for their 

participation and assistance on that 

day, as well as and accolades to Ta Son 

for all her hard work in preparing the 

dishes we enjoyed so much for lunch. 

Other employees, including Lou 

Joung, were on hand to assist the group 

with shucking and digging and we 

appreciate their participation as well. 

The generosity of community members 

like the Yamashita’s and businesses 

such as theirs helps to make Nikkei 

Horizons the fun and enlightening 

activities program that it is for so many 

seniors in our community. a 

our great appreciation to our 

volunteer instructors: 

Fumiko Groves, Yuna 

Healy, Joe Ike, Dale 

Kaneko, Jack Matsui, May 

Sasaki, Yuriko Sunuwar, 

Shokichi (Shox) Tokita, 

Takako Tokumasu and 

Don Yoshida. Their 

fantastic volunteer spirit, 

commitment and dedication 

is vital to the success and 

growth of our computer 

program and lab. a 

Nikkei Horizons 


Presenting 

KIDcare’s Class 

Of 2002 

By Lillian Hayashi, Administrator of 

Community Services 

Friday, June 21, 2002 was indeed a 

very special day for the preschoolers of 

KIDcare. There were over 90 family 

members, friends, and KIDcare 

schoolmates, plus the Grandmas and 

Grandpas from Nikkei Manor, Kokoro 

Kai and Seattle Keiro’s Intergenerational 

program, ‘Bridge of Love’, to support 

the eleven graduates at their graduation 

ceremony. 

The program started with the Class 

of 2002 Graduates marching into the 

multi-purpose room of Kawabe 

Memorial House and up to the stage: 

Song Mei Doran, Saul Goodwin, 

Alana Tso Gwilym, Bradley Kim, 

Maggie Latham, Isabella 

Student receives her memory album from Reiko McCullough. 

Lawrence, Mackenzie Lew, 

Beatrice Lum, Braden Ploger, 

Eleanor Powell and Olivia de Vesci 

all proudly wore their special mortar 

boards made for them by Seattle Keiro 

residents. 

Opening remarks were made by 

Interim Director, Lillian Hayashi, 

with the presentation of diplomas by 

Program Coordinator/Supervisor, 

Terri Burney. 

Personal memory 

albums filled with a 

collection of photos 

from the time the 

graduate started 

KIDcare as an infant, 

along with signatures 

and notes from 

classmates and 

faculty were 

especially made for 

each graduate by 

Older Preschool Lead 

Teacher, Reiko 

McCullough. 

Assistant Older 

Preschool Teacher 

Airi Lowe and 

Young Preschool Lead Teacher Lolita 

Estrada presented each graduate with 

a candy lei. 

The Class of 2002 

All the KIDcare children in 

attendance sang two songs; “It’s a Small 

World,” sung in both English and 

Japanese and “Hello to All the Children 

of the World.” Then the Graduating 

Class sang “Arigato & Sayonara: 

Thank You & Good-Bye.” Before the 

celebration party commenced, Mr. 

Magician, Dean Uyeda, for the second 

year, delighted the students with a 

special magic show that included 

animal balloon sculptures. 

The faculty of KIDcare especially 

want to thank Connie Devaney, 

Administrator of Kawabe Memorial 

House and her staff and residents for 

accommodating this special celebration 

for the second year. Appreciation also 

goes to Tony Nathaniel, Director of 

Environmental Services, and his staff 

for setting up the room prior to the 

ceremony. Thanks to the Activity staff 

of Seattle Keiro, Nikkei Manor and 

Kokoro Kai for bringing the Grandmas 

and Grandpas from their respective 

programs to make this day even more 

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KIDcare class of 2002, continued from previous 

page 

special for the graduates. 

Great appreciation is extended to the 

KIDcare faculty who worked so hard to 

make this celebration successful: Ms. 

Terri, Ms. Reiko, Ms. Lolita, Ms. 

Airi, and Young Preschool Assistant 

Teachers Ms. Satomi Kengan, and 

Ms. Alisa Torres. To all the other 

supporting KIDcare teachers, thank you 

very much for making this such a 

memorable day for our graduates. 

Special recognition and appreciation 

to Ken Harris, KIDcare volunteer, for 

his invaluable help that day, and to 

parent Veasey de Vesci, for his help 

in cleaning up and bringing supplies 

back to KIDcare. And to all the guests, 

thank you all for making the Class of 

2002 celebration such a special day for 

our eleven graduates. To the parents of 

the graduates, a special appreciation for 

entrusting the care and love for your 

child to our successful intergenerational 

learning program of KIDcare. We are 

thrilled to know how our program 

nurtured your child from their infant 

days, guiding them to graduation and 

onto a new frontier: kindergarten! 

Thank you for giving us this opportunity 

to help make a positive difference in 

your child’s life! Sayonara KIDcare 

graduates of the Class of 2002. a 

WISh list 

KIDcare is seeking the 

following items: 

• Piano 

• Non-digital camera (for 

field trips) 

• CD/ Cassette player 

If you have any of these items 

available for donation, please 

contact KIDcare at (206) 726- 

6502. 

Thank you for your 

support! 

KIDcare’s New 

Director 

By Lillian Hayashi, Administrator of 

Community Services 

Exciting times are ahead for KIDcare. 

The faculty and I are pleased to welcome 

Carol Hirayama as our new Director. 

She brings extensive experience in 

education and will provide much 

kimochi (deep caring), kokoro 

(compassion), and excellent 

interpersonal skills. Carol said her love 

for children was extremely important to 

her as well as her ability to outreach to 

individuals of all ethnic and social 

backgrounds. Her first day at KIDcare 

was Monday, July 15. 

She comes to KIDcare with over ten 

years of educating both children and 

adults here in the U.S. and in Japan. 

Her career began in Early Childhood 

Education in California at a Montessori 

Preschool. Carol spent 5 ½ years as an 

English Language instructor, 

Emergency Teacher and Trainer, and 

most recently as a Children’s Trainer for 

Foreign Teachers in the Education 

division of one of Japan’s leading 

English Language Corporations. She 

was responsible for training teachers at 

over 50 of the corporation’s 132 schools 

throughout the Tokyo area, Osaka/ 

Kyoto area and Northern regions of 

Japan. Ms. Carol contributed greatly to 

reorganizing and developing the 

company’s teaching curriculum. She 

played a key role in helping teachers 

successfully teach their classes. For 

over 4½ years she also taught, 

Carol Hirayama brings kimochi to KIDcare. 

supervised and managed classes of 2 – 

6 year old children, and trained and 

managed teaching assistants. 

A third-generation Japanese- 

American, born and raised in Los 

Angeles, Carol has a Bachelor’s degree 

in Liberal Studies from California State 

University at Northridge and course 

studies in Early Childhood Education 

and Japanese from Pasadena City 

College. She has passed the California 

Basic Skills Test (CBEST) and 

completed a Teacher Training Course at 

the Institute of the International 

English Education of Children in Japan. 

Please stop by KIDcare and introduce 

yourself and visit with Ms. Carol 

whenever you have a chance – you will 

find her to be a very warm and kind 

addition to our Nikkei Concerns family 

with a passion and love for both children 

and outreaching to others. 

Ms. Carol can be reached at (206) 726- 

6502 or carolh@nikkeiconcerns.org a 

KIDCARE 


Kokoro Kai 

Adult Day 

Program 

Young Ambassadors from the 

Community 

By Naoko Ulstein, Kokoro Kai Director 

In September 1998, Kokoro Kai 

welcomed students from University 

Child Development School (UCDS) for 

the first time. This special 

intergenerational relationship started 

as part of their Community Service 

Project and an Oral History Project. 

Our partners were in the 2 nd and 3 rd 

grades, and many of them didn’t know 

about Japanese customs or about 

Japanese-American history. That fall 

A good day for a tour: Kokoro Kai and UCDS partners on their way to 

Uwajimaya. 

quarter, some of the Kokoro Kai 

participants and Nikkei Manor 

residents became partners of the UCDS 

students. Most of our members had two 

UCDS students and Grant Beppu enjoyed sharing time together. 

student partners, and some of them 

even had three partners every other 

Monday afternoon. We had 30 students 

for that first year and up to 35 students 

in later years. The age difference 

between the students and Kokoro Kai 

members was seven to nine decades! 

Both groups shared their stories, 

customs and cultures. They all have 

learned and experienced something 

new since the fall of 1998. UCDS and 

Kokoro Kai have kept this special visit 

through the school year for four years. 

During those four years, new 

students became our 

partners every fall 

quarter, but many of our 

members have been 

staying with UCDS for 

several years. Besides 

sharing each other’s 

personal and cultural 

history, we have done 

many other activities 

together: watercolor, 

“Boy’s Day” paper carp 

making, mathematics 

games, Japanese writing 

and calligraphy, food/ 

rice ball making, flower 

planting, origami, 

sharing favorite books and current 

school projects, learning about many 

holidays in different cultures, and more. 

Some of the highlights during these past 

four years were the Halloween costume 

party, Uwajimaya tour, UCDS school 

visit, going to see the Youth Theater 

play, and music performances by 

students. 

For this year’s final visit in June, we 

had delightful singing and piano 

performances by our student partners. 

UCDS students sang many songs- from 

patriotic songs to “I Hate to Get Up in 

the Morning” to oldies like “Tiptoe 

Through the Tulips.” We invited all the 

Kokoro Kai members, even those who 

were not the students’ partners, as well 

as Nikkei Manor residents for this 

special event. The concert was very 

lively and heartwarming . We certainly 

felt more energy in ourselves after the 

performances. Following the concert, 

the students gave their partners a nice 

letter. 

After the students leave Kokoro Kai, 

our members have commented, “When 

are they coming back next,” “My little 

boy showed me what he is learning at 

school” or “You know my little friends 

are so smart…” I myself enjoy watching 

the young and the old caring for each 

other in their own way. One student 

was very good around elderly people 

who had some dementia. Another 

student had a goal to learn how to build 

better relationships with his friends, 

and he learned it through his Kokoro 

Kai visits by listening carefully, by trying 

to understand the differences in people, 

and by being more patient around his 

partner. 

Over the years, more than 120 

students have come to visit Kokoro Kai. 

One student said, “I felt very shy at first 

when I met my partners, but then after 

we came it was like they were my 

neighbors.” Another observed, “When 

we saw her (Kokoro Kai partner) for the 

third time, she didn’t remember me. 

That’s because some older people have 

so much information in their brain 

already. If one more thing goes in, it 

pushes something else out.” But Kokoro 

Kai members won’t soon forget their 

memorable visits by UCDS students! a 

Kokoro Kai 


Thanks to 

Macromedia for 

Software 

Donation 

WEBSITE TO RECEIVE MORE 

FREQUENT UPDATES 

Nikkei Concerns received a generous 

donation of software from 

Macromedia in June. With the new 

packages of Dreamweaver MX and 

Fireworks MX software, the 

Communications Department will have 

more direct control over the website 

and content will be updated more 

frequently. The new software will help 

us improve our online presence and 

greatly enhance our ability to 

communicate with our online 

community. 

Dreamweaver is a software package 

used to create websites and Internet 

applications. Fireworks is used to 

create interactive web graphics. This is 

the first donation that Nikkei Concerns 

has received from Macromedia, and we 

would like to express our sincere 

appreciation for this generous donation. 

Be sure to log on to 

www.nikkeiconcerns.org to see the 

latest updates. a 

Nikkei Concerns needs you! 

Would you like to … 

v Make a difference in the life of a senior 

v Build a strong sense of community 

v Feel good 

v Have fun 

Then, why not consider volunteering 

How you can help… 

v Drive residents to a field trip 

v Assist with gardening and maintenance. 

v Help with arts and crafts or lead light exercises. 

v Lead a sing-along. 

v Teach your special skill, talent or hobby. 

v Help in the office or with mailings. 

There’s something available for everyone! Please call 

Lillian Hayashi at 726-6461 for more information. 

Nikkei Manor VAcancy 

Want some help with daily chores 

Want to live in the International District 

A Studio Apartment is currently 

available at Nikkei Manor assisted living. 

For more information, please contact Bill Colter, Nikkei Manor 

Manager, at (206) 726-6467 or billc@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Misc. 


Ayame Kai 

Looking for the 

Perfect Gift 

14k gold tsuru 

(crane) charms 

are available for 

purchase at $68 

each. Each can be 

worn as a pendant on a chain or a 

bracelet, and all proceeds benefit the 

residents and participants of our 

programs. 

Please make check payable to Ayame 

Kai and mail to: 


1601 E Yesler Way 

Seattle, WA 98122-5640 

Attn: Tsuru/Lillian Hayashi 

Please include your day and evening 

phone numbers. We will notify you 

when your charm is available for pick 

up at Seattle Keiro. Out-of-town 

purchasers, please add $5 for postage 

and handling. 

Don’t Forget: Ayame 

Kai Holiday Craft Fair 

The annual Ayame Kai Holiday Craft 

Fair will be held on Saturday, 

November 16th, from 10:00 am to 

4:00 pm, at the Seattle Buddhist 

Church, 1427 S. Main St. 

Call (425) 827-4930 or (206) 938- 

0497 for more information. 

Annual Rummage Sale 

By Susan Nakagawa and Shizue Yahata, Rummage Sale Co-chairs 

The annual Ayame Kai Rummage 

Sale was held on May 16, 2002 and once 

again it was a success. We raised over 

$19,000 for Nikkei Concerns this year! 

We had approximately 200 volunteers 

come out to help us on the three days of 

set-up and on the day of the sale. Many 

people were involved in helping to setup, 

sort, clean, price and arrange the 

items for sale, and many more donated 

items for this event. We also had guild 

and non-guild members who, after 

working all day helping set up for the 

sale, went home and baked items for our 

famous bake sale. Although the sale is 

sponsored by the guild, the rummage 

sale has become a Nikkei community 

event where we all come together to 

CHAIRPERSONS 

Publicity, Nina Chin 

Bakery, Lillian Hayashi 

Clothing, Suzanne Kanetomi 

Beverages, Nyla Nakano 

Asian antiques, Hisako Nakaya 

Books, Julie Ann Oiye 

Electrical, Gloria Shigeno 

Glassware, Kachi Ikeda 

Sporting goods, Koji Matsuno 

Jewelry, Janet Baba & Nina Tomita-Kato 

Linens, Michi Hirata 

Seasonal, Mildred Tsutsumi 

Housewares, AC Arai & Brenda Matsudaira 

Purses/luggage, Jean Wakamatsu & Toshiko 

Hayashi 

Furniture, George Nishi 

Unbreakable plastics, Carol Ann Suehiro 

Toys, Aki Taniguchi & Fusako Kamihara 

Cashiers, Eileen Tokita 

Boutique, Tomoko Matsuno 

Accounting, Martin Oiye 

VOLUNTEERS 

Kay Abe 

Filomina Accettoki 

A.C. Arai 

Missy Arai 

Dave Aramoto 

Yasuko Aratani 

Janet Baba 

Linda Briggs 

Katsuko Brooke 

Tom Brooke 

Terrie Brownlee 

Yoko Cullinan 

Dave Cunningham 

Michael Edwards 

Kiyoshi Fukano 

Joanie Gerry 

Kay Goto 

Michiko Harada 


Seiji Hata 

Joyce Hayashi 

T. Hayashi 


Hats Higa 

Amy Hirasawa 

Hajime Hirata 

Mary Hirata 

Michi Hirata 

Yoshi Hiroo 

Tom Hoshikawa 

Joe Ike 

Miyo Ike 

Kachi Ikeda 

Marcia Imamura 

Melvin Inouye 

Nancy Ishii 

Aki Ito 

Arlene Kadoshima 

Shizu Kaku 

David & Suzanne 

Kametomi 

Fusako Kamihara 


Harvey Kanemoto 

Malcolm & Eileen 

Kanemoto 

Ossie Katayama 

Mark Katayama 

Chiyo Kato 

Mutsu Kato 

work, see friends, make new friends and 

have a good time while raising money 

for a worthy cause. 

Special thanks to the following 

people: Toshi Okamoto and her crew 

for serving lunch and Shizu Kaku for 

making the tsukemono, Pauline 

Asaba for being there early Saturday 

morning to cook the rice and making 

special treats for the workers, Susan 

Nakagawa and Martin Oiye for their 

tireless efforts and the department 

chairs. Please see the list of all our 

volunteers below. 

A special thank you to the 

community who have supported us 

throughout the years. a 

VOLUNTEERS, CONT’D. 

Eileen Kato 

Pauline Sakuma 

Kunio Kikuchi 

Cheryl Sakura 

Joanne Kimura 

Nicki Sampson 

Vic Kimura 

Kelly Shigemi 

Amy Koba 

Ruth & Fred Shigemi 

Tom Kometani 

Cho Shimizu 

Judy Koyano 

S. Shimizu 

George Kozu 

Saki Shimizu 

John Kozu 

Cathy Skinner 

Mary Kozu 

Laura Skinner 

Nolan Kozu 

JoAnn Sugasawara 

Ryan Kozu 

Kathy Suyama 

Julie Kubota 

Kanemi & Warren Suzuki 

Judy & Paul Kusakabe Naoko Takagi 

Phyllis Lui 

Faye & Shig Tanagi 

Linda Ma 

Yoshi Tanemori 

Lisa Ma 

Lois Taniguchi 

Amy Maeda 

Akico Taniguchi 

Suwako Maeda 

Merrily Taniguchi 

Ron Mamiya 

Tosh Taniguchi 

Brenda & Joe Matsudaira Bill Tashima 

Shelly Matsudaira 

Sandra Timmer 

Mitzi Matsui 

Hide Tokumasu 

Janet Matsumoto 

Tak Tokumasu 

Tomoko Matsuno 

Massie Tomita 

Shiz Matsuoka 

Mildred Tsutsumi 

MJ Mitoma 

Sada Uno 

Paul & Wanda Miyahara Marcia Usui 

Yoshi Miyauchi 

Dean Uyeda 

George Morihiro 

Grace Uyeda 

Sunnie Nagai 

Lynne Uyehara 

Bonnie Nakagawa 

Michi Uyeno 

John Nakagawa 

Jean Wakamatsu 


Pat Wakazuru 

Janes & Joanne Nakamoto Matsue Watanabe 

Nyla Nakano 

Sam Watanabe 

Hisako & Harvey Nakaya Shizue Watanabe 


Gloria Wettierauer 

Jean & George Nishi Marge Woo 

Frances Ogino 

Suma Yagi 

Maxine Ogino 

Pearl Yamamoto 

Julie Ann Oiye 

Judy Yamashita 

Martin Oiye 

Tossie Yamashita 

Stephen & Nancy Okada Keiko Yanagihara 

Kats Okamoto 

Mary Yee 

Toshi Okamoto 

Elaine Yoshida 

Maida Okazaki 

Pauline Yoshida 

Jean Okimoto 

Elaine Yoshihara 

Nobi Omoto 

Dave Yoshino 

Tak Omoto 

Gloria Yoshino 

Nobuko Otsuji 


2 nd Annual Founders’ Golf Tournament 

By Joe Yabuki and Lauree Seko, Golf Tournament Co-Chairs 

The Nikkei Concerns 2 nd Annual 

Founders’ Golf Benefit was held at The 

Plateau Club on Monday, July 29 th , and 

proved once again to be a huge success! 

Thanks to the overwhelming support of 

our community, we raised over $35,000 

to benefit the programs of Nikkei 

Concerns, exceeding last year’s total by 

almost $10,000! 

The participants 

enjoyed a beautiful day on 

the golf course at one of 

Washington’s top ten 

country club venues. The 

weather cooperated nicely 

and players had the 

opportunity to win prizes 

at a pre-tournament 

putting contest hosted by 

Harold Taniguchi. In 

addition, Diane 

Taniguchi (Harold’s 

wife) was randomly 

chosen for a hole-in-one 

shot from 135 yards, and 

a chance to win 

$1,000,000. Did she win 

under par: Bob Shimabukuro, 

Oliver Oshiro, Doug Chinn and 

Scott Chinn. They will have their 

names engraved on the perpetual 

trophy, which is available for viewing 

in the Seattle Keiro lobby. 

The fabulous dinner included 

salad, baked potato, yakisoba, sushi, 

baked salmon, prime rib, and a 

The winning team: Oliver Oshiro, Bob Shimabukuro, Scott Chinn and 

Doug Chinn 

participants and 

volunteers for this 

event and a big thank 

you is extended to 

these individuals. 

Please see the list of 

all our sponsors, 

donors and 

volunteers on page 

27. 

We are already in the planning 

stages for next year’s tournament 

and the date and location will be 

announced soon. Volunteers are 

always needed for planning and 

assisting during the day of the event. 

If you would like to become a 

volunteer, sponsor and/or 

participate in next year’s 

tournament, or if you have 

suggestions on how we can improve 

our tournament, please contact May 

Leong at (206) 726-6522 or by email 

at mayl@nikkeiconcerns.org. a 

Lauree Seko and Joe Yabuki, Event Co-Chairs 

Unfortunately, she did not, but 

everyone in attendance watched her 

attempt from the clubhouse balcony 

and gave her lots of cheers and 

encouragement. 

This year’s tournament format was a 

team competition, using the best two 

net scores from each hole. We would 

like to congratulate this year’s winning 

team who finished at a net score of 25 

wonderful dessert selection. 

During the dinner program a 

live auction was held, which 

included Mariner 

autographed baseballs and 

jerseys from the three 

Japanese players on the team. 

Our thanks to all of our 

generous auction bidders. We 

also had great raffle items, 

including a set of Red Bird 

Irons. 

Many thanks to our golf 

participants and to our numerous 

sponsors, including our Title Sponsor, 

Mulvanny G2 Architecture, and 

our Platinum Sponsor, 

Uwajimaya. We also must thank the 

many donors who contributed prizes 

and donations for our cause. The Golf 

Committee, along with many 

volunteers, worked very hard behind 

the scenes to secure prizes, sponsors, 

Richard Miyauchi, the top bidder on Ichiro’s jersey. 


Domo Arigato 

Nikkei Concerns ns would like to thank all the generous ous people who touch the lives 

Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Donations 

3/01/02- 6/30/02 

AYAKO YAMASHITA 

ABE 

Isao and Jeannine Yamashita 

MITS AND BETTY ABE 

Jolene Abe Chang and Family 

TAZU ABE 

Kats and Thelma Abe 

Richard and Gayle Choi 

Teri Eguchi and Erin Eguchi 

Miyo Kanda 

Hajime and Tomi Nakashima 

Ross and Marcia Rogers 

TOKIO AND SADAKO 

AKAGI 


RUTH AKAMATSU 


WILLIAM AND RUTH 

AKAMATSU 

Tosh and Sue Akamatsu 

HENRY AND LILLIAN 

AOYAMA 

Shari and Rory Leid 

NAOJIRO AND SUE 

AOYAMA 

Mariko Mano 

Anne Moriyasu 

HANAKO ARAMAKI 

Alan and Fran Aramaki 

AMY DOI 

Jan Gerry 

RICHARD AND MAKIKO 

DOI 

Alice Doi and Katie Vail 

HIRO AND EMMA 

EGUCHI 

Mike and Linda Eguchi 

CHEK FONG 

Serena Chapman 

JOE AND MARIE FUJII 

Mike and Mary Fujii 

CHIYO FUJIMURA 

Frank and Irene Nishimoto 

TAMIKO RUTH 

FUJIMURA 


ROY FUJIWARA 

Sei Fujiwara 

YONEKO FUNAMORI 

Mieko Nomura 

CANDIDO AND EMMA 

GAVINO 

Weng and Linda Gavino 

CHIZUKO YAMASHITA 

HALL 

Isao and Jeannine Yamashita 

JANE HANADA 

Dan Hanada 

Tom and Robin Nakashima 

YUKI AND TAKEYOSHI 

HANDA 

Ai C. Handa Moore 

MICHISUKE AND 

MITSUYO HARADA 

Tad and Mary Harada 

MITSUYO HARADA 

Mack and Setsu Harada 

YOSHITO AND KIYOKO 

HARADA 


MARY ANN HARANO 

Carolyn and Art Harano 

YURI HARPER 

Yuki Hiraki 

JIM AND HIROKO 

HASEGAWA 


KIKUKO HASEGAWA 

Ed and Ellen Kubokawa 

BEN HASHIMOTO 

Beverly Hashimoto 

YOSHIAKI AND EI 

HAYASHI 

Paul Hayashi 

RUTH HAYATSU 

John and Nancy Hayatsu 

YUKICHI AND ASAYO 

HEYAMOTO 

Hiromu and Masue Heyamoto 

TOM AND YOSHI HIRAI 

Lois Kaisaki 

DOROTHY HUEY 

The Very Rev. Father Rubye- 

Lew-Huey Pang 

SHIZUKO ICHIKAWA 

Gary and Judy Yamashita 

MITSU ISHIHARA 

Mac and Betty Kimura 

KIMIYO ISHIKAWA 


MITSUYUKI AND NAMI 

ITO 

Paul and Mary Hosoda 

Dolly Ito 

MR. & MRS. IWAI & OTHER 

FAMILY MEMBERS 

Emma Mori 

YASU IWAMOTO 

Kimi Iwamoto 

NACHIYO IZUMI 

Cara Izumi 

LOWMAN AND NANCY 

JANG 

DJ Brooks 

HARRY KADOSHIMA 


RITSU KADOSHIMA 


GEORGE AND KAYOKO 

KAKIUCHI 

Mark and Marcia Fukeda 

GEORGE KANDA 


TEDI KANDA 


Stacy and Rose Kanda 

TOSHIE KANEGAE 

Eddie and Jean Nagai 

SHIZU KANOGAWA 

Sei Fujiwara 

CHIYONO KATAYAMA 

Sid and Yo Katayama 

YOSH KATAYAMA 

Sam and Yoshiko Nakagawa 

MAS AND AMY KATO 

Howard Martin and Marcia 

Kato 

MITSU KATO 

Shigemi Kato 

YOSHIKO KATO 

Frank and Nancy Kato 

YOSHIKO KIHARA 

May Macnab 

SUE KIKOSHIMA 

Hana Mano 

MASUYO KIMURA 

Ram and Cindy Chattulani 

UME KOMINE 

Frank and Shizue Tanaka 

TOM KONISHI 

Tom and Kristine Dupille 

ALICE KOUCHI 

Ken and Andy Kouchi 

KENSO KOURA 

Stephanie Koura 

GEORGE KOYAMA 

Frank and Elaine Koyama 

CHIYENO KUBO 

Michi Chihara 

FRANK AND HELEN 

KUBO 

Harry and Frances Nishimoto 

Fudge and Yuki Shiogi 

RUSSELL KUNIMOTO 

Takeuchi Family 

TOSHIKO KUNISHIGE 

Valerie and Darrell Okimoto 

TAD KUNIYUKI 

Josh and Carol Suehiro 

TERRY AND MARIE 

KURIMURA 

Alan Kurimura 

TOM AND KIYO 

MAEKAWA 

Yick and Nina Chinn 

ERICA MALTBY 

Phil and Lisa Robbins 

SHIRLEE MAR 


Lew-Huey Pang 

ETSUKO MARTIN 

Dwight and Amy French 

SAKAYE AND MASAYE 

MATSUDA 

Aiko Okamoto 

MASAO AND 

TSUNESAKU 

MATSUSAWA 

Frank and June Sato Family 

Charitable Gift Fund 

BOK SUN MILES 

Bongnan and Dok Ki Lee 

HARU MINAKUCHI 

Sue Amer 

FRANK AND MISAO 

MINATO 

Eva Chikusa 

MIWAKO MITSUTA 

Yasukichi Mitsuta 

KAZUO MORI 

Yoshie Mori 

SADAKO MORIGUCHI 

Nakaya Family 

KAZUO AND MICHI 

MURAKAMI 


ASA AND KAZUKO 

NAGAI 


YONE NAGAI 

Eddie and Jean Nagai 

TOKUYE NAGASUGI 

Hiroto Nagasugi 

KATIE NAKAGAWA 


ROY AND RIKA 

NAKAGAWA 

James and Yone Terada 

SAKAE NAKAMURA 

Ted Nakamura 

YOSHIE NAKAMURA 

Joe and May Sasaki 

TOMI NAKASHIMA 


YOSHINO NAKASHIMA 





GEORGE AND JANE 

NISHIMATSU 

Gene Nishimatsu and Nancy 

Bartholomew 

TAIROKU NISHIMORI 

James Divine and Jean 

Nishimori Divine 

SHIZUKA NISHIMOTO 

June and Nancy Fujikawa 


FRANK AND HARU 

NISHIMURA 

Valerie Nishimura 

FUMI NISHIMURA 

Aiko Shimizu 

KINKO NISHIMURA 

Paul Nishimura 

TED AND KAZUKO 

NISHIMURA 

Nancy Nishimura 

James Shields and Merilee 

Nishimura-Shields 

MARY NUMOTO 

Ellen Yamada Tzvetin 

Jean Goto Mar 

John M. Numoto 

Ruby May 

BOB AND MARIAM 

OHASHI 

Ross and Ava Ohashi 

CHIYOKO OHTOMO 

Florence and Jimmy Lovelace 

NOBUKO OIYE 

Keiko Hirasawa 

KOTO OJIMA 

Nobuko Takemoto 

FUMIKO OKADA 

John Compos and Diane 

Tackaberry 

MORITAKE AND 

MICHIYO OKADA 

Richard and Eileen Okada 

JUHEI AND SUGIE 

OKAMOTO 


TOSH AND TOSHI 

OKAMOTO 

Tom, Susan, Lauren, & 

Zachary Lane 

Joyce Okamoto Miyabe 

Craig, Sheila, Tricia, Cara, and 

Jordan Omoto 

JOHN AND MIYE 

OKAWA 


REIKO OKAWA 

Janie Okawa 

HENRY OKUBO 

Aiko Okubo 

TAK AND NOBI OMOTO 

Craig, Sheila, Tricia, Cara, and 

Jordan Omoto 

HIROSHI AND ROSE 

OYAMA 

Ed Oyama 

ANN PANG 


Lew-Huey Pang 

MARGARET SADA 

Toshio Sada 

KEIJI AND CONNIE 

SAITO 

Warren Saito 

SHOGO AND YAYOI 

SAITO 

Tad and Mary Harada 

ROY AND MARY JO 

SAKAMOTO 


HATSUME SAO 

Marianne Sao and John 

Maletta 

MASAMORI AND 

MASUYO SATO 

Frank and June Sato Family 


TAKESHI SHIBUYA 

Tad Shibuya 

YASUMATSU AND 

MITSU SHIGAYA 

Mary Shigaya 


Gozaimasu 

of our elders through the gifts of their time, efforts forts and financial support. You ou make a diference! 

ence! 

SEIHACHIRO SHIMIZU 

Aiko Shimizu 

FUDGE AND YUKI 

SHIOGI 

Nancy Kloster 

KIKUO SHIOGI 


TSUNEKO SHIOGI 


KANE SHOJI 

Sam and Haruko Shoji 

RUBY SHU 

Evan Shu 

MAMORU SUDO 


SHIGEKO SUDO 


ISH AND HIME 

SUYEMATSU 


SHINICHIRO AND MISAO 

SUZUKI 


MINORU AND KANEE 

TAKAHASHI 

Pauline Asaba 

KAY TAKEI 


KAMEKICHI AND 

HARUYE TAKEUCHI 

Sachi Takeuchi 

Takeuchi Family 

TETSUO TAMAKI 

Craig Tamaki 

YUKI TAMAKI 

Teruo Tamaki 

KATSUKO TANABE 

Thomas and Joanne Tanabe 

ALBERT TANAKA 

Mary Ann Tanaka 

MASATO AND TOSHI 

TERADA 

James and Yone Terada 

UME TERAO 


Victoria Terao 

TERRANCE AND 

CORRINE TODA 

Jerry and AC Arai 

FRANCES TOKUDA 

Aiko Okubo 

SEE YICK TOM 

Jimmy Tom 

YOSHIO AND DAISY 

TOMITA 

Steven, Susan, and David 

Tomita 

SHIN TOSAYA 

Gary and Julianne Tosaya 

FRANK AND TAMIYE 

TSUBOI 

Lou Kashino 

YOSHIO AND JEAN 

TSUE 

Dale Tsue 

HIDE YAMAMOTO 

George and Fusako Kamihara 

KISA YAMAMOTO 

Sid and Yo Katayama 

MASUTARO AND 

SEKIYO YAMAMOTO 

Ric Yamamoto 

MR. AND MRS. GEORGE 

YAMASAKI 

Ted Hachiya 

FRANK YAMASHITA 

Gary and Judy Yamashita 

SHIZUE YANAGIHARA 

Kaz and Aiko Hayashi 

SUMI YASUI 

Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Yasui 

IKURO ROGER 

YOSHINO 

Anne Yoshino 

AKI YOTSUUYE 

Gene Yotsuuye and Nancy 

Martella 

KAZUE AND NOBUICHI 

YUTANI 

Massie Tomita 

Special Occasion 

Donations 

3/1/02-6/30/02 DICK YOSHIMURA 

Roy and Sei Fujiwara 

50TH ANNIVERSARY Hiroshi Kato 

JOE AND KAY 


KAMIKAWA 

Richard and Mary Naito 

Tak and Ruth Aoki 

Byron Nakagawa 

Kaz and Masue Ishimitsu Katsu Nakagawa 

Paul and Yoshiko Minato Albert Viesse 

Kazuo and Michi Murakami Dick and Misao Yoshimura 

Yoshi and Alice Nishimoto 

Frank and June Sato Family 80TH BIRTHDAY 


NELL SAITO 

Yukio and Koharu Sera 

Kenny and Linda Kataoka 

Hirokuni and Hiromi Tamura 

Bob and Florence Uyeda BIRTHDAY 

Sam and Matsue Watanabe 

NICK FALAR 

Bruce and Gloria Wong 

Shizuko Falar 

HARRY AND SACHI 

MARY NAGAI 

OKAZAKI 

Bud and Charlene Ishida 

Mitsuo Tokunaga 

ARTHUR 

AND 

YVETTE SUSUMI 


BOB AND MARIAM 

WATANABE 

ANABE 

Anna Kurata 

Miyo McCoy 

Hiro and Dorothy Nishimura 

Michael and Charlene Toda 

Kimiye Watanabe & Family 

100TH BIRTHDAY 

MASAYE MAYENO 

Yukio and Julianne Kumasaka 

Mayeno Family 

Art and Rebecca Mayeno 

Jim and Mary Mayeno 

92ND BIRTHDAY 

MASUYO KIMURA 

Devi Lally 

Beulah Sakagami 

91ST BIRTHDAY 

LILLY UYEDA 

Ric Yamamoto and Alan 

Omuro 

90TH BIRTHDAY 

JUNE TAKESHITA 

Family of June Takeshita 

88TH BIRTHDAY 

GEORGE HIRAI, SR. 

Tak and Florence Tsuchida 

KIYO MAEKAWA 

Masae Sakagami and Nancy 

Fye 

KOJI NORIKANE 

Hime Suyematsu 

NOBUKO O OIYE 

Susan Nakagawa and Martin 

Oiye 

Vic and Lilly Takemoto 

Yoshio and Daisy Tomita 

MAY NAMBA 

Paul and Nori Suguro 

SUSUMU 

NARUSA 

USAWA 

Akiko Narusawa 

DICK YOSHIMURA 

Sebe and Julie Jerusalmi 

Lou Kashino 

ORDER OF THE RISING 

SUN AWARD 

GEORGE KAKIUCHI 

Mark and Marcia Fukeda 

IN APPRECIATION FOR 

CARE OF 

MAC NISHIMOTO 

Hero Nishimoto 

IN APPRECIATION OF 

YAEKO SUYETANI 

Ric Yamamoto and Alan 

Omuro 

IN HONOR OF 

BEN ISHII 

Mitsuko Ishii 

BETTY KOMURA 

Lilly Handelman 

MEO LE 

Dale and Karen Shigaki 

HATSUME SAO 

Michael and Kaycee Krysty 

SAM SHOJI 

Stephen Lock and Anne 

Arakaki-Lock 

DR. BEN UYENO 

Lilly Handelman 

IN HONOR OF 

RETIREMENT 

YOSH AND MABEL 

OGATA 

Paul and Sharon Aburano 


Gus and Michi Murakami 

Bob and Kim Oki 

Bill and May Tamura 

Sachi Watanabe 

Iky Yamada 

IN GRATITUDE FOR HER 

SON’S RETURN TO 

HEALTH 

Yae Niimi 

Memorials 

3/1/02-6/30/02 

JANE AKITA 

Jerry and Sharon Okubo 

JOANNE 

ASABA 

Jane Riley 

JAMES MASAO 

BABA 

Linda Dong 


Amy Hirasawa 

Paul and Taka Kogita 

Robert Morrow 

Jean Sakahara 

LINCOLN BEPPU 

Teru Beppu 

Hatsue Setsuda 

MONROE BEPPU 

Teru Beppu 

TAFT BEPPU 

Teru Beppu 

EMMA EGUCHI 

Kats and Thelma Abe 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adachi 

Lillian Aoyama 

Mas and Sayeko Aoyama 

Dave, Memi and June Asakura 

Pauline Asaba 

Rose Yoda Asakura 

Alyse Azuma 

Mark and Mary Bazala 

Teru Beppu 


Warren and Sue Dong 

Eugene and Haru Eguchi 

Hiro Eguchi 

Rose Eguchi and Barbara 

Eguchi 


Kei and Toshi Fujikado 

Yachi Fujii 

Sue Fujino 

Kaz and Mits Fukushima 

George and Fusaye Funai 

Margaret Gojio 

Joanne and Douglas Hanada 

David and Suye Hayashi 

Kimi Hayashi 

Nachi and Ruth Hayashi 

Roy and Lillian Hayashi 


Ken and Akiko Higashi 

Ken and Yoshi Higashiyama 

Al and Shiz Hikida 

Amy Hirasawa 

Beth Honda 

Lily Hori 

Akira and Lillian Horita 


Ben and Sumie Ikeda 

Fumi Inashima 

Miyoko Jacobson 

Miyo Kanda 



Grace Kasahara 

Lou Kashino 

George and Amy Katahira and 

Family 

Louise Kato 

Mits and Kazzie Kawachi 

Kaz and Amy Kobayashi 

Masao and Pat Kojima 

Kokoro Kai Volunteers 

Betty Komura 

Alice Kouchi 

Jim and Corky Kozu 


Yuri Kumasaka 

Kurose Family 

Willon and Arlene Lew 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Tushi and Okiko Kurosaki 

Nobuko Le May 

Asamitsu and Fumiko 

Maeshiro 

Lip Mar and Jean Goto Mar 

Ben and Pat Matsumoto 

Mary Matsumoto 

Joe and Dolly Matsuzaki 

Eiichi and Michiko Mizumoto 

Miyoko Miyahara 

Paul and Wanda Miyahara 

Jeanne Mori, Sherrie Shiota, 

Faith Shiota 

Kazuo and Michi Murakami 


Frank and Michi Namba 

Yae Niimi 

Nisei Veterans Committee, 

Inc. 


Hank and Toshiko Nishimura 

Asako Nishimura 

Akio and Mabel Nishizaki 

Shizuko Nobuyama 

June Oda 

Bill and Sheila Ogasawara 

Aiko Okamoto 

Clifford and Darlene Okamoto 


Tsuke and Jean Okamoto 

Katherine Okamura 

Teru Okawa 


Tsuyako Okazaki 

Kenji and Martha Onishi 

Nobi Otsuji 

Tsuyoko Ponischil 


Connie Saito 

Jiro and Molly Sakamoto 

Joe Sakamoto 

Kiyo and Florence Sakazaki 

Catherine Sakura 

Eddie and Katherine Sasaki 

Mits and Meri Shimada 

Jack and Fusako Shimizu 

Robert and Sharron Shinbo 

Yosh and Betty Shiota 

Mack and Aiko Shoji 

Ben and Frances Soejima 

Claire Suguro 

Kallio and Carol Suguro 

Chickie Sumimoto 


Mary Suzuki 

Martha Takakoshi 

Fred and Betty Takasumi 


Sara Takeuchi 

Tom Tamanaha 

Frank and Fay Tanagi 

Tosh and Lois Taniguchi 

Ellen Tay-Sakaye 

Massie Tomita 



Ossie and Fudge Tsuchikawa 

Takako Tsuji 

Ben and Sally Tsutsumoto 

Minoru and Marianne 

Uchimura 

Naoko Ulstein 

Tad and Fran Wada 

George and Catherine 

Weidum 

Joe Yada 

Suma Yagi 

Sallie Yamada 

Ric Yamamoto 


Ruby Yokobe 

Ben and Amy Yorita 

Judy Yoshida 

Mary Yoshijima 

Fumi Yoshimoto 

Shigeko Yoshimura 

HARRY FUJINO 

Thomas and Michiye Ohtani 

Satoshi and Pearl Yamamoto 

SHIZUE GOTO 

Yuri Kumasaka 

June Nakata 

Corinne Toda 

Junji and Kathy Yukawa 

MAKI HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

ROY HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

STANLEY HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

MIYAK 

AKO HAMA 

Harry and Terry Shigaya 

MICHISUKE 

HARADA 


KENNY MASARU 

HARADA 

Frank and Helen Kubo 

Glenn Tachiyama 

CHARLES HARADA 


JUN HAYAKA 

AKAWA 

Alice Hayakawa 

Mickey and Yoshie Hiroo 


Doris Shimizu 

Mary Uno 

Sharon Wada 

Joe and Shirley Yabu 

NANCY HAYATSU 

Shiro and Terrie Fujihira 

MARY HOKARI 

Teru Beppu 

Kei and Toshi Fujikado 

Harry Fukuda 





Frank and Teresa Hidaka 


Amy Hirasawa 

Sam Hokari 

Danny Kikuchi 

Yukio and Yukino Imada 



Paul and Fumi Kaseguma 

Sally Kazama 

Dick Kikuchi 

Ed and Teru Kiyohara 


Tad and Kuni Kuniyuki 

Mariko Mano 

Yoshie Mori 

Fred Nakagawa 

Kim Nakamura 


Mitsu Ruth Nomura 

Bill and Sheila Ogasawara 


Jerry and Sharon Okubo 



Kazuko Shimizu 


Kimi Tanaka 

George and Caroline 

Taniguchi 

Ry and Lilly Tanino 

Corinne Toda 

George and May Yano 

Matt and Taye Yorita 

Mary Yoshijima 

PAUL HORIUCHI 

Bernadette Horiuchi 

JIMMY HOY 

Jerry and Sharon Yuasa 

FRANK HYODO 

Frances and Ted Tanabe 

ISAO AND MATSUYE 

HYODO 


HIROK 

OKO O IMORI 

George and Reiko Beppu 

Teru Beppu 

Frank and Penny Fukui 

May Imori 

Bill and Beth Kawahara 


Teru Okawa 

Chisato Takagi 

SHO IMORI 

Teru Beppu 

KEN INAHARA 

M. Kelly 

MIYE ISHIKAWA 


TAKEO AND 

MITSUKO 

ISOSHIMA 

Don and Elaine Shimono 

HARRY KADOSHIMA 


KIKUNO KANDA 

Dan and Char Ohashi 

KAY KAWAHARA 

AHARA 

Yoshio and Mary Aoki 

Pauline Asaba 

Peter and Janice Berquist 

Nina Chin 

Jene Deguchi 

Henry and Tomi Egashira 

Sue Fujino 

George and Toshi Fukeda 

Alan and Judy Fukuda 

Mike and Marion Fukuma 

Arthur and Joan Habu 

Jack and Fumi Habu 

John and Mitsuko Hamakami 

Douglas Handa 

Dan Handa 



Amy Hirasawa 

Tad and Ossie Katayama 

Harry Kawahara 

Hiroko Kitano 

Nancy Kitano 

Tetsuo and Daisy Kuramoto 

Wayne Kuramoto 

Neva Lee 

James and Suwako Maeda 

Mariko Mano 

Yeizo and Marie Masunaga 

Kiyoko Miyahara 


Thomas and Deborah Morio 

Chet and Martha Murakami 

Haruko Nagaishi 

Eugenia Nakamoto 

Michael Nakano 

Richard Nakano 

Joy Nakano-Kato 

Yuri Nakata 

Harvey and Hisako Nakaya 

May Namba 

Robert and Joyce Nehira 


Rokka Ski School 

Ken and Mary Shigaya 

Steve and Heidi Shimamoto 

Kallio and Carol Suguro 

Kuniko Takamura 

Joyce Takeuchi 

Yoshiko Tanabe 


Corinne Toda 

Tsuneo and Katie Tomatani 

Ted and Frances Tsue 

Shig and Mildred Tsutsumi 

Neill and Janice Urano 

Ken and Marcia Usui 

Shizue Yahata 


George Yoshida 

Pauline Yoshida and Elaine 

Yoshida 

Dick and Misao Yoshimura 

David and Gloria Yoshino 

MITSUO KIKUCHI 

Norman and Linda Furukawa 

BEN KIMURA 

Martha Kimura 

KAGANO KIMURA 

Martha Kimura 

OSAMU KITANO 

Rikuko Tanaka 

CHISE KONDO 

George and Masuko Taniguchi 

TOM KONISHI 

Toki, Yoshimi, and Henkie 

Barron 

Warren and Verna Dogeagle 

Bettie Fujioka 

Tad and Florence Fujita 

May Kajikami 

Tak and Mary Katayama 

Mas and Amy Kato 

Mits and Kazzie Kawachi 

Paul and Taka Kogita 

Lite Aquatic Fitness and Fun 

Swim Group 

Paul and Yoshiko Minato 

Bob and Inge Nichols 

Shig and Rae Nishida 

Robert and Bettie Okura 

Saburo and Lillian Sako 

Fred and Amy Sato 

Nobi and May Shigihara 

Tosh and Peggy Tanemura 

Tad and Janet Tsujii 

Tad and Fran Wada 


Nobuo Yutani 

AI KOSHI 

Nobuo and Toshie Furuiye 

SHIRO KUNIMATSU 

Uyeda Family 

TOSHIKO 

KUNISHIGE 


AKIA KUNIYUKI 

Teru Beppu 

Bob and Kiku Matsuura 

Brian and Teresa Ogishima 

Zenji and Eiko Shibayama 


Chessie and Kinu Tsubota 

Christine Yorozu and Richard 

Smith 

TETSUO KURAMOTO 


Atsushi and Shizuko Fujita 




Sachi Iwami 


Momoko Kido 

Daisy Kuramoto 




Robert and Joyce Nehira 

Bill and Irene Nishimura 


Sharon Sakamoto 

Hamayo Sato 

Harry and Terry Shigaya 





Frank and Fumi Tsujii 


Fujie Yamasaki 

ROBERT T KURIMURA 


John and Lillian Matsudaira 

Teru Okawa 

HISA KUROSAKA 

Hiro Eguchi 

YOSHI KUROSAKA 

Hiro Eguchi 

Rose Eguchi and Barbara 

Eguchi 


Sono Hoshi 



KIKUKO KUSAKABE 


MEI YUN MAR 

Robert and Eileen Iguchi 

Michael and Jodi Mar 

TAKI MASUNAGA 



Gail Oyabe 

Corinne Toda 

KIMI MATSUMO 

TSUMOTO 

John and Sadako Matsumoto 

MARTHA MATSUNO 


MASAYE MAYENO 

Jim and Amy Doi 

Walter and Emiko Fukuyama 

Dorothy Imai 

Yuriko Kamada 

Cheryl Kitashima 

May Luke 

Lance and Patti Matsuda 

Art and Rebecca Mayeno 

Jim and Mary Mayeno 

Nancy Mayeno 


Kazuo and Michi Murakami 

Hideo and Mary Naganawa 


Tatemasa and Ruth Oki 

Toyoko Okiyama 

Craig and Sheila Omoto 

Tak and Nobie Omoto 

Nobi Otsuji 

Masakazu and Sumiko Ozaki 

Aiko Sato 

Roy and Kazumi Shimizu 


Suguro Family 

George and Ruth Tsujikawa 

Meri Wada 

Eiichi and Dorcas Yamashita 

Akio Yanagihara 


KIYOK 

OKO O MIYAHARA 

George Aoyama 

Pauline Asaba 

Michael and Elaine Chin 

Jene Deguchi 

Mitsie Fujii 

Atsushi and Shizuko Fujita 


Kimi Iwamoto 



Kathy Kroupa 

Ted and Carolyn Kunihiro 


Yoshie Nakagawa 

Kenji and Irene Nakamura 

Lilly Nakano 

Rose Nieda 

Hisashi and Sadako Nishimura 

Iso and Ai Nishimura 

Michiko Oba 

Nobi Omoto 

Jean Sakahara and Steve 

Sakahara 

Tak and Jean Sakuma 

Frank and June Sato 


Jack and Fusako Shimizu 


Haruso and Sonoe Taketa 

Masao and Frances Tamekuni 

George and Irene Tanabe 


Tsuneo and Katie Tomatani 

Ben and Sally Tsuboi 

Hiroko Tsuboi 

Suma Yagi 

Nobuo Yutani 

NOBU MIZUTA 


LEA MOORE 


Susumu and Akiko Narusawa 

MACK MORI 


LENA MORIMOTO 

Lorry and Keiko Nakatsu 

YOSHIMI 

MURAKAMI 

Mako and Carolyn Murakami 

ROSEMARY 

MURAMOTO 


Teru Beppu 

Jim and Amy Doi 

Ann Hasegawa 

James and Hiroko Hasegawa 



Hajime and Michiko Hirata 

Mary Hirata 




Thom and Beverly Ikeda 



Lou Kashino 

Rich and Joy Kato 

Mas and Cherry Kinoshita 


Betty Komura 

Yuri Kumasaka 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Emi Mayeda 

Kenneth Mayeda and Eliane 

Dao 



Florence Nakano 

Yuri Nakata 

Dick and Alice Nishioka 

Teru Okawa 

Tatemasa and Ruth Oki 


Connie Saito 





Massie Tomita 

Yuriko Tsukamaki 

Mark and Leila Uomoto 

Yoshia Uomoto 

Joe Yada 

Ayako Iky Yamada 

May Yoshinaka 

TAKE MURAYAMA 

AMA 

Teru Beppu 



TOKIJI NAGAISHI 

Haruko Nagaishi 

Family and Friends of Tokiji 

Nagaishi 

SUMIO NAGAMATSU 


Ed Horiuchi 

Yutaka and Kazuko Onodera 

Bob Sakoda 

Benjamin and Mary Seike 

Yoshio and Florence Teshima 

Jiro and Takeko Todo 

KAZUO NAKAGA 

GAWA 

George Aoyama 

Barbara Matsudaira 

Hachi Mizuki-Pike 

Jean Sakahara 


YOSHIKO 

NAKAHARA 


SUMIYO 

NAKAMURA 

Virginia Keith 

TOMMY 

NAKAMURA 

Dorothy Morisaki 

Ben and Shizu Nakamura 

JOE NAKAMURA 

Yutaka and Kazuko Onodera 

TSURUK 

UKO NAKANO 

Susan Ishimitsu Stimac 

ED AND MAE 

NATORI 

Fred and Marita Natori 

TAIROKU 

NISHIMORI 



Bernadette Kamihachi 


Tats and Esther Kojima 

Lilly Nakano 

Sharon Sakamoto 

Tak and Jean Sakuma 


Hime Suyematsu 




Yoshie Matsunaga 

George Yoshida 

Sakahara & Hashimoto, LLC 

MAC NISHIMOTO 

Mieko Gilmore 


George Iwasaki 


Hamako Kawamura 

Marie Kurimura 

Sue Matsunaga 

Ben and Setsuko Nakata 

Miyo Nakatsu 


Jack Sameshima 

Yuki Sato 


Mack and Aiko Shoji 

Eric and Ethel Takahashi 

Kay Takei 

Markie Tanagi 

Rikuko Tanaka 

Massie Tomita 

Sab Tsuboi 

Ben Uyeno 

Roy Williams and Kathleen 

Okazaki 

Floyd and Kimi Yamamoto 

Frank and Sadie Yamasaki 

John Yoshida 

KAZUE NISHIYAMA 

George and Toshi Fukeda 

Hal and Miyo Ise 

ROSE OBATA 

Shinako Noritake 

THELMA OGAWA 

Ayako Okubo Hurd 

CECIL OHASHI 


KEITH OHASHI 


ROY AND HELEN 

OHASHI 


FUMIKO OKADA 


SHIGESATO OKADA 

Teru Beppu 

Martha Imabori 

YOSHITO O OKADA 

Todd Yamada 

UMEKO SALLY 

OKIMOTO 

Pete and Miyuki Hanada 

Mas and Amy Kato 

Tad and Lilly Kato 

Jim and Katie Komoto 

Kim and Massie Muromoto 


Mary Numoto 

Fred Okimoto 

Paul Okimoto 




Ted and Aki Taniguchi 

Shigeru and Michiko 

Toyoshima 

Frank and Sadie Yamasaki 

KEIJI SAITO 

Connie Saito 

SUMIO SAKAGUCHI 


Hats Higa 

Mr. and Mrs. Ted T. Imanishi 

Kimi Iwamoto 

Yuri Kumasaka 

Yasuko Matsumoto 


Terry Nakano 

Mari Ohara 

Nobi Omoto 

Roy and Pat Omoto 

Paul and Sono Sakaguchi 

Hamayo Sato 

Nobi and Itsuko Tanaka 


Massie Tomita 



KATSU 

AND GRACE 

SAKAI 

Linda Sakai 

KATSU SAKAI 

Takashi and Leslie Tsukamaki 

SUMI SAKAI 

Hiro Eguchi 

Sue Fujino 

Chiaki Hada 

Pete and Miyuki Hanada 

Yukiko Iwai 


May Luke 

Yoshi Mamiya 



Setsuno Nosho 

Nobi Otsuji 

Sakai Family 

Kazie Sasaki 



Rick and Louise Tanagi 



MARY JO 

SAKAMOTO 


Alma Kimura 

ROY SAKAMOTO 


DEAN SATO 



RICHARD SETSUDA 

Teru Beppu 


LAURA SHABRO 

Chiaki Hada 

TAKESHI SHIBUYA 

Henry and Clara Shibuya 

Chickie Shinagawa 

KIYOSHI 

AND FUJIE 

SHIMONO 


DR. EVAN SHU 

Lloyd Hoshide 

Shiz Shigeno 

BILL SOYEJIMA 

Hiram and Helen Akita 

Anna Kurata 

SUMIKO SUDA 




George and Hidy Matsui 

Tom and Viki Nakawatase 

Sam and Haruko Shoji 

YOSHIKO 

TAKAYESU 

Kachi Ikeda 

Massie Tomita 

SHIZUE TAKEDA 

Tadashi and Doris Aoyama 

Peter and Sylvia Domoto 

Bruce and Pat Finlayson 

Sue Fujino 


George Ikeda 

Mitsuo and Alma Ikeda 

Satomi Ikeda 

Karr Tuttle Campbell 


Yuri Kumasaka 

Marian Kurosu 

Yoshie Mori 

Ruth Oki 

Kenji and Martha Onishi 


Ako Shimozato 

Mr. and Mrs. Tsutomu 

Sumimoto 

Yuriko Tsukamaki 

Naoko Ulstein 

William and Shizue Watanabe 

Sallie Yamada 

Ruth Yoshida 

KOJIRO TAKI 

Taki Brothers 

SUMIO TAKI 

Taki Brothers 

ETSUMI TAKIZAWA 

Martha Kimura 

KAZUTAKA 

AKA 

TAMURA 


Elmer Tazuma 

Chessie and Kinu Tsubota 

HENRY AND RISO 

TANABE 



Uchimura 

GEORGE TANAGI 

Rikuko Tanaka 

HARRY TANIGUCHI 

Anderson Family 



Pauline Asaba 

Michael and Elaine Chin 

Mae Deguchi 

Keishi Echigo and Wanda 

Harris 


James and Hiroko Hasegawa 


Mickey and Yoshie Hiroo 


Roy and Bette Inui 

JACL, Olympia 



Tetsuden and Kanako 

Kashima 

Arthur and Sally Kawaguchi 


Momoko Kido 

Miyoko Kodama 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Sam and Tami Mitsui 


Bob and Lily Mizukami 

Yoshie Mori 



Larry and Mae Fujita Numata 


Masayuki and Jean Okazaki 


Nobi Otsuji 





Mary Suzuki 



Haruso and Sonoe Taketa 

Frank and Fay Tanagi 

Tosh and Peggy Tanemura 

Family of Harry H. Taniguchi 



Yoshiko Tsuji 

Masayoshi and Margaret 

Uchimura 

Glen and Mary Yee 

Sumie Yokota 

Todd Yoshino and Luana 

Yoshino 

KAZ TATSUMI 

TSUMI 

Mits and Betty Abe 

Jeff Ackles 

Robert and Patricia Baker 

Amy Beppu-Matsuoka 

Jene Deguchi 

Irene Fugami 

Lucy Fujii 



Ken and Yoshi Higashiyama 

Al and Shiz Hikida 

Robert and Mary Hikida 

Randy and Kay Hikida 

Martin and Lisa Hikida 

Nobuo and Miki Isomura 

Henry and Minnie Itoi 

Yo Kaneko 

Miyoko Kaneta 

Shig and Fumi Kaseguma 

Harry and Rose Kataoka 


Sally Kazama 

Charles and Amy Kinoshita 

Yoneko Kishida 

Sue Kitasako 

Akiko Kiyonaga 






Harry and Frances Nishimoto 

Akio and Mabel Nishizaki 


Satoru Nomura 


Sumio and Irene Sakaguchi 

Jean Sakahara 

Gordon and Marcia Sako 

Fred and Amy Sato 

Yuki Sato 

Kazuko Shimizu 

Koko Sutow 

Hiroshi and Teresa Suzuki 


Ken and Gayle Takemura 

Kiyoshi and Elsie Taki 

Emi Taniguchi 

Allicyn and Gary Tasaka 

Kay Terao 

Tosh and Dolly Tokunaga 

Marci Tracey 



Joe and Juanita Yee 

Matt and Taye Yorita 


Lillian Yoshino 

Betty Yoshitake 

NOBORU TAZUMA 

Chickie Shinagawa 

BOBBY TERADA 

Derek and Sophia Terada 

KAKICHI TERADA 

Sam Terada 

UME TERAO 


AKIE TODO 


HENRY TODO 

Todo Sisters 


MASASHIGE AND 

AKIE TODO 


CHARLES TOSHI 

Katherine Dodobara 

Ken Katayama and Shirlee 

Tsuchida-Katayama 

Sut and Rosie Kato 

Henry and Jan Kumasaka 

Aiko Kyono 

Barbara Matsudaira 

James and Amy Matsuoka 

Yoshiye Mayeda 

Hiroshi and Amy Myoraku 


Kazie Sasaki 

Don and Kiyo Scott 


Vicki Terao 


Pauline Yoshida and Elaine 

Yoshida 

Jerry and Sharon Yuasa 

GLORIA TSUBOI 


TOM TSUBOTA 





Teru Okawa 

Sakahara & Hashimoto, LLC 

Hamayo Sato 

Masaru and Anna Tahara 

Markie Tanagi 

Yoshio and Florence Teshima 

Ben Uyeno 

CHIYO 

TSUCHIKAWA 


EMY UCHIMURA 


Uchimura 

KEIZO AND RUI 

UCHIMURA 


Uchimura 

MIYO UCHIYAMA 

Dale and Karen Shigaki 

Sam and Alice Uyeda 

HISA WATANABE 

ANABE 


HARRY WONG 

Steve and Patti Wong 

ROSE WU 

Ryo Kumasaka and Eric 

Kumasaka 

HARUMI YABUKI 

Yoshitsugu and Sally Inagaki 

HIDE YABUKI 

Connie Saito 

TERUMA 

UMATSU 

YABUKI 

Connie Saito 

HIDEKO YADA 

Hiro Eguchi 

Kenneth and Kimi Ota 

KAY YAMAMOTO 

Ric Yamamoto 


ROBERT 

YAMAMOTO 


Toyoko Okiyama 

Alan Omuro 

Steve and Heidi Shimamoto 

Mark and Leila Uomoto 

Ric Yamamoto 

YOSHIMI 

YAMAMOTO 

Hajime and Michiko Hirata 



DICK YAMANE 

Akira Ando 

Larry and Jody Clovis 

Mark and Terry Fugami 

Florence Fugami 




Bobbie Hirahara 

Ed Horiuchi 


Leo and Tadaye Kawasaki 

Hank and Edna Matsubu 



Susan Nakagawa and Martin 

Oiye 


Steve and Kazuko Shinto 

Yoshi Suzuki 

Mr. and Mrs. Hiromi 

Takashima 

Sue Tanaka 

Taeko Taniguchi 

Elmer Tazuma 

Corinne Toda 

Togetsu, Inc. 

Tosh and Dolly Tokunaga 


Hiroko Tsuboi 

KAZ YAMASAKI 

Shunji Ito 

SABURO 

YAMASHITA 

Shunji Ito 

FUSAKO JANE 

YONEMURA 

Arthur and Kay Abe 

Charles and Hisako Hiranaka 

Takuji Ito 

Steve and Janet Lee 

Robert and Carolyn Ling 

Yoshiye Mayeda 

Taiji and Mae Miyamoto 

Fred Nakagawa 

Bob and Carol Numata 

Rev. Michihiro and Kisa Yuasa 

George Nakashima 

Glenn Nakashima 

Masami and Masaye Sado 

Pat Sado 

Skip and Tracy Yotsuuye 

Kazie Sasaki 

Taeko Taniguchi 

Ted and Aki Taniguchi 

Mike Yonemura 

Bob and Yae Yoshihara 

DENNY YOSHIMURA 



RUTH YOSHIMURA 


Y. YOSHITOMI 

OMI 

Toshio and Midori Yoshimura 

Contributions 

3/01/02-6/30/02 

GENERAL 

Jiro Akita 

Lance and Mary Ann Arnone 


Shirley and Herb Bridge 

Mae and Quinn Chin 

Edward Choe 

Yoshiko Choe 

Masaru and Yoshiko Fukui 

Gates Millennium Scholars / 

Martha Choe 

Dennis and Laureen Hara 

Shuko Hara 

Jean Hirano 

Akira and Mary Honda 

Jeanette Fukuda Hope 

Roy and Shirley Hori 


Mr. and Mrs. George Iseri 

Aki and Jena Itami 

Yoshiye Iwamura 

Mabel and Timothy Joyner 

Tedi Kanda 

Shig and Satoko Kano 

Leo and Tadaye Kawasaki 

Tami Kikuchi 

Edward and Ruriko Kosaka 

Ken Kouchi 

Shinji Kozu 

Robert Kuramoto 

Bob Loboduk and Ruth 

Matsudaira-Loboduk 

John and Viola Loflin 

Del Lui 

Robert and Mary Macnab 

Teruo Maruko 

Kazuma and Helen Nagai 

Isao and Sachi Nakashima 

Iris and Robert Nielsen 

Tom and Naoko Noguchi 

Northwestern Industries, Inc. 

Bruno Perri 

Nancy Quan 

Richard and Kathryn Miyauchi 

Advised Fund 

John and Tish Sasaki 

Yuki Sato 

Hatsune Sekimura 

Jim and Grace Shibayama 

Neil and Rolanda Shiosaki 

Bob and Tomo Sunamoto 

Minoru Takashima 

Gayle Teramura and Roger 

Terriere 

Massie Tomita 

Daryl Watanabe 

Alice Wong 

Ed Woo and May Li Chin 

John and Arlene Yamada 

Steve Yokota 

Richard and Akemi Yoshida 

KOKOR 

ORO O KAI 

Yachi Fujii 


Dan and Mae Kusaka 

KOKOR 

ORO O KAI 

VOLUNTEERS 

Teruko Pace 

NIKKEI HORIZONS 

Chris and Anastasia Dendrinos 

Dana and Jan Gerry 

Miyoko Kaneta 

Jack Matsui 

Shox Tokita 

Frank and Dorothy Tsuboi 

Mark and Suzi Yamamoto 

NIKKEI MANOR 

Robert Horiuchi 

Jean LeGros 

Shigeko Takayama, RN, MSN 

NIKKEI MANOR 

RESIDENTS FUND 

Shigeko Takayama, RN, MSN 

RESIDENT CRAFTS 

J. T. and Yuki Hiraki 

SEATTLE KEIRO 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Sachi and Royal Domingo 

Pick Sun and Edwin Du 

Echo Chorus 

Nobu Ishida 

Nobuo and Miki Isomura 

Shohei Karibe 

Roy and Suzy Kido 

Yuri Kojima 

Richard Kuniyuki 

Daisy Kuramoto 

Shari and Rory Leid 

Arthur Nagai 

Ruth Nakanishi and Family 

Louise Oda 

Oliver Oshiro 

Margaret Ouchi 

Kil Yong Park 

Herbert Saito 

Shiuko Sakai 

Seattle First Hill Lions Club 

Amy Shirakawa 

Harlan and Lillian Takahashi 

Carl Tsuchiya 

James and Laura Watanabe 

Stanley Yamashita 

Ritsuko Yoshitomi 

GRANTS 

Harry S. Kawabe Memorial 

Matching 

Foundation 

Gifts 

JP Morgan Chase Manhattan 

Foundation 

Vincent Tsang 

Microsoft Matching Gifts 

Program 

Gayle Hoshino 

Washington Mutual Bank 

Linda Dong 

Workplace 

Charitable 

Campaigns 

UNITED WAY 

Bev Akada 

Elaine Akagi 

John Akiyama 

Russell Akiyama 

David Arai 

Linda Carrig 

Clayton Chinn 

Costco Wholesale Corp. 

Alice Doi 

Graham & Dunn 

Derek Egashira 

Susan Egashira 

Marcia Fujimoto 

Leanne Furugori 

Thomas Hansen 

Jayanne Hino 

Lloyd Hoshide 

Cathy Inouye 

Eydie Kooiman 

Tina Koyama 

Henry Kumasaka 

Arthur Kuniyuki 

Tom Kuramoto 

Paul Kusakabe 

Lisa Lee 

Shiang-Yu Lee 

Edward Lowe 

Microsoft Corp. 

Robert Miyahara 

Wayne Miyake 

Michael Mori 


Lori Nakahara 

Naomi Nomura-Barry 

Martin Oiye 

Gary Okazaki 

Gene Okino 

Roman Omilion 

Precor, Inc. 

Karen Reid 

SAFECO Corporation 

Pauline Sakuma 

Ronald Sakura 

IY Shimabukuro 

Cynthia Shimizu 

Leslie Stimson 

Marnie Stocking 

David Suguro 

Steven Suzaka 

Gail Suzaka 

Victoria Terao 

Gail Tsuboi 

Jim Vail 

Joe Yabuki 

Victor Yagi 

Melodye Yamada 

Todd Yamada 

Irene Yamamoto 

Jana Yamamoto 

Steven Yamasaki 

Jerry Yuasa 

BANK OF AMERICA 

Alice Doi 

Marnie Stocking 

Terry and Gail Suzaka 

Irene Yamamoto 

James Vail 

CHEVRON 

Gary Yamashita 

WASHINGTON 

MUTUAL 

Linda Dong 

Bruce Nishimura 

Government 

Campaigns 

PORT T OF SEATTLE 

COMBINED 

CHARITIES 

CAMPAIGN 

AIGN 

Karen Akada-Sakata 

Michael Aoki-Kramer 

Rudy Caluza 

Shari Fujino 

Oshu Go 

Susan Hansen 

James Ishihara 

Frank Kikuchi 

Matsue Kikuchi 

James Mano 

Nancy McManigal 

Arthur Oki 

KING COUNTY 

EMPLOYEE 

CHARITABLE 

ABLE 

CAMPAIGN 

AIGN 

Anonymous 

Neil Fujii 

Patty Furukawa-Stutz 

Wesley Hikida 

Gary Imanishi 

Lisa Kunihiro 

Yoshiko Li 

WASHINGTON 

STATE TE COMBINED 

FUND DRIVE 

Bruce Abe 

Jo-Anne Bartlett 

Susan Carr 

Hideo Fujita 

Vinh Huynh 

Lonny Kaneko 

Karen Kato 

Fred Kiga 

Kevin Mizuta 

Vicki Toyohara-Mukai 

Ronald Yamamoto 

COMBINED 

FEDERAL 

CAMPAIGN 

AIGN 

Melvin Asato 

Richard Couch 

Ruth Hamada 

Mary Heaps 

William Hirano 

Daniel Ito 

Chisato Kawabori 

Raymond Kirwan 

Tooru Kusaka 

Kristine Martin 

Cheryl Morisaki 

Tad Murakami 

Vicki Nomura 

Namie Oki 

Shirley Oliver 

Frances Palmer 

Terry Saiki 

Jan Stark 

Carol Suehiro 

Carolyn Tanagi 

Bill Tashima 

Mike Toda 

Terrie Watanabe 

Alisa Weong 

Deborah Yamamoto 

Cherie Yorita 


See full Golf Tournament article on page 21. 

Diane Taniguchi attempts a million dollar hole-in-one shot. 

Thank you to the generous sponsors, donors and volunteers who made the 2nd 

Annual Golf Benefit a success 

Event Sponsors 

Title 

Mulvanny G2 Architecture 

Platinum 

Uwajimaya, Inc. 

Gold 

Doug’s Lynnwood/Mazda/Suzuki/Hummer/Hyundai 

Mutual Fish Company, Inc. 

Officemporium, Inc. 

Phi-Ten USA, Inc. 

Silver 

Architects Kubota Kato Chin 

MARPAC Construction LLC 

Maruta Shoten 

Mobile Radiology & Imaging, Inc./ Summit 

Radiology 

Ohashi Landscape Services 

Osaka Gardens, Inc. 

Bronze 

7th Avenue Service 

Bainbridge Island ACE Hardware 

Base Capital, LLC 

Broadway Vision Source- Michael K. Matsunami, 

O.D., Riley F. Nakatsu, O.D. 

Bush Whackers Golf Club 

Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S. 

Cascade Medical Supply, Inc. 

Central Market 

City Produce Co. 

Evergreen Pharmaceutical, Inc. 

Food Services of America 

Glassworks 

Fred I. Hasegawa, DDS & Paul Hasegawa, DDS 

Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson 

Scott Kanemori, DDS 

Kibble & Prentice 

Ken Mayeda, M.D. 

Milliman USA 

Nakanishi Dental Laboratory, Inc. 

Tosh & Toshi Okamoto 

R.S. Auto Rebuild, Inc. 

Riddell Williams, P.S. 

Sakahara & Hashimoto 

Seasia 

PY Sugamura, Jr. & Co., P.S. 

Justin Tokunaga 

Teresa Yagi, DDS & Roger Nakanishi, DDS 

United Parcel Service 

In-Kind Donations: 

7 Cedars Casino 

95.7 The Point, KYPT 

Sam Abejero 

Bainbridge Island ACE Hardware 

City Produce 

El Gaucho 

Essential Life Therapy 

Four Seas Restaurant 

Galaxy Specialty Company- Robert Matsuura 

GE Financial 


Mark Hidaka 

Innovative Cookie Co.- Susan Oki & Dona Magno 

JapanThai Restaurant Project- Trudy, Dennis & Mao 

Hayashida 

Japanese American Citizen’s League 

KJR AM-Sports Radio 950 AM 

Krispy Kreme 

Jodi Marr & Kurt Osaka 

Gary Matsudaira 

Nike - Mari Watanabe 

Ogishima & Associates 

Palisades Restaurant 

Quinault Beach Resort 

Red Apple Market 

Redbird Sports- Anne Hidaka-Turner & Jay Turner 

Renaissance Madison Hotel – Tim Miyamoto 

Ken Roll – Seattle Mariners 

Salomon Smith Barney 

Ed Shigihara & Gayle Hoshino 

David Suguro 

Perry Ko’s South China Restaurant 

State Farm Insurance - Wayne Nakamura 

Studio 904 

Donald Taniguchi 

Tillicum Village 

Gail Tsuboi & Jim Kranick 

Tully’s Coffee 

Uwajimaya, Inc. 

Teresa Yagi, DDS 

Audio Visual Services 

Proline Audio-Visual Rentals- Steve Daniels 

Golf Operations 

Oki Developments- Brad Kimura 

Printing 

West Coast Printing, Inc.- Eric Tomita & Ted Tomita 

Logo & Program Design 

Paracom, Inc.- G. Page Tanagi 

Signage 

B.K. Vinyl Graphics- Brad Kojima 

Video 

John Pai 

Dean Wong 

Music- “Thousand Cranes”, Recorded by 

Hiroshima- “East” Epic/Sony Records Composers June 

Kuramoto/Little Tiger Music (ASCAP) and Derek 

Nakamoto/Poi Dog Music (ASCAP) administered by 

Laura Hirschfield, Esq., Copyright Management. Inc. 

Web Site Design 

Ximated Web Design- Devin Imamura 

Event Volunteers 

Jan Gokami 

Mark Jablonski 

Alan Kimura 

Alan Kurimura 

Mark Nagasawa 

Tatsuo Nakata 

Carol Taki 

Darcia Tanabe 

Shizue Yahata 

Obento Donors & Volunteers 

Glenn & Jan Gokami 

Richie Hayashida 

Kathy Kozu-Tsutsumoto 

Dona Magno 

Curtis Mar 

Jan Mikami 

MJ Mitoma 

Joanne Nakamura 

Norman & Joyce Nakamura 

Nyla Nakano 

Alison Oki 

Carol Taki 

Bryon & Sheri Tokunaga 

Eric & Pam Tokunaga 

Gail Tsuboi 

Julie Yee 

Ross Yokoyama 

Scoring/Handicap Verifications 

Bryon Tokunaga 

Ross Yokoyama 

Golf Tournament Committee 

Event Co-Chairs- Lauree Seko & Joe Yabuki 

Corporate Sponsor Chair- Kathy Hasegawa 

Food Committee Chair- Jan Mikami 

Prize Committee Chair- Tony Nakata 

Handicap/Scoring Chair- Gregg Seko 


Lawrence Imamura 

Brad Kimura 

May Leong 



Ted Tomita 


Upcoming Events 

Nikkei Manor/Kokoro Kai Team Memory Walk .....................September 8 

See page 13 for details 

Aki Matsuri Festival .............................................................September 14-15 

Ayame Kai Craft Fair ...........................................................November 16 

See page 18 for details 

Find us on the Web: www.nikkeiconcerns.org 

Seattle Keiro, skilled nursing 

Nikkei Manor, assisted living 

Nikkei Horizons, continuing education 

Kokoro Kai, adult day program 

KIDCARE, intergenerational day care 

NIKKEI CONCERNS 

1601 E Yesler Way 

Seattle, WA 98122-5640 

(206) 323-7100 

http://www.nikkeiconcerns.org 

Non-Profit Org. 

U.S. Postage 

PAID 

Seattle, WA 

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Summer 02 - Nikkei Concerns

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