APOLO ANTON OHNO - Nikkei Concerns

VOLUME 30 ISSUE 3 

FALL 2006 

A Newsletter of 

NIKKEI CONCERNS 

• SEATTLE KEIRO 

• NIKKEI MANOR 

• KOKORO KAI 

• NIKKEI HORIZONS 

2 0 0 6 O U R Y E A R O F P R O G R E S S 

A Winning Evening with 

APOLO ANTON OHNO 

In his winning style, Apolo Anton Ohno displays a gift from the elders of Nikkei Concerns. 

IN THIS ISSUE 

President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

An Evening with Apolo Anton Ohno . . . . . . . 3 

Photo Gallery of the Apolo Ohno Event . . . 4-5 

The Latest News from Seattle Keiro . . . . . . 6-7 

A New Van at Nikkei Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

Kokoro Kai Adventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

On the Move with Nikkei Horizons . . . . . . . 10 

We Love Our Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

South China Dinner Memories . . . . . . . . . . 12 

Annual Fund Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15 

Planned Giving Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

Generations of Caring Endowment . . . 17-19 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 1

2006 The Year of Progress for 


NIKKEI 

CONCERNS 

2006 

BOARD OF 

DIRECTORS 

Harold Taniguchi, 

President 

Kathy Hasegawa, 

First Vice President 

Taro Kusunose, 

Secretary 

Kevin Nagai, 

Treasurer 

HONORARY 

MEMBERS 

Janet Deguchi 

Mitsuko Kimura 

Bill Nishimura 

Lorraine Bannai 

Joan Michiko Ching 

David Hayasaka 

Norigiku Horikawa 

Hon. Richard 

Ishikawa 

Hiroo Iwamura 

Fusako Kamihara 

Eileen Kato 

Bill Kawahara 

Nancy Kitano 

Hon. Ron Mamiya 

Dr. Kenneth Mayeda 

Bob Mizukami 

Tomio Moriguchi 

Charles Natsuhara 

Greg Obata 

Tosh Okamoto 

Noriko Goto Palmer 

Sharon Sobie Seymour 

Sam Shinozaki 

Dr. Ruby Inouye Shu 

Carol Suehiro 

Hideko Tachibana 

Elsie Taniguchi 

Bill Tashima 

Ted Tomita 

Gail Tsuboi 

Shigeko Uno 

Neill Urano 

Joe Yabuki 

Suma Yagi 

Shizue Yahata 

Ed Yakushijin 

Dennis Yamashita 

Douglas Yoshida 

Harry Yoshimura 

Dear Friends, 

The first half of the year has brought challenges and opportunities for Nikkei Concerns. Cindi Shiota, 

our Chief Executive Officer of 1-1/2 years, resigned from her position to take care of her family. We are 

deeply saddened by the recent loss of her mother. Cindi recently wrote that “These are truly challenging 

times for all those in the eldercare industry – requiring the creativity to be innovative, the courage to be 

self-assessing and embrace needed changes, and the heart to be ever-caring.” 

On behalf of Nikkei Concerns, I wish to thank Cindi for her vision and perseverance in working with our 

Board of Directors and staff in helping to shape a multi-faceted business plan. Much discovery, assessment 

and planning took place to create a plan to ensure our success. Also, I personally wish to thank Cindi for 

her unwavering support of me as Board President. 

We are fortunate to have Michele Hamaker, our Human Resources Director, assume the position of Interim 

CEO. Michele has worked closely with Cindi and the department managers on a range of management 

issues. I am confident that Michele’s leadership, management skills and belief in our mission will greatly 

benefit us as we search for a new CEO. 

There’s a positive change at Seattle Keiro! Through gifts and grants from individuals, businesses and 

organizations, we are pleased to announce the completion of our bathing room remodel on the 3 rd floor. 

A big thanks to every supporter who enables us to offer our residents a homelike environment and improved 

quality services. 

Recently, our community gathered for two very special fundraisers. On June 4 th at Carnegie’s Restaurant 

and Bar, supporters gathered for An Evening with Apolo Anton Ohno. We extend a very special thank you 

to Apolo Anton Ohno, Yuki Ohno, Jerry & Susan Brahm of Carnegie’s Restaurant and Bar, Christine 

Yorozu, Jan Gokami and to each individual who participated in this evening. Another fast-paced and 

successful event took place on July 10 th — the 26 th Annual South China Dinner! We are fortunate to have 

the friendship and support of the Ko Family and South China Restaurant. More than 100 volunteers 

generously gave their time to join together and make this event a success. Over $50,000 was raised from 

these two events, providing an immediate benefit for our elders through our Annual Fund. Thank you 

to everyone for making these events possible! 

The support of our mission continues in many ways. Seattle Keiro recently received $10,000 from the 

Shigeo & Megumi Takayama Foundation to support its Ray of Hope project which provides additional 

support for our residents, particularly those with dementia. Also, we thank the City of Seattle for awarding 

us a $100,000 contract for the Seattle Keiro skilled nursing facility. Cindi Shiota was instrumental in 

securing this contract to further develop the activity program. And, the residents and participants of Kokoro 

Kai, Nikkei Horizons and Nikkei Manor were the recipients of another van! This almost new, Honda van 

was donated by an anonymous donor whose generous support has spanned two decades. 

These are a few highlights from the past few months but I realize that each day our elders are positively 

affected by the generosity of this community. It is not only the financial support that Nikkei Concerns 

has received, but it is the heart and compassion demonstrated by our staff, volunteers and community 

supporters. We remain committed to pass this kimochi along to those we serve. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Harold S. Taniguchi 

President, Board of Directors 

2 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

AN EVENING WITH APOLO ANTON OHNO 

A Winning Fundraiser for Nikkei Concerns & the Community 

Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Anton 

Ohno and his father, Yuki Ohno, were 

the guests of honor at An Evening with 

Apolo Anton Ohno, an exclusive 

fundraising reception and dinner on 

Sunday, June 4 th , 2006 at Carnegie’s 

Restaurant and Bar in Ballard. Proceeds 

from the event, totaling approximately 

$20,000, will benefit the programs of 

Nikkei Concerns. This dinner and 

reception developed as an additional 

fundraising opportunity from Nikkei 

Concerns’ 30 th Anniversary Auction in 

October 2005 which netted $400,000. 

The guests, who ranged from elementary 

school children to 90 year olds, began 

arriving early for this exciting and rare 

opportunity to meet Seattle’s very own 

Olympic athlete. The Honorable 

Sharon Tomiko Santos, Washington 

State Representative from the 37 th 

legislative district emceed the event. 

Approximately 170 community supporters 

of Nikkei Concerns and Ohno fans 

enjoyed ample time to enjoy wine, hors 

d’oeuvres and socialize with each other 

and Apolo, while taking photos and 

getting Apolo’s autograph. 

The evening culminated with presentations 

of gifts to Apolo and Yuki Ohno 

from community supporters such as the 

Beacon Hill Elementary school children 

and their principal, Dr. Susie 

Murphy. Haruko Shimizu, respected 

Mizuhiki artist and instructor, presented 

Apolo and Yuki with her special 

handmade Mizuhiki artwork. This art 

form made from ribbon-like cord is said 

to connect the hearts of the giver and 

receiver. Apolo graciously accepted the 

gift and, speaking to the crowd, Apolo 

said “Nikkei Concerns deserves a gold 

medal.” 

In his brief comments, Apolo also 

expressed his interest in learning more 

about his Nikkei heritage and emphasized 

the importance of our community 

and the work of Nikkei Concerns. As 

the evening progressed, there was a raffle 

drawing for prizes autographed by Apolo 

such as his signature bandanas, 

Wheaties’ front panel and Cosmopolitan 

magazines. 

The two hour reception was followed by 

a private dinner party with Apolo and 

his father, Yuki. The 33 guests each had 

an opportunity to dine with Apolo and 

Yuki, as they moved from table to table 

for each course. Chef, Jerry Brahm, and 

his wife, Susan Brahm, owner and 

manager, prepared a five course meal 

served with fine wines. The grand finale 

was the elegant chocolate dessert, 

garnished with gold flakes, appropriately 

named “Champion on Ice.” 

Thank you to these individuals, businesses and organizations whose generosity, talents & gifts helped make this evening 

special! Thank you to our donors, volunteers, guests, participants and everyone who helped create a magical evening! 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO 

Apolo Anton 

Ohno & 

Yuki Ohno 

Jerry & Susan 

Brahm, Carnegie’s 

Restaurant and Bar 

Christine Yorozu 

& Jan Gokami 

Representative 

Sharon Tomiko 

Santos 

Brillstein Grey 

Entertainment 

The Westin Seattle 

DONORS & SPONSORS 

Bev Akada 

Bainbridge Island 

Vineyards, Gerard & 

Jo Ann Bentryn 

Bill and Ilene Carry 

Bush Garden 

Clearpoint 

Costco 

Greater Seattle Japanese 

Community Queen 

Committee 

Bob Hashimoto 

I Love Sushi 

Duane Kamihara 

Maneki 

Richard & Kathryn 

Miyauchi 

Sharon Nakamura 

Proline Audio Visual 

Rental and Staging 

R.W. Knudsen 

Settings, Christine 

Yorozu, Owner 

Haruko Shimizu 

Shiro’s 

Dr. Ruby Inouye Shu 

Sushiman 

Jim Takisaki 

Page Tanagi 

Ted and Janet Tomita 

Town & Country 

Markets Inc. 

Gail Tsuboi & Jim 

Kranick 

Dean Wong 

Paula Wong 

Yamashiro Sushi Bistro 

Arthur & Helene 

Yorozu 


Yuen Lui, Chris Lui, 

Stuart Aller 

VOLUNTEERS 

FAVORS 

Gary Matsudaira 

TABLE SETTINGS 

Settings, Christine Yorozu 

Brian Yorozu 

Courtney Yorozu 

Emi Yorozu 

SECURITY 

Kevin Aratani 

BEACON HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 

REPRESENTATIVES 

Principal Dr. Susie Murphy 

Matthew, Shelley & Henry Bates 

Glenn, Jan & Brooks Gokami 

Paul Mocha, Anne Pettinger & Nicholas Mocha 

Kenji, Ruby & Colby Sawada 

OTHER 

VOLUNTEERS 

Lillian Hayashi 


Miyuki Mitsumoto 

Toshi Okamoto 

Kevin Oshikawa-Clay 

Ted & Sunkie Oye 

RAFFLE 

Jan Gokami, Chair 

Pat Wakazuru, Chair 

Anna Dawson 

Mineko Hasegawa 

Taylor Marie Kanemori 

Sayuri King 

Stephanie Oling 

Katie Shade 

Paige Wakasugi 

REGISTRATION 

Jan Gokami, Chair 

Amy Carlson 

Karen Kozu 

Kathy Kozu 

Steve Kozu 

Lily Shay 

Erin Tsutsumoto 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 3

An Evening 

June 4, 2006 at CARNEGIE’S restaurant and bar 

Smile! Nellie Fujii-Anderson, Paula Wong & 

Jan Gokami 

Nikkei Concerns Board President, Harold Taniguchi, 

shares a laugh with Apolo 

Children and principal, Dr. Susie Murphy, from the Beacon Hill School present 

gifts to Apolo 

Tomio Moriguchi, Jenny Li Moriguchi, Yuki Ohno & Apolo 

Apolo with the evening’s emcee, The Honorable Sharon 

Tomiko Santos 

Queen’s Court members Stephanie Oling, Sayuri King, 

Paige Wakasugi & Apolo 

Eiko & Zenji Shibayama pose with the guest of honor 

4 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

with Apolo Anton Ohno 

Jill Nishi displays her raffle prize 

Signing autographs for many admirers 

Apolo with Tosh & Toshi Okamoto 

A beautiful Mizuhiki gift from Haruko Shimizu is unveiled 

Apolo & Mika Tanagi Erin Tsutsumoto & Apolo Gregory Tanbara, Diane Taniguchi & Joe Yabuki pose for the camera 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 5

Steven Tracy, 

Administrator 

The Latest from 

SEATTLE KEIRO 

I am pleased to share the recent events at Seattle Keiro with 

you. I would like to take a moment and thank the staff at Seattle 

Keiro for their dedication to our residents and for the wonderful 

State Survey Results. On May 31, 2006, the Department of 

Social Services, Retirement Care Services’ survey team entered 

Seattle Keiro and conducted a full annual survey. This was a 

wonderful opportunity for our facility to be graded and 

compared to facilities both within our state and nationally. The 

survey team examines key areas such as (1) a survey of the 

quality of care furnished, as measured by indicators of medical, 

nursing & rehabilitative care, dietary & nutrition services, 

activities & social participation, and sanitation, infection 

control & the physical environment; (2) an audit of written 

plans of care and residents assessments to determine the 

accuracy of such assessments and adequacy of such plans of 

care; and (3) a review of compliance with residents’ rights. 

Our facility did very well in all areas and our staff needs to be 

congratulated on an exceptional job. This is an excellence 

indicator that our residents are in the best of hands. We will 

continue to strive to make our residents our top priority. 

Our recent highlights are covered on these two pages. On 

behalf of all of us at Seattle Keiro, I wish to thank our 

community members and supporters who have made the 

following projects and celebrations possible. 

To reach Steven Tracy, call 206-726-6504 or 

stracy@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Northwest Taiko provided entertainment. 

Left to right: Nancy Quan, Karen Akada- 

Sakata, Dorothy Kaunisto, and Yukie 

Fujiwara 

On July 7 th , Seattle Keiro held its annual 

Summer Festival for residents and their 

family members. The generosity of our 

community created a memorable afternoon 

filled with wonderful food and 

entertainment. To borrow a quote, “Obon 

reminds us to love and care for our parents. 

SEATTLE KEIRO CELEBRATES ITS 

Summer Festival 

Shizue Watanabe and Minnie 

Yamashita take a break from dancing. 

It also encourages the practice of selfless 

giving not only to family and friends, but 

to all beings.” A very special thank you to 

the following individuals, businesses and 

organizations who made it possible to 

share the richness of tradition with our 

elders. 

Queen’s Court member, Paige 

Wakasugi with Kiana and Justin 

Ting. 

THANKS! 

George Arakawa 

Sayoko Backholm 

City Produce Company 

Gwen Florence 

Bob Hiraki 

Hiroshi’s Restaurant 

Japanese Community Queen’s 

Court 2006-Queen 

Mineko Hasegawa, Sayuri 

King, Stephanie Oling, 

Paige Wakasugi 

Miyoko Kawaguchi 

Hiroe Keeler 

Mika Kitazumi 

Kimie Kuramoto 

Yuri Matsuzawa 

Robin Miyata 

Arlene Mon Wai 

Tyler Moriguchi 

Terry Nakano 

Akiko Narusawa 

Nikkei Horizons Ukulele 

Group 

Northwest Taiko 

Sandra Oling 

Proline Audio Visual Rental 

and Staging 

Aurea Quilit 

Seattle Buddhist Church 

Seattle Buddhist Temple 

Dancers 

Sachiko Sugimoto 

Takako Straub 

Debra Taniguchi 


Lois Taniguchi 

Jane Tsuboi 

Roy Tsuboi 

White River Buddhist Temple 

Dancers 

Fujie Yamasaki 

Marisa Yamasaki 

Valerie Yamasaki 

6 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

SEATTLE KEIRO 

Thanks to Our Community 

CITY OF SEATTLE 

AWARDS $100,000 CONTRACT 

TO SEATTLE KEIRO 

FUNDING TO SUPPORT 

RESIDENT ACTIVITIES 

The City of Seattle recently awarded Nikkei Concerns a 

$100,000 contract for Seattle Keiro skilled nursing facility. This 

2006 City funding will be used to further develop the activity 

program for Seattle Keiro residents. As part of the Aging 

Disability Services, the City funds a variety of elder care 

programs including adult day health, case management and 

caregiver support. At Seattle Keiro, the funding will support 

the enhancement of our activity program with a focus on 

providing more activities which honor the cultures and 

preferences of our diverse resident population. 

We are grateful to the City of Seattle for partnering with Nikkei 

Concerns and Seattle Keiro for the enrichment and happiness 

of our treasured residents. From everyone at Nikkei Concerns, 

our deepest thanks! 

SHIGEO & MEGUMI 

TAKAYAMA FOUNDATION 

AWARDS $10,000 

FUNDING TO SUPPORT 

SEATTLE KEIRO’S RAY OF HOPE PROJECT 

Seattle Keiro was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the 

Shigeo & Megumi Takayama Foundation (Japan). This award 

will be used to support Seattle Keiro’s Ray of Hope project, 

which provides additional support for residents, in particular 

residents with dementia. Support from the Takayama Foundation 

will further support Seattle Keiro’s ongoing staff training 

and activity based programs to enhance the quality of life for 

the Seattle Keiro residents. Research has indicated that the 

cost of caring for a person living with dementia in a skilled 

nursing facility is higher than for a person without dementia. 

A large portion of the dementia expenses in a skilled nursing 

facility can be attributed to higher staffing costs because of the 

additional care required by dementia patients. Nikkei 

Concerns’ Director of Development & Communications, 

Darlene Suyematsu, expressed “We at Nikkei Concerns are 

extremely grateful to the Shigeo & Megumi Takayama 

Foundation for this generous gift for our Seattle Keiro elders and 

for their caring support of our mission.” 

SEATTLE KEIRO’S 3 RD FLOOR BATHING ROOM REMODEL COMPLETE 

CREATING A SAFE, WARM & THERAPEUTIC BATHING EXPERIENCE 

Haruno Morishima and Kiyoko June Ono in the 

sitting area. 

Through the support of many, our bathing remodeling was 

completed this past June. Staff training has been completed 

and our residents are enjoying their newly renovated space. 

Thank you to all who made this possible! 

Thank you again to our generous community members for 

supporting this project. Together, you make dreams come true 

for our elders. 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 7 

• Margaret L. McCarney Fund at The Seattle Foundation 

for the $25,000 grant 

• Kawabe Memorial Fund for $20,000 

• Shiro Kashiba of Shiro’s Restaurant for the $5,000 gift 

• Norman Archibald Charitable Foundation for the 

$3,000 grant

Lillian Hayashi, 

Administrator of 

Community Services 

Our 

COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 

Another Wish Comes True 

By Lillian Hayashi, Administrator of Community Services 

We are thrilled that a generous 

anonymous couple from 

Bellevue has responded to 

Kokoro Kai’s Wish List published 

in last quarter’s Tayori. 

The unexpected donation was 

a much needed, ‘like new’ 

2002 metallic silver Honda 

Odyssey with less than 30,000 

miles. This beautiful Odyssey 

will replace the ‘ailing’ 1988 

Dodge Caravan that was 

donated to our programs in 

1998 and provided many 

hours of service to Kokoro 

Kai, Nikkei Manor and 

Nikkei Horizons. 

As the years passed by, the Caravan 

continued to work hard, but as time 

progressed, developed many problems. 

Just recently, it broke down again while 

transporting Kokoro Kai participants 

back home. Therefore, receiving this 

Sue Sumioka, Henry Matsui and Tama Tokuda admire the new van. 

very generous gift, especially at this time 

of need, is extremely meaningful and the 

‘new’ mini-van will be put into 

immediate service. 

The participants of Kokoro Kai and 

Nikkei Horizons, and the residents of 

Nikkei Manor will now have a newer 

mini-van to take them safely 

to outings, trips to and from 

our programs, and to a variety 

of activities away from home. 

Many thanks to this very 

special couple who so generously 

responded to our Wish 

List. Their continuous support 

of our programs as they 

have in the past, in a variety 

of ways, will once again directly 

benefit our residents 

and participants of Nikkei 

Concerns’ Community Services’ 

programs. Also, a very 

special thank you to Tim 

Kirilenko, Parts Manager, and Larry 

Mallory, General Manager, of Honda of 

Kirkland who will be donating special 

order seat covers for our van. 

To contact Lillian Hayashi, call 206-726- 

6461 or lillianh@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Support Ayame Kai Fundraisers 

These fundraising efforts directly benefit the residents and participants of Nikkei Concerns’ programs. Thank you for your support! 

14K GOLD 

TSURU CHARMS 

The crane is a symbol of 

longevity and good luck. 

$68 each. Mail check to: 

Ayame Kai Guild, 1601 East 

Yesler, Seattle, WA 98122- 

5640, Attention: Tsuru/Lillian Hayashi. 

Include your day and evening phone numbers. 

You will be notified when your charm 

is available for pick up at Seattle Keiro. Outof-town 

purchasers, please add $5 for postage 

and handling. 

ICHIRO 

ON ICHIRO 

Conversations with 

Narumi Komatsu 

Get your copy of this book for 

the “Special Reduced Price of 

$15.” Available at Seattle 

Keiro, Nikkei 

Manor or 

from any 

Ayame Kai 

member. 

KIMONO VASES 

Local artist, Sue Baldwin, 

designed these 

vases in four colorations 

to represent the 

four seasons; pink & 

green for spring, rust 

tone for fall, gold & 

green for summer, and white & teal for winter. 

Orders and payment of $75.00 per vase are being 

accepted at Seattle Keiro’s front desk or by calling 

Lillian Hayashi at 206-323-7100. 

8 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

Naoko Ulstein, 

Director 

Happy Times at 

KOKORO KAI 

SPECIAL GUESTS & VISITORS BRIGHTEN OUR LIVES 

Kokoro Kai participants and Nikkei 

Manor residents meet many people 

throughout the year. Some of the 

participants and residents become 

partners with the 2nd grade students 

during the school year. Some people 

look forward to having community 

chorus groups, local high school students 

or visitors from Japan come to Kokoro 

Kai. Here are some of the exciting 

activities that we had in the first half of 

2006. 

On March 13th, a guest speaker, Scott 

Davis from the Pike Place Market, 

visited Kokoro Kai. He gave us a 

presentation on the history of the 

Market, and we talked about Japanese 

farmers before the war and the Market’s 

centennial celebration next year. One 

participant’s father had a restaurant in 

the market before the war, and she 

remembered that the restaurant used to 

close at 6:00 p.m. and it was open only on 

weekdays. Today, the Market is very 

busy on the weekends and we thought 

that it was interesting to see how things 

have changed. All of us 

received a nice centennial 

mug cup as a gift from the 

Market. 

On April 10th, we invited 

Jennifer Akin from the Snow 

Leopard Trust to give us a 

presentation. She talked 

about the life of snow leopards 

and the people who share 

their habitat. She gave a nice, 

informal presentation to us, 

and it was very educational 

and interesting. 

In March and May, Kokoro Kai and 

Nikkei Manor residents went to the 

Nihongo Gakko (Seattle Japanese 

Language School) to see Girl’s Day and 

Boy’s Day displays. Thanks to Mr. Joe 

Hirayama from the school and Nikkei 

Jin Kai, we saw their museum filled with 

the memorabilia of Japan Town where 

many of our members grew up. During 

the Boy’s Day visit, Mr. Hirayama served 

us tea and seasonal Japanese treats, 

which his wife specially made for our 

participants. Kokoro Kai is planning to 

return in September for one of the 

United Way events, “Day of Caring.” 

Local company volunteers will join us for 

the whole day program about exchanging 

our different cultures. 

On May 8th, The Grateful Crane 

Ensemble from LA came to our facility. 

They were here to perform at Seattle 

Center for the Asian Pacific Islander’s 

Heritage Month. Mr. Al Sugiyama 

introduced this wonderful group to us. 

The Ensemble members sang many 

songs from the Internment Camp days 

and it was very moving. They sang some 

of the Japanese songs from that era as 

well as American songs. We sure hope to 

see them again next year. On that day, 

we also had young visitors from the 

Denise Louie Education Center to see 

the performance. They will continue to 

visit Kokoro Kai once a month. 

On May 19th, we had “Dai-chan” the 

Golden Retriever for the dog visit. Ms. 

Mutsuko Miura has been bringing Daichan 

to Nikkei Manor on Thursdays, but 

this was the first time to come on a 

Kokoro Kai day. Another friend, 

“Maggie” the bulldog has been visiting 

her Nikkei Manor friends with Mr. 

Kenneth Lee on Saturdays since this 

summer. It is hard to say goodbye to our 

close pet friends when our living 

situation changes, but sometimes we find 

new four-legged friends who make us 

smile. Dai-chan and Maggie have 

become regular visitors to many of the 

animal lovers at Kokoro Kai and Nikkei 

Manor. 

Thanks to all the people - and 

our four-legged friends - who 

made our participants’ and 

residents’ day a special one. 

We are grateful to know we 

have many regular visitors 

and special guests at our home 

year after year. “Minasan, 

Arigato!” 

To contact Naoko Ulstein 

call 206-726-6474 or 

naokou@nikkeiconcerns.org 

The Grateful Crane Ensemble performance at Nikkei Manor. 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 9

Kaori Higashino, 

Manager 

On the Move with 

NIKKEI HORIZONS 

NIKKEI HORIZONS SPRING QUARTER 2006 HIGHLIGHTS 

Nikkei Horizons’ Mizuhiki 

Zaiku class instructor, Haruko 

Shimizu sensei (teacher), 

decided to create one thousand 

cranes and donate the 

artwork to the Nagasaki 

Atomic Bomb Museum for the 

61st Atomic Bomb Remembrance 

Ceremony, which will 

take place in Nagasaki, Japan, 

on August 9 th . Shimizu sensei 

is donating the thousand 

mizuhiki cranes at the ceremony 

for two reasons: “One is 

to pray for peace and to remember World 

War II; and to introduce Mizuhiki Zaiku, 

one of the most beautiful Japanese 

traditional handicrafts, to the public.” 

Nikkei Horizons’ Mizuhiki Zaiku class 

participants and members of the Seattle 

Buddhist Church volunteered to help 

her with this special project. Mizuhiki 

Zaiku classes will start again on Thursdays 

this fall quarter. Shimizu sensei will 

teach both an intermediate class in the 

morning and a beginning class in the 

afternoon. 

Nikkei Horizons’ Mizuhiki Zaiku class with their one thousand 

crane artwork. 

On the weekend of June 3 rd and 4 th , the 

eighth annual Silk Flower & Zokei Bonsai 

Exhibition was held at Nikkei Manor. 

Nikkei Horizons’ zokei bonsai instructor 

Setsuko Evans sensei has taught zokei 

bonsai for over 30 years in Japan, Germany, 

Italy, and in the United States. 

On display were over 80 zokei bonsais 

beautifully created by current and 

previous Nikkei Horizons’ participants 

and students who have taken Setsuko 

sensei’s class in Tacoma, including a student 

who learned from Setsuko sensei in 

NIKKEI HORIZONS’ 

15 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION / 

HEALTH EXPO 

Friday, September 15 th , 11 am to 3:30 pm, Seattle Buddhist Church 

This date marks the 15 th Anniversary of Nikkei Horizons with the hosting 

of a health expo. There will be Japanese culture lessons with arts and crafts 

classes, exercise and dance instruction, health and wellness related 

workshops. Many community healthcare professionals and organizations 

will have booths set up to share useful information. ‘Light’ refreshments will 

be provided for you to enjoy! 

Germany. The next Zokei 

Bonsai class will start in fall 

2006. Beginners are always 

welcome to join this unique 

and creative class! 

The Beginning Ukulele class 

had its graduation on June 12 th 

in the Midori Condominium 

Community Room. It was 

amazing how much each participant’s 

ukulele skills improved 

in eight weeks. Instructor John 

Iwai’s energetic and informative 

lessons, and his teaching 

style motivates the participants to practice. 

The dedicated support of his wife, 

Arlene, also adds to the success of this 

popular class. Each participant performed 

a solo, playing the ukulele and 

singing to show what he/she learned 

during the quarter and received a graduation 

certificate specially created by 

Rebecca Iwai, John’s daughter-in-law. 

The ukulele classes have been growing in 

popularity and Nikkei Horizons offer the 

Beginning Ukulele class every fall. The 

class always fills very quickly, so please 

check the fall 2006 schedule and sign up 

as soon as possible! 

To contact Kaori Higashino call 206- 

726-6469 or 

khigashino@nikkeiconcerns.org 

To receive the Nikkei Horizons’ News 

Flash (e-news) please ask Kaori. 

10 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

We Love Our 

VOLUNTEERS 

Shoko Glover, 

Volunteer Services 

Manager 

Lisa-Maria d’Aquila 

SHARES THE MUSIC IN HER HEART 

The residents and participants of 

Seattle Keiro and Nikkei Manor have 

been fortunate to hear the piano music 

of Lisa-Maria d’Aquila. Not only does 

Lisa enjoy entertaining her new Nikkei 

Concerns’ friends with music, but she 

also loves to teach them about the 

history of the music pieces and interact 

with her audiences. Lisa brings a wealth 

of knowledge to share. She has a 

Masters degree from Eastern Washington 

University where she also taught 

Music History to undergraduate students. 

She speaks fluent Japanese 

because she participated in Rotary 

International Program in 1989 and 

lived in Japan as an exchange student in 

Oita-prefecture for a year. Currently, 

she gives private piano lessons from her 

home. She is also a member of the 

Washington Music Teacher’s Association 

and has offered to encourage her 

students to perform for Nikkei Concerns 

as a recital opportunity. We thank 

Lisa for sharing the songs in her heart 

and for encouraging other volunteer 

entertainers to join Nikkei Concerns. 

Sei Adachi 

Melisa Akai 

Sumiko Akai 

Naoko Aoyagi 

Saeko Aoyama 

George Arakawa 

Pauline Asaba 

Rose Asakura 

Donna Awana 

Larry Awana 

Genei Azama 

Sayoko Backholm 

Marie-C Beaufait 

Teru Beppu 

Yaeko Cella 

Jerry Chihara 

Yuriko Chikamura 

Chiseko Crowe 

Lisa-Maria d’Aquila 

Mickey Delanty 

Kazumi Dixon 

Mitsuko Eguchi 

Setsuko Evans 

Miya Forrest 

Thomas Fredrickson 

Sue Fujino 

Etsuko Fujishima 

Shizuko Fukazawa 

Natsuko Fukuda 

Etsuko Funaki 

Ayako Gamo 

Charlie Giles 

Hiroko Gripman 

Fumiko Groves 

Peggy Hanada 

Brendan Harrison 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 11 

Volunteers · 4/1/06 - 6/30/06 

THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE THEIR TIME & TALENTS! 

Toshiko Hasegawa 

Kisae Hashimoto 

Toshiko Hayashi 

John Hayatsu 

Nancy Hayatsu 

Kyle Heiberg 

Chris Higashi 

Ken Higashi 

Yuki Hiraki 

Amy Hirasawa 

Mary Hirata 

Naoko Hirota 

Toshiko Horikoshi 

Jan Hyono 

Aiko Ii 

Miyoko Iké 

Betty Inouye 

Howard Inouye 

Sumiko Inouye 

Yuko Ishimaru 

Ellen Ito 

Toichi Kajitani 

Duane Kamihara 

Fusako Kamihara 

George Kamihara 

Dale Kaneko 

Eileen Kanemoto 

Malcolm Kanemoto 

Miyoko Kaneta 

Takako Karpinic 

Lillian Kato 

Rie Kato 

Kazzie Kawachi 

Mits Kawachi 

Miyoko Kawaguchi 

Frank Kawasaki 

Miye Kawata 

Yone Kishida 

Eureka Kobayashi 

Yumi Kobayashi 

Eri Koizumi 

Mas Kojima 

Pat Kojima 

Pat Kono 

George Kozu 

Mary Kozu 

Yuri Kumasaka 

Mitzi Kunitsugu 

Kimie Kuramoto 

Shiho Kurauchi 

Gerald Kuwada 

Nancy Kuwada 

Taylor Larson 

Christine Lee 

Colleen Lee 

Pam Sho-ken Lee 

Patricia Norikane 

Logerwell 

Jackie Lum 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Mariko Mano 

Fumi Masunaga 

Kazuko Masunaga 


Jack Matsui 

Mirei Matsukawa 

Sarah Matsumoto 

Riho Matsuo 

Kathy Matsuura 

Yuri Matsuzawa 

Amy Miller 

Thomas Minami 

Yasuyo Minami 

Volunteers are needed at Seattle Keiro, Nikkei Manor, Kokoro Kai 

and Nikkei Horizons. We are looking for activity helpers, 

volunteer drivers & escorts, licensed beauticians, gardeners, 

entertainers, computer instructors and sign language instructors. 

Miyuki Mitsumoto 

Mutsuko Miura 

Midori Miyata 

Richard Miyauchi 

Henry Miyoshi 

Frank Mizukami 

George Momoda 

Gail Mukai 

Hiroko Muto 

Junior Nagaki 

May Nagasawa 

Ruby Nakamura 

Tomi Nakashima 

Susan Nakatsu 

Bob Nakayama 


Terrie Natsuhara 

Helen Nicdao 

Yae Niimi 

Mary Nishida 

Harry Nishimoto 

Harry Nishimura 

Frank Nomiyama 

Nancy Nomura 

Bill Ogasawara 

Nobuko Ohgi 

Katashi Oita 

Julie Ann Oiye 

Toshi Okamoto 

Iyoko Okano 

Tomi Okano 

Ruth Oki 

Mari Okumura 

Kenji Onishi 

Seira Onishi 

Mary Osaki 

Hiroko Ota 

Nobi Otsuji 

Mitsuko Otsuka 

Victoria Perry 

Allison Pham 

Miyo Phillips 

Mandy Ryberg 

Connie Saito 

Herb Saito 

Beulah Sakagami 

Makiko Sakiyama 

Yoshiko Sakuma 

Fred Sakura 

Hattie Sao 

May Sasaki 

Sachi Sasaki 

Hideko Sato 

Yoko Sato 

Kiyo Sawa 

Tomi Scott 

Seafair Clowns 

Rita Selin 

Grace Shibayama 

Meri Shimada 

Haruko Shimizu 

Sachiko Sugimoto 

Yuriko Sunuwar 

Kathy Suyama 

Yaeko Suyetani 

Barbara Taira 

Naoko Tajima 

Momoye Takakoshi 

Kiyo Takashima 

Ted Tamaki 

Tom Tamanaha 

Rikuko Tanaka 

Peggy Tanemura 

Debra Taniguchi 

Lois Taniguchi 

Martha Taniguchi 

Mineko Tanoue 

Hideko Terada 

Midori Kono Thiel 

Shox Tokita 

Takako Tokumasu 

Masako Tomita 

Jane Tsuboi 

Yoko Tsukamoto 

Tzu-chi Foundation 

Eriko Uechi 

Noriko Ueno 

Janice Urano 

Neill Urano 

Wagakki Group 

Pat Wakazuru 

Shizue Watanabe 

Alice Wong 

Jana Yamada 

Patsy Yamada 

Sallie Yamada 


Keiko Yanagihara 

Betty Yoshida 

Don Yoshida 

Fuyo Yoshida 

Naomi Yoshida 

Ruth Yoshida 

Harry Yoshihara 

Kimiko Yoshinaka 

David Yoshino 

Gloria Yoshino 

Vanessa Young 

Junji Yukawa 

To volunteer, please contact Shoko Glover at (205) 726-7830 or 

sglover@nikkeiconcerns.org Shoko’s hours are Wed, Thurs. & 

Fri. from 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. In Shoko’s absence, please 

contact Lillian Hayashi at (206) 323-7100.

The 26 th Annual South China Dinner 

THANK YOU TO THE KO FAMILY & OUR COMMUNITY 

FOR A SUCCESSFUL EVENT! 

For 26 years, Perry Ko’s South 

China Restaurant has opened its 

doors for the annual South China 

Dinner. This year, on July 10 th , 

another successful event was 

created to benefit the Nikkei 

Concerns’ Annual Fund which 

immediately affects the quality 

care and programming for our 

community’s elders. The Ko 

Family and Perry Ko’s South 

China Restaurant were the exclusive 

sponsors of this fundraiser. 

This dinner raised over $30,000 

gross for Nikkei Concerns, with 

take-out, delivery and dine-in 

tickets totaling over 2,000. Contributing 

to the success of the event were 

over 100 volunteers. Nikkei Concerns’ 

Director of Development and Communications, 

Darlene Suyematsu, reflected 

“The support and generosity of the Ko 

Family in creating this tradition and the 

enthusiasm and spirit of our community 

members are the reason for our success. 

We thank each person who participated 

in this event.” 

South China Restaurant is located at 

5606 119 th Avenue SE, Bellevue, WA 

98006. The restaurant is open Monday- 

Saturday, 11 a.m.-12 a.m.; Sunday 

12 p.m.-11 p.m. 

This year, the proceeds from the 

South China Dinner directly 

supported the Nikkei Concerns’ 

Annual Fund. Gifts to the Nikkei 

Concerns Annual Fund will help us 

cover today’s costs of quality care 

and programming. The need for 

our services continues to grow as 

Nikkei Concerns works diligently to 

make ends meet. Thank you for 

positively affecting the lives of over 

1,600 individuals and their families 

this year. 

Together, we will continue the 

mission our parents and grandparents 

began and provide a sense of community 

as well as the compassionate care that is 

central to the Nikkei tradition. 

To view photos of the event, please visit our website at www.nikkeiconcerns.org 

WAYS YOU CAN GIVE 

WORKPLACE GIVING & 


During the next few weeks many of you will be 

hearing a great deal about your local United Way 

giving campaign and Government Workplace 

Campaigns. But did you know that you can 

designate your gift to Nikkei Concerns 

Last year alone Nikkei Concerns received over 

$56,000 to support our cherished elders. 

Thank you for your support! 

DONATIE 

ON-LINE 

Visit our website at www.nikkeiconcerns.org 

and look for the header “Donate Online” 

or click here to donate immediately. 

It’s simple – no stamps, no mailing! 

You may also make memorial contributions 

at this location as well. 

12 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

Contributions · 4/1/06 - 6/30/06 

Thank You for supporting our Annual Fund and enriching the lives of our elders today! 

FATHER’S DAY 

LINCOLN BEPPU 

Chick & Roberta Tamura 

RICHARD DOI 

Alice Doi 

YOSHITO & KIYO 

HARADA 

Ernie & Sunnie Nagai 

HARRY HOSODA 

Paul & Mary Hosoda 

HARRY KADOSHIMA 

Arlene Kadoshima 

TOM KONISHI 

Hana Konishi 

A. T. NAGAI 


ICHIRO NAGASAWA 

Hiro & May Nagasawa 

JIM NAKAMURA 

Nori Suguro & Michael 

Suguro 

RICHARD OKADA 

Eileen Okada 

TAKESHI KALLIO 

SUGURO 

Sachi Watanabe 

JAMES TAKEUCHI 

Phil Takeuchi 

JOSEPH TAKEUCHI 

Phil Takeuchi 

TETSUZO TERAO 

Victoria Terao 

TOMI TERAO 


TSUNEO WADA 

Henry & Alyce Yoshikai 

MOTHER’S DAY 

TAZU ABE 

Kats & Thelma Abe 


KOSUKI ECHIGO 

Keishi Echigo 

CHIYO FUJIMURA 

Frank & Irene Nishimoto 

TAMIKO FUJIMURA 


MAE FUKUI 

Colleen Fukui-Sketchley 

JANE HANADA 

Dan Hanada 

Tom & Robin Nakashima 

KIKUKO HASEGAWA 

Ed & Ellen Kubokawa 

EI HAYASHI 

Edward Hayashi 

TOSHIKO HORITA 

Sei & Yoko Adachi 

SHIZUKO ICHIKAWA 

Stan & Pilar Ichikawa 

HARUKO IKOMA 

Elaine Ko & John Foz 

KIMIYO ISHIKAWA 


RITSU KADOSHIMA 


PATRICIA KAN 

Alice Lee 

Cynthia Rekdal 

TOSHIE KANEGAE 

Eddie & Jean Nagai 

YAEKO KANEKO 

Myrna Richards 

CHIYENO KUBO 

Michi Chihara 

Fudge & Yuki Shiogi 

MARGARET LAWSON 

Geraldine Banigan 

AIKO MATSUI 

Carol Wells 

AIKO MIZUKI 

James Mizuki 

MARY MOODY 

Linda McDonald 

KAZUKO NAGAI 


YONE NAGAI 

Eddie & Jean Nagai 

SHIZUE NAKAMURA 

Marlene & Barry Okada 

TOMI NAKASHIMA 

Richard, Gayle, Ryan, & 

Morgan Choi 

YOSHINO NAKASHIMA 

Hajime & Tomi Nakashima 

SHIZUKA NISHIMOTO 


MARY NUMOTO 

Jean & Lip Mar 

Ruby S. May 

John M. Numoto 

Ellen & Ivan Tzvetin 

NOBUKO OIYE 

Keiko Hirasawa 

Susan Nakagawa & Martin 

Oiye 

TOSHI OKAMOTO 

Craig, Sheila, Tricia, Cara, & 

Jordan Omoto 

NOBIE OMOTO 

Craig, Sheila, Tricia, Cara, & 

Jordan Omoto 

AMY SAITO 

Patty Grembowski 

HATTIE SAO 

Marianne Sao & John Maletta 

HIROKO SHIGIHARA 

Warren & Susii Higa 

HIDE TACHIBANA 

Julie & Eric Varness 

JUNE TAKESHITA 

Kinji & May Takahashi 

KATSUKO TANABE 

Tosh & Lois Taniguchi 

SAYE TANIGUCHI 


UME TERAO 


JANET TSUJII 

Kerrie Tsujii 

HIDE YAMAMOTO 

George & Fusako Kamihara 

MARY YAMAMOTO 

Joy & Jim Nakata 

SEKIYO YAMAMOTO 

Donald & Yaeko Suyetani 

LILLIAN YOSHINO 

Dick & Misao Yoshimura 

MOTHER’S & 

FATHER’S DAYS 

TOKIO & SADAKO 

AKAGI 

Tosh & Toshi Okamoto 

JIRO & YOSHIKO 

AKAMATSU 

Rich & Hide Tachibana 

NAOJIRO & SUE 

AOYAMA 

George Aoyama 

Katchi Aoyama 

Mariko Mano 

Anne Moriyasu 

June Yamada 

CANDIDO & EMMA 

GAVINO 

Weng & Linda Gavino 

SHOTARO & TSUNE 

GOJIO 

Margaret Gojio 

CHARLES & YUKI 

HARADA 

George & Frances Kobayashi 

MICHISUKE & 

MITSUYO HARADA 

Mack & Setsu Harada 

Tad & Mary Harada 

JIM & HIROKO 

HASEGAWA 

Kathy Hasegawa 

HARUTO HOSODA 


MITSUYUKI & NAMI 

ITO 


SHO & SHIZU 

KANOGAWA 

Roy & Sei Fujiwara 

HARUTOSHI & 

MURAKO KATO 

Suma Yagi 

CATHERINE & KAY 

KAWAHARA 

Anonymous 

KIZO & SAKAYE 

KOMETANI 

Tom & Janet Kometani 

HELEN & FRANK KUBO 

Harry & Fran Nishimoto 

HISAICHI & MARY 

MARUHASHI 

Bryan & Becky Maruhashi 

FRANK & MISAO 

MINATO 


ROY & RIKA 

NAKAGAWA 

Jim & Yone Terada 

T.T. & SAKAE 

NAKAMURA 

Ted & Carolyn Nakamura 

HAGGIE & TOMI 

NAKASHIMA 

Teri Eguchi 

GEORGE & JANE 

NISHIMATSU 

Gene Nishimatsu 

FRANK & HARU 

NISHIMURA 

Valerie Nishimura & Michael 

Nagan 

GENYA & FUMI 

NISHIMURA 

Hana Konishi 

SUSUMU & DONNA 

NITTA 

Douglas Nitta, MD 

RINZO & SHIO OHARA 

Reiko Tsubota 

BOB & MARIAN 

OHASHI 

Ross & Ava Ohashi 

MORITAKE & MICHIYO 

OKADA 

Eileen Okada 

JUHEI & SUGIE 

OKAMOTO 


TOSH & TOSHI 

OKAMOTO 

Tom, Susan, Lauren, & Zack 

Lane 

Joyce Okamoto Miyabe 

JOHN & MIYE OKAWA 


SHORTY & KIYO ONO 

Leslie, Krista, & Kimberly 

Wittman 

TANEICHI & MIYO OTA 

Anonymous 

ROSE & HIROSHI 

OYAMA 

Ed Oyama 

CONNIE & KEIJI SAITO 

Warren Saito 

YAYOI & SHOGO SAITO 


SONOJI & YOSHIKO 

SAKAI 

Kay Nakao 

JO & ROY SAKAMOTO 

Eileen Okada 

YASUMATSU & MITSU 

SHIGAYA 

Mary Shigaya 

FUJIE & KIYOSHI 

SHIMONO 

Don & Elaine Shimono 

Terry & Judy Shimono 

SHERLOCK & MARY 

SHIMBO 

David O’Rear 

KIKUO & TSUNEKO 

SHIOGI 


ISH & HIME 

SUYEMATSU 

Darlene Suyematsu 

SAICHI & YONE 

TAKEMOTO 

Victor & Lilly Takemoto 

MASATO & TOSHI 

TERADA 


TETSUZO & UME 

TERAO 


MASASHIGE & AKIE 

TODO 


KISA & KOKI 

YAMAMOTO 

Anonymous 

AKI & CHIZ YOTSUUYE 

Gene Yotsuuye 

50TH 

ANNIVERSARY 

MITS & KAZZIE 

KAWACHI 

Al & Shiz Hikida 

Phil & Lisa Robbins 

IN HONOR OF THEIR 

MARRIAGE 

AMY LOFTIS & 

MATTHEW MASON 

Jenifer Ibuki 

Carole Matsumoto 

Jody Patawaran 

DAVID & SARA 

TANIGUCHI 

Herb Tsuchiya 

99TH BIRTHDAY 

MARIAN KUROSU 

Marian Kurosu 

AKIRA HIGASHI 

Harumi Komoriya 

Lillian Miyamoto 

88TH BIRTHDAY 

JOE MUKAI 

Yuri Kumasaka 

88TH BIRTHDAY 

HATTIE SAO 

John & Kiyoko Hendrickson 

Megumi Murakami 


Roland Sao 

Kazue Tagami 

80TH BIRTHDAY 

RUTH UYENO 

Anna Kurata 

Chet & Marty Murakami 

77TH BIRTHDAY 

MASSIE TOMITA 

Tats & Esther Furugori 

75TH BIRTHDAY 

NOBUO YUTANI 


60TH BIRTHDAY 

MARTIN OIYE 

Julie Ann Oiye & Randall 

Asplund 

SPECIAL BIRTHDAY 

KAZUE KATO 

Kato Family 

BIRTHDAY 

TAZU ABE 

Miyo Kanda 

SAKAE NUMOTO 

Sakae Numoto 

YUKI OMOTO 

Tak & Nobie Omoto 

DICK YOSHIMURA 

Seb & Julie Jerusalmi 

MEMORIAL DAY 

FRANK & MASAYE 

MATSUDA 

Aiko Okamoto 

IN HONOR OF 

JANE HANADA 

Darin & Janine Chinn 

DIANE KITANO & 

JOHN CONWELL 

Trina Cook & Kara Putnam 

BETTY TAEKO 

KOMURA 

Lilly Handelman 

AIKO MIZUKI 

Judith Furukawa & Richard 

King 

RUBY INOUYE SHU 

Joe & Evelyn Jinguji 

CORINNE TODA 

James & Amy Matsuoka 

ROY & JANE TSUBOI 

Janet Zimmerman 

MEMORIALS 

OUR PARENTS 

Yasuko & Jim Harris 

MAMA & OBAACHAN 

Ruth Mitsuyo Oki 

HIDEKO AOKI 

Tak & Ruth Aoki 

SHIGERU AOYAMA 

June Yamada 

JERRILYN CHIN 

Corinne Toda 

IRENE DODOBARA 

Yuri Baba 

Masae Sakagami 

Ossie & Fudge Tsuchikawa 

EMMA EGUCHI 

Harry Eguchi 

George & Amy Katahira 

HARUE FARRINGTON 


WENDY FUJIKAWA 

June & Nancy Fujikawa 

MANABU FUJINO 

Ossie Katayama 

Yoshi Mamiya 

Joe & Brenda Matsudaira 

YOSHIO FURUKAWA 

Kaz & Kiyo Ono 

MASAKO GOTO 

Hitoshi & Alice Kawahara 

MAKI HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

ROY HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

STANLEY HADA 

Chiaki Hada 

UMEO HAMADA 

Maxine Yakushijin 

CHARLES HARADA 


MICHISUKE HARADA 


TOSHIO HARADA 

Donald & Karen Akira 

Gaylen Akira 

Alan & Fran Aramaki 

Jo-Anne & Keith Bartlett 

John & JoAnne Costello 

Kathy & Marion Critney 

Tim & Susanna Cullinan 

Dan & Janice Dawson 

Alice Doi 


May Harada 


Takashi & Lily Hori 

Ben & Sumie Ikeda 

Roy Ikeda 

Toshiko Isomura 

David & Suzanne Kanetomi 

Geoff Kataoka 

Rod & Kris Kawakami 

Helen Kubo 

Roger & Joice Masuda & May 

Macnab 

Brian & Janet Masuo 

Thomas & Chieko Masuo 

Marian Matsui 

Terry Nakano 

Harvey & Hisako Nakaya 

George & Jean Nishi 



Asplund 

Nobuko Oiye & Family 

Steve & Nancy Okawa 

Ken Osawa 

Anne Reid & Dave Hurley 

Bob & Helen Saito 

Ken & Mary Shigaya 

Ron & Gloria Shigeno 

Roger & Saki Shimizu 

Rick Tabor & Susan 

Hashimoto 

David & Lori Tanaka 

Kimi Tanaka 

Sue Tanaka 

Janet Terada 

Min & Cherrie Tsubota 


Shig & Mildred Tsutsumi 

Ed & Maxine Yakushijin 

Yamaguchi Kenjinkai 

Elaine Yoshida & Pauline 

Yoshida 

Harry & Elaine Yoshihara 

YURI HARPER 


NACHI HAYASHI 

Ruth Hayashi 

TAKEY HAYASHI 

Yuri Baba 

Mae Chin 

Alice Hayashida 

Ken & Aki Higashi 

Jack & Mary Hisayasu 

Tosh & Aki Ito 

Hideo & Janet Kato 

Yukio & Julianne Kumasaka 

Bob & Ruth Loboduk 

Joe & Dolly Matsuzaki 

Gerry & Nancy Miyazaki 


Aiko Okamoto 


Gerald & Gail Oyabe 

Darlene Suyematsu & Mark 

Jablonski 

Pat Tanaka 


Ted & Janet Tomita 

Pat Wakazuru 

Glen & Mary Yee 

Ron Yoshida & Bill Mori 

families 

KURA HIDAKA 

Anonymous 

Rosemary Beppu 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 13

Contributions, continued 4/1/06 - 6/30/06 

Teru Beppu 

Yetsu Beppu 


Stan & Connie Chinn & 

Family & Sachiko Ozeki 

Kay Hashimoto 

Katsuma Higo 

Eddie & Joyce Ito 

Chris & Jean Kato 

Sue Kitasako 

Frank & Shizui Kobayashi 

Lorraine Kuniyuki 

Yosh & Elsie Kuniyuki 

Jean & Lip Mar 

Rod Mar 


Ruby S. May 

Ida Jane Mitsumori 

Kenzo & Carol Moriguchi 

Sadako Moriguchi Family 

Mako & Carolyn Murakami 


Terry Nakano 

John M. Numoto 

Jane Okada 

Harold & Fukuye Seike 

Jim & Sally Shoji 

Gayle Sreibers 

Victor & Barbara Taira 

Louise & Jiro Takisaki 


Don & Hide Tekawa 

Frank & Dorothy Tsuboi 

Min & Cherrie Tsubota 

Ellen & Ivan Tzvetin 

Mark & Leila Uomoto 

Yoshia Uomoto 

Ayako Iky Yamada 

Dennis & Patsy Yamada 

Kenji Yamada 

Alan & Joyce Yamagiwa 


Mary Yoshijima 

Ruth Yoshino 

Janet Zimmerman 

JOE HIRAMATSU 

Mary Hiramatsu 

ATSUKO HOKARI 

Sam Hokari 

MARY HOKARI 

Sam Hokari 

GRACE K. ITO 

Bernadette Horiuchi 

MASAYO JINGUJI 


WENDY JOYNER 


HANA KAKU 

Russ & Joyce Akiyama 

Roy & Alice Esaki 

George Ichiba Family 

John & Janet Kaku 

Kinue Kuwahara 


Jane Okada 

Julia Okada & Jeff Jinka 

Bob & Grace Tsuru 

MAY KATAYAMA 

Ken & Shirlee Katayama 

Tats & Esther Kojima 

Tetsuo & Linda Miyata 

Fred Nakagawa 

Kay Nakao 

Yuki Omoto 

Ruth Shimano 

Tomiko Shimano 

Yosh & Yuki Takahashi 

Tak & Florence Tsuchida 

FRED KATSUYAMA 

Tosh Kawanishi 

TOM KAWAHARA 


John & Irene Tanino 


Pauline Yoshida & Elaine 

Yoshida 

SADAKO KAWAKAMI 

Harry & Grace Tada 

RUTH KAZAMA 

Sally Kazama 

MAS KINOSHITA 


Lillian Aoyama 

Flo Fugami 

Mollie Fujioka 

Gene Fujita 

Hank & Rose Fukano 

Bill & Jean Ishii 



Sally Kazama 

Charles & Amy Kinoshita 

Cherry Kinoshita 

Nori Kobayashi 

George & Mary Kozu 

Shig & Yuri Kozu 

Anna Kurata 

Barbara Matsudaira 

Emi Mayeda 

Bob & Lily Mizukami 


Hiro & Dorothy Nishimura 

Ben & Martha Ohashi 

Jane Okada 

Arlene Oki 

Phil & Lisa Robbins 

Ray & Teddy Sasaki 

Bob Shimabukuro 

Kimi Tanaka 

Tad & Fran Wada 

Tom Yukawa 

SADAKO KODAMA 

George Kodama 

ROBERT KOE 

Kwan-Sook Hinkle 

Robert & Eileen Iguchi 

TED KOMOTO 

Ossie Katayama 


Tets & Yosh Yanagawa 

KENSO KOURA 

Corinne Toda 

CHIYENO KUBO 


ISAMU & EMIKO 

KUNIMOTO 

Takeuchi Family 

RUSSELL KUNIMOTO 


TOSHIKO KUNISHIGE 

Valerie & Darrell Okimoto 

BILL KUNITSUGU 

Anonymous 


Flo Fugami 

Yoko Hamasaki 

Nobuko Hino 

Sally Kazama 

Amy Koba 

Yuri Kumasaka 


Stan & Nora Lance 

Lockheed Martin Corporation 




Nancy Nitta & Fred Shimbo 

Ray Sakamoto 

Kazie Sasaki 

Harry & Terry Shigaya 

Noboru & Takako Taki 


Kiyo Toda 

Pat Uno 

Milt Wu 


KUNI KUNIYUKI 


GEORGE KUROIWA 

Eva Chikusa 

TUSHI & OKI 

KUROSAKI 

Bob Kurosaki 

KIKU KUSAKABE 


JIMMY LIM 


KEN MANNARI 

Toshikatsu & Bonnie Fujii 

Bob & Kiku Matsuura 

Sakahara & Hashimoto, LLC 

BOB MATSUMOTO 


Ric Yamamoto 

GEORGE MATSUNO 


Rod Matsuno 

Takeji & Fusako Suwabe 

Helen Yamamoto 


GEORGE MAYEDA 

El-Jabo Club 

Kenneth Mayeda 

Josh & Carol Suehiro 

Matt & Taye Yorita 

GEORGE HAMPTON 

MIYAKE 


Paul & Fumi Kaseguma 

MICHAEL MIYAUCHI 

Richard & Kathryn Miyauchi 

Advised Fund 

MICHIKO MIZUMOTO 

Harry Eguchi 

Harry & Terry Shigaya 


GEORGE MORIKAWA 

Mitsuko Hashiguchi 

Starr Hashiguchi 

Dennis & Mimi Iwami 

Paul Murakami 

Dennis & Patsy Yamada 

TATSU MORITANI 

Kenneth & Shirley Katayama 

FRANK NAKAGAWA 


Mitsie Fujii 


SAM NAKAO 

Amy Suko 

YOSHI NAKASHIMA 

Tsutomu Nakashima 

SUSUMU NARUSAWA 


Lillian Aoyama 

George Arakawa & Family 

Mae Chin 

Mitzi Fukuhara 

Hiromu & Masue Heyamoto 

Edith Imanishi 


Emiko Ordonez 

Fumiko Pulmano 

Connie Saito 

Billy & Nobuko Takemoto 

Taeko Taniguchi 


Sueko Yamaguchi 

KAZUKO NISHIMURA 


SUMIKO NISHIMURA 

Anonymous 

Frank & Penny Fukui 

Randy & Kay Hikida 

Katherine Hutchings 

Howard & Betty Inouye 

Marge Iwasaki 

Elaine Jorgensen 

Sumi Joyner & Gail Joyner 

Dale & Shizue Kaku 


Karyn Kawahara 

Kubota Family 

Yukio & Julianne Kumasaka 

John & Lillian Matsudaira 

Miyoko Miyahara 

Nobuko Mizumoto 


Mutual Fish Company, Inc. 


Byron Nakagawa 

Ruby Nakagawa 

Yoshie Nakagawa 

Bill, Kachi, & Susan 

Nishimura 

Bruce Nishimura 

Gary & Crissey Nishimura 

Family of Sumiko Nishimura 

Frances Ogino 

Katashi Oita 

Ray & Julie Oita 

Mako & Jo Ann Okada 

Meg Okada 


Howard Rosenthal 

Linda Sanchez 

Ruby Inouye Shu 

Betty Miyahara Smith 


Geordie Sze 


Kimi Tanaka 

Ry & Lilly Tanino 


Sherrie Tomura 

Leslie Watanabe 

Sachi Watanabe 

Willie & Amelia Wong 

Gary & Judy Yamashita 


David & Gloria Yoshino 

Edward & Suzanne Yoshitome 

TOSHIKO NISHIMURA 


Fugie Rose Kajimura 


David & Nikki Nakata 

Robert & Sally Nakata 

Tony & April Nakata 

Joe Ohashi 

Hamayo Sato 

Aiko Shimizu 

Gayle Shimizu & Rick 

Miyamoto 


ROSE OBATA 


Les Obata 

THELMA OGAWA 

Hoichi Ogawa 

VICTOR OHASHI 

Ed & Betty Tanaka 

CHARLIE OKADA 


TOYOKO OKIYAMA 

Bill & Jean Ishii 

Anne Ko 


Terry Nakano 


JoAnn Yamamoto 

Ric Yamamoto 

KATHERINE 

OKUMURA 

Alan Akada 

Lucy Akada & Wayne Nichols 

Mary Akada 

Randy Akada 

Pauline Asaba 

Vicki Asakura 

Teru Beppu 

Marcia & Steve Capria 

Paul & Carmen Chan 

Bob & Patsy Crouch 

Katherine Dodobara 

Teri Eguchi 

Park & Betty Eng 

Darlene Eng-Kozu & John 

Kozu 

Mark & Laurie Furumasu 

Mr. & Mrs. Chikara Furuta 

Randy & Diana Furuta 

Yuji & Jenny Goto 

Kozue & John Hamada 

Bob & Dieu Hanada 

Fumiyo Hanada 

Janice Hanada 

Joanne & Douglas Hanada 

Nancy Hanada 

Peggy & Alecia Hanada 

Ron & Marie Hanada 

Terry & Tara Hanada 

Mike Higa 

Warren Higa 

Janette Higa-Gatbunton 

George & Takako Hirai 

Ric & Irene Hord 

Aiko Hori 

Frank & June Hori 

Akira & Lillian Horita 

Jeni Ibuki 

Roy & Deanna Ikegami 

Roy & Bette Inui 

George & Judy Iwasaki 

Jeff, Karen, & Kyle Iwasaki 

John & Frances Iwasaki 

Judy, Leno, Angie, & Alena 

Iwasaki 

David & Suzanne Kanetomi 

Gary & Connie Kobata 

Wui-Jin & Judy Koh 

Brian, Gwen, & Kaitlyn Kosai 

Jim & Corky Kozu 

Steve & Karen Kozu 

Don & Diana Kuzaro 

Timothy & Sharon Larson 

Lip Mar & Jean Goto Mar 

Roland & Joan Mason 

Mr. & Mrs. Light Matsumoto 

Ruby S. May 

Dorene Monroe 

Marcia Muramatsu 

Dick & Barbara Nagaoka 

Hajime & Tomi Nakashima 


Joni Narasaki 

Kay Nishi 

David & Cindy Nomura 

John Numoto 

Kenji Okubo 

Sally, Kirk, & Jennifer 

Okumura 

Dean Onishi 

Mr. & Mrs. Don Onishi 

Richard & Gale Osaka 

Judy Otsuji 

Sun Pang 

Irene Plosky 

John & Polly Shigaki 

Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Sugita 

Trisha Sugita 

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Tam 

John & Irene Tanino 

Tosh & Dolly Tokunaga 

Ellen Tzvetin 

Don & Larissa Uchiyama 

Mathias & Harriet Uchiyama 

Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Uchizono 

Todd Umehira 

Glenn & Amy Wagner 

Pat Wakazuru 

William, Shizue, & Sharon 

Watanabe 


Fred Yamaguchi 

Lynn & Gordon Yamaguchi 

Taka & Nancy Yamaguchi 

Mr. & Mrs. Joe Yamasaki 

Mr. & Mrs. Todd Yamasaki 


Ron & Vivian Yorita 

KIYO & LINDA OSADA 


MATSUO SAKAGAMI 

Nancy Fye 

KATSU & GRACE 

SAKAI 

Janice Kirby 

GEORGE SAKITA 



Jean Sakita 

FUJIKO SAKUMA 

Gary & Cynthia Sakuma 

TORAICHI SAO 


ROY SEKO 


LAURA SHABRO 

Chiaki Hada 

HIROKO SHIGIHARA 

Meriko Kardel 

Daniel Nakashima 

George & Hiroko Nakashima 


Janice Yasuda 

KIKUO & TSUNEKO 

SHIOGI 


SAM SHOJI 

Jerry & AC Arai 

John & Sadako Matsumoto 

Joe & Dolly Matsuzaki 

Paul & Wanda Miyahara 



Joe & Hideko Terada 

Paul & Mary Uno 


Akio Yanagihara 


FRED SUGITA 


ARTHUR SUSUMI 


JAMES K. SUZUKI 


YAHACHI & TAZU 

SUZUKI 


JACK TACHIYAMA 

Anonymous 

John & Mitsuko Hamakami 

Hisako Kato 

Ray & Mineko Okamura 

Jennifer Stankus 

VIRGINIA TADA 

Tuk Tada 

AKIRA TAKEUCHI 

Derek Kunimoto 



KAMEKICHI & 

HARUYE TAKEUCHI 


KOJIRO & YASU TAKI 

Taki Brothers 

SUMIO TAKI 

Taki Brothers 

CHRISTINE TAKISAKI 

Ted & Carolyn Nakamura 

Leeann & Ronnie Santos 

Kathryn Takisaki 

Mark & Cathy Takisaki 

Tami Takisaki-Baruso 

GEORGE TAMURA 

David Fukui 

AYA TERAMOTO 

Ken & Margaret Teramoto 

KIMI TERAOKA 

Ellen Nakata 

TOSHIKO TSUBAHARA 


CHIYO TSUCHIKAWA 


DARRELL TSUJII 

Fukui Ken Club 

Sue Mar 

KIKI TSUTAKAWA 

Yukio & Kimi Tazuma 

FRANK UENO 

Taichi & Katsuko Nomi 

BEN UYENO 

Lilly Handelman 

TOBY WATANABE 


HIDEKO YADA 

Emi Somekawa 

TOSHIKO YAKUSHIJIN 

Corinne Toda 

BOB YAMADA 

Katchi Aoyama 

Calvin & Lee Chin 


Fugie Rose Kajimura 

Henry & Jan Kumasaka 

Bob & Kiku Matsuura 

Bob & Doris Namba 

Yoshi & Alice Nishimoto 

Nobi & May Shigihara 

Cho & Sharonne Shimizu 

Jerry & Catherine Shimizu 

Yukio & Kimiko Tazuma 

Deane & Barbara Uyeda 

MICHIKO YAMADA 

Asako Katayama & Family 

Barbara Watanabe & Joel 

Frankel 

ROBERT YAMAMOTO 

Ric Yamamoto & Alan Omuro 

SETSU YANAGAWA 

Ken & Margaret Teramoto 

SHIZUE YANAGIHARA 


FRANK YOKOYAMA 

George & Pat Nakamura 

Kazie Sasaki 


Chisato Takagi 

WILLIAM YOROZU 

Anonymous 

Shin & Helen Adachi 

Jim & Louise Akizuki 


George Arakawa & Family 

Teru Beppu 

Carol Boyer 

Marcia Fujimoto 

Roy & Sei Fujiwara 


Jim & Hiroko Hasegawa 

Tom Hasegawa 

Mitsuko Hashiguchi 

Kay Hashimoto 

Kiyo & Stella Hashimoto 

Roy & Haru Hashimoto 

Seiji Hata 


Suzanne Hittman 


Richard & June Ishikawa 

Hiroshi & Fukiko Ito 

Noboru Kawada 

Bill & Beth Kawahara 

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Contributions, continued 4/1/06 - 6/30/06 

Frank Komoto 

Tom Kuramoto 

Alan Kurimura 

Aaron Litowitz 

Donald Logerwell & Patricia 

Norikane Logerwell 


Tak & Mitzi Matsui 

Lori Matsukawa & Larry 

Blackstock 

Kay Matsuura 

Tak & Mitzi Mitsui 

Nadine Miyahara 


Jim & Aiko Mizuki 

Kiyomi & Reiko Mizumoto 

Thea Mori 


Tomio & Jenny Li Moriguchi 

Nibs & Mary Morio 

Fumi Nakamura 

Kimi Nakanishi 

Terry Nakano 

Kazuo Nakata 

Brian & Ellen Namba 

Osami & Kinue Namba 

Amy Nikaitani 

Shizuko Nobuyama 

Jane Okada 

Roy & Mary Okada 


Teru (Oka) Okawa 

Mits & Noriko Okazaki 

Arlene Oki 

Tatemasa & Ruth Oki 

Masae Sakagami 


Jack Sameshima 

William & Shizuka Sata 

Ed & Jan Sato 

Ben & Mary Seike 

Harold & Fukuye Seike 



Lauren Smith 

George Suetsugu, Jr. 

Darlene Suyematsu & Mark 

Jablonski 


Chisato Takagi 

Mits Takahashi 

Doug Tanabe & Sally Bray 



Spencer & Asako Teranishi 

Goro & Hatsune Tokita 

Shox & Elsie Tokita 

Tosh Tokunaga 

Jun & Flo Tomita 

Gail Tsuboi & Jim Kranick 

Herb Tsuchiya 

Jack Tsuchiya 

Tom & Nobie Tsukiji 

Ben & Ruth Woo 


Jack & Tossie Yamashita 



Dr. George Yorita 

Arthur & Helene Yorozu 


Tom Yukawa 

RUTH YOSHIMURA 


JIRO YOSHITAKE 


SHARON YUASA 

Anonymous 

Stephanie Bartron 

Gerald & Maria Beppu 

Teru Beppu 

Sharon & Tim Daly 

Tamotsu & Cheryl Furukawa 

Frank Hidaka 

Joanne Hidaka 


Daniel & Stacie Ito 

Ted & Diane Ito 

Ron Judd 

Sharyl & Duane Kamihara 

Bob & Jenifer Katahira 

Kenny, Linda, & Geoff 

Kataoka 

Arthur & Sally Kawaguchi 

Ray & Marilyn Kihara 

Charles & Amy Kinoshita 

Carol Ko-Matsuoka 

Kubota Family 

Ted & Carolyn Kunihiro 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 15 

Marian Matsui 


Brad & Gayle Miyake 


Tomio Moriguchi 

Mutual Fish Company, Inc. 

Dick & Barbara Nagaoka 

Larry & Aileen Nakata 

Osami & Kinue Namba 

Bob & Joyce Nehira 

William & Akiko Oyama 

Paul & MJ Patterson 

Jose Romero 

Paul & Sono Sakaguchi 

Tom & Beverly Sakamoto 

Joe & May Sasaki 

Seattle Times Sports Staff 


Ken & Joyce Takeuchi 

James Takisaki 

Kathryn Takisaki 

Louise & Jiro Takisaki 


Kimi Tanaka 

Sam & Fumi Taniguchi 

Janet Terada 



Ted & Janet Tomita 

Tom & Marianne Wick 

Al & Marge Woo 

Sayo Yamaguchi 

George & Lillian Yamamoto 

Helen Yamamoto 


Pauline Yoshida & Elaine 

Yoshida 


GENERAL 

DONATIONS 

EMPLOYEE FUND 



GENERAL 

Anonymous 

Bev Akada & Robert Hovanes 

AC Arai 

Schofield & Mary Chen 

Yick & Nina Chinn 

Clearpoint, LLC 

Linda Day, Diane Kitano, & 

John Conwell 

Jean Deguchi 

Dennis & Laurie Hara 

Yukiko Hatheway 

Dave Hawes 


Doug & Pat Ikegami 

Aki & Jena Itami 

Yoshiye Iwamura 

Japanese American Chamber 

of Commerce 

Willis Jones Family 

Morris Kanekuni 

Bill & Beth Kawahara 

Dale & Karen Kodama 

Robert Kuramoto 

Alan Kurimura 

Lillian Kuwata 

May Leung 

John & Viola Loflin 

Brenda Matsudaira 

Richard Miyata 

Michael Miyauchi Foundation 

Tyler Moriguchi & Thy Pham 


Kenny Nakatani 

Tim Okamura & Family 

Tokuzo & Mari Okumura 

Herb & Etsuko Osaki 

Sharon Owens 

Mas & Shirley Shimada 

Jay & Rebecca Shoji 


Leslie Stimson 

Carol Suehiro 

Yasuyuki Suzuki & Setsuko 

Fields 


Toni Tobin 


Pat Wakazuru 

Joe Yabuki 


Toshio & Midori Yoshimura 

Suzanne Yoshitome 

KOKORO KAI 

Bob & Patsy Crouch 

Norio & Miyoko Yamazaki 

Yae Yorozu 


Ruth Aoki 

AC Arai 

Yoshiko Benson 

Jane Braziunas 

Gei Chan 

Thomas Chinen 

Wendy Cope 

Amy Doi 

James & Mary Doi 

Osa Edamura 

Gale Fontenelle 

Bettie Fujioka 



Elaine Hayes 

Rachel Hidaka 

Mary Hosoda 

Aki Ito 

Harriet Jurcan 


Lynette Kaiura 

Gail Kaminishi 

Malcolm & Eileen Kanemoto 

Stobbe Kikuchi 

Fumiko Kojima 

Ayako Konma 

Sara Kosugi 

Ken Kouchi 

Michiko MacIsaac 

Tama Murotani-Inaba 

Sunnie Nagai 


Ethel Nayematsu 

Nikkei Horizons Ukulele Band 

Helen Nishimura 

Iyoko Nishimura 

Ken Nishimura 

George Nomaguchi 

Mari Ohara 

Itsumi Okazaki 

Kazue Omura 

The Very Rev. Father Rubye- 

Lew-Huey Pang 

Mary Shigaya 

Shirley Shimada 

May Shimbo 


Elie Smith 

Toshi Sunohara 

May Takahashi 

Kazzie Tanigawa 

Taeko Taniguchi 

Yukio Tazuma 

Kayoko Terada 

Jane Ito Tiffany 

Dolly Tokunaga 

Tazuko Uyenishi 

Machiko Wada 

Kayko Watanabe 

Toshiko Willgerodt 

Mary Yakushijin 

Lilly Yamamura 

Anne Yamauchi 

Anita Yoder 

Rose Yoshizumi 

NIKKEI MANOR 

Chris Bentley 

Setsuko Evans 

Sam & Florence Koshi 

Satoshi & Rose Masuda 

SEATTLE KEIRO 

Anonymous 

Pick Sun & Edwin Du 

Tad & Florence Fujita 

Haruko & Mitsuo Goto 

Nobu Ishida 

Shohei Karibe 

Craig & Shima Keller 

Kathy Kubo 

Richard Kuniyuki 

Sam & Yoshiko Nakagawa 

Yuri Nakata 

Kevin & Michelle Osborn 

Herbert Saito 

Seattle First Hill Lions Club 

Paul Shimizu 

Roy & Kazumi Shimizu 

Pat Shiota 

Leslie Stimson 

Margie Sumi 

Tatsuko Watanabe 

Phil Wood & Pat Jolin 


VOLUNTEERS 


MATCHING GIFTS 

Bank of America 

Microsoft Matching Gifts 

Program 

Symetra Financial 

Verizon Wireless 

Washington Mutual Bank 

GRANTS 

SEATTLE KEIRO 

BATHING ROOM 

Harry S. Kawabe Memorial 

Foundation 

WORKPLACE 

CAMPAIGNS 

CHEVRON/TEXACO 

Gary Yamashita 

COALITION FOR 

CHARTIABLE CHOICE 

Art Kuniyuki 

MICROSOFT CORP. 

Roger Harui & Greta 

Schwerdfeger 

Michelle Chinn & Steve 

Tamaki 

REI 

Steve Kato 

Diane Kitano 

SAFECO 

CORPORATION 

Randall Eng 

TIME INC. 

Jean Wong 

WASHINGTON 

MUTUAL BANK 

Jolene Louie 

Stan Nakano 

GOVERNMENT 

COMBINED FEDERAL 

CAMPAIGN 

Anonymous 

Robert Cicha 

Ric Couch 

Cindy Furukawa 

S. E. Huntoon 

John Ikeda 

Daniel Ito 

Eric Kasahara 

Frank Kikuchi 

Matsue Kikuchi 

Raymond Kirwan 

George Kondo 

Cal Low 

John Mack 

Kristine Martin 

Cyndy Masada 

Neil Matsumoto 

Lawrence Mecklenburg 

Cheryl Morisaki 

Vicki Nomura 

Namie Oki 

Rose Olds 

Lisa Oshiro 

Frances Palmer 

Joan Rodgers 

Carol Suehiro 

Kristin Sullivan 

Elaine Tamura 

Carolyn Tanagi 

Bill Tashima 

Arlene Yamada 

Bob Yokobe 

Cherie Yorita 

Cynthia Yutani 

WA STATE EMPLOYEES 

COMBINED FUND 

DRIVE 

Michael Abe 

Susan Carr 

Teri Eguchi 

Hideo Fujita 

Vinh Huynh 

Karen Kato 

Karen Low 

Connie Okada 

Lisa Okubo-Garcila 

Anita Quan 

Noella Rawlings 

Vicki Toyohara-Mukai 

Darrell Tsujii 

Susanne Umeda 

Ronald Yamamoto 

KING COUNTY 

COMBINED CHARITIES 

CAMPAIGN 

Neil Fujii 

Kim Fukuda 

Patty Furukawa-Stutz 

Nancy Fye 

Wesley Hikida 

Keiko Ii 

Yoshiko Ii 

Gary Imanishi 

Mika Imori 

Marilyn Kihara 

Lisa Kunihiro 

Joan Lewis 

Carol Mizoguchi 

Paul Murakami 

Gale Osaka 

Mary Peterson 

Bruce Ritzen 

Yaeko Rojnuckarin 

Mark Sakagami 

Janet Shibuya 

PORT OF SEATTLE 

COMBINED CHARITIES 

CAMPAIGN 

Rudy Caluza 

Shari Fujino 

Kazue Ishiwata 

James Mano 

Wendell Umetsu 

UNITED WAY 

Anonymous 

Reiko Akagi 

John Akiyama 

Douglas Akizuki 

Linda Carrig 

Marcia Chow 

Costco Wholesale Corp. 

Matching Gift 

Judith Daikoku 

Alice Doi 

Paul Egashira 

Susan Egashira 

Elizabeth Frisch 

Charlie Furukawa 

Reiko Hara 

Lloyd Hoshide 

Naoko Huffman 

Cathy Inouye 

Steve Ishimitsu 

Kenneth Izumi 

Madeline Kato 

Shelley Kolar 

Cliff Komoto 

Eydie Kooiman 

Hank Kumasaka 

Richard Kuniyuki 

Kelly Kuwahara 

Shiang-Yu Lee 

Edward Lowe 

Shirley Miles-Watanabe 

Robert Miyahara 

Michael Mori 

Susan Nakagawa 

Lori Nakahara 

David Niimi 

Donald Nomura 

Cheryl Ohashi 

Gary Okazaki 

Gene Okino 

Karen Reid 

Wesley Sagami 

Sharell Sakamoto 

Pauline Sakuma 

Ron Sakura 

Teresa Sato 

Mark Shimizu 

Peggy Shimono 

David Suguro 

Steve Suzaka 

Karen Takizawa 

Patsy Tanagi 

Ken & Lynne Tanino 

Thomas Taylor 


James Vail 

Sharon Watanabe 

Wayne & Margie Watanabe 

Heidi Yamamoto 

Irene Yamamoto 

Jana Yamamoto 

Dave & Janice Yasuda 

Scott Yasui 

IN-KIND GIFTS 

Add an Accent Incorporated 

Terie Akada 

American Baptist Women - 

Japanese Baptist Church 

Ruth Aoki 

Teru Beppu 

The Boeing Company 

Linda Briggs 

Kwok Kuen Chan 

Yuki Chikamura 

Consulate General of Japan 

Julie Coryell 

Maria Estipona 

Cindy Floresca 

Saibo Fujii 

Yachi Marie Fujii 

Sue Fujino 

Lori Harada 

Toshiko Hasegawa 

Kisae Hashimoto 

Rob Helms 

Henkel Consumer Adhesives, 

Inc. 

Kaori Higashino 

Virginia Hiramatsu 

Miyo Iké 

Japanese Baptist Church 

Nichigo-bu 

Japanese Community Service 

Fusako Kawahara 

Misao Kawaoka 

Barry & Shelley Kikuchi 

Tsuyoshi & Misao Korekiyo 

Yuri Kumasaka 

Nancy Kuwada 

Shui Lau Ye Lee 

Fumiko Maeshiro 

Mary Maniwa 

James & Ida Mar 

Jeri Mar 

Kazuko Masunaga 

John & Irene Mataka 

Richard Miyauchi 

Anne Moriyasu 

Doris Muramoto 

Susan Nadler 

Junior Nagaki & Janice 

Nakamura 

Betty Nakamichi 

Mimi Nakano 

Clarence & Juliette 

Nakashima 

Terrie Natsuhara 

David Niimi & Bobbie 

Severson 

Yae Niimi 

Frances Nishimoto 

Muneko Nishiwaki 

Tomi Okano 

Ruth Oki 

Tom Osaka 

Mary Osaki 

Shina Otoshi 

Nobie Otsuji 

Ramona Padgett 

Miyo Phillips 

Beulah Sakagami 

Hatsume Sao 

Kiyo & Dianne Sawa 

Gloria Shigeno 

Etsuko Shinbo 

Rica Shishido 

Sunset Auction Gallery 

Barbara Taira 

Momoye Takakoshi 

Kiyoko Takashima 

George Takayesu 

Tom Tanabe 

Martha Taniguchi 

Dolly Tokunaga 

Eric Tomita 

Masako Tomita 

Noriko Ueno 

Naoko Ulstein 

Uwajimaya, Inc. 

Arlene Wa 

Alice Waki 

Betty Williamson & Sally Shoji 

Winslow Paint Company LLC 

Alice Wong 

Dean Wong 

Kenji Yamada 

Sallie Yamada 

Ruth Yoshida 

Fumi Yoshimoto 

Jennifer Young 

Jerry Yuasa 

We have made every effort to represent each name accurately. If an error has occurred, please accept 

our apologies and contact us at (206) 323-7100 so we can correct our records.

Planned 

Giving 

Corner 

by Jackie Lum, 

Investment Representative, 

Edward Jones, and Nikkei 

Concerns’ Technical 

Advisory Council Member 

TRUSTS CAN HELP YOU 

ACHIEVE ESTATE PLANNING GOALS 

When you develop your estate plans, you 

might be surprised at all of the objectives you 

want to accomplish. Of course, you want to 

leave your assets to your family members in 

a way that’s fair and beneficial to everyone. 

But while you’re at it, can’t you avoid the 

drawbacks of probate And how can you 

make sure your wishes are carried out if you’re 

incapacitated And can’t you support your 

favorite charity without shortchanging your 

heirs 

Clearly, these are major goals. And if you’re 

going to achieve them, you’ll need to employ 

the right estate planning strategies - and you 

may find that trusts can help. 

Several different trusts are available. Let’s 

look at a few of them, starting with a living 

trust. 

When you create a living trust, you get some 

key benefits, including the following: 

· You may avoid probate - If you just have a 

will, your assets may have to pass through the 

probate process - which can be timeconsuming, 

expensive and a matter of public 

record. But with a properly established living 

trust, your assets can pass directly to your 

beneficiaries, with no court interference, no 

legal fees, no lengthy delays and no public 

disclosure. 

· You can safeguard your children’s interests 

- When your will is probated, the court sets 

up a guardianship for your minor children. 

You can name the guardian in your will, but 

the court could still appoint someone else. 

Just as importantly, the court, not the 

guardian - may control the inheritance until 

your children reach legal age. At that time, 

they may receive the entire inheritance. But 

with a living trust, you determine when your 

children or grandchildren will receive their 

inheritances. You can even have the money 

distributed in installments, over a period of 

years. 

· You can retain control of assets, even in 

cases of incapacity - When you establish a 

living trust, you designate a “successor 

trustee’’ who can immediately step in for you 

if you become incapacitated. And your 

trustee must follow your wishes as far as 

providing funds for you, and later, for your 

beneficiaries. 

A living trust can help you deal with many 

issues that relate to your family. But if you 

want to include a charitable organization in 

your estate plans as well as make your 

appreciated low-yield assets more 

productive, you may want to consider a 

charitable remainder trust. 

If you place appreciated stocks in a charitable 

remainder trust, you’ll receive an immediate 

income-tax deduction and later an estate tax 

deduction. The trust can sell your 

appreciated stocks with no immediate 

capital-gain taxation, purchase an incomeproducing 

vehicle and pay you an income 

stream for life. Upon your death, the trust 

will pay out the remaining funds to the 

charity or charities you’ve chosen. 

But if you set up a charitable remainder trust 

and fund it with appreciated stocks or other 

assets, won’t you be depriving your family of 

those resources Yes. But you could use some 

of the income you receive from your trust to 

pay the premiums on a life insurance policy 

on yourself, with your heirs as beneficiaries. 

To keep this policy out of your estate and 

avoid estate taxes, you may want to put it in 

another type of trust - an irrevocable life 

insurance trust. 

Trusts are not suitable for everyone. And 

they can be quite complex instruments, so, 

before taking any action, consult with your 

tax and legal advisers. But if your trusts are 

correctly set up, they can go a long way 

toward helping turn your estate plans into 

reality. 

For more information about charitable remainder trusts, estate planning or leaving a legacy to Nikkei Concerns, please contact Sara 

Oshikawa-Clay at (206) 726-6522 or at sarao@nikkeiconcerns.org. Jackie Lum, Investment Representative, Edward Jones, can be 

reached at (206) 322-3773. 

16 · Fall 2006 · T A Y O R I

Focus on Keiro Heritage Circle 

Sara Oshikawa-Clay, 

Fund Development 

Manager 

The Generations of Caring Endowment 

Campaign is very proud of the growing 

group of special donors to the campaign, 

the Keiro Heritage Circle. Keiro Heritage 

Circle Members have all included a 

gift for Nikkei Concerns’ Endowment in 

their will or estate plans and informed 

Nikkei Concerns of their gift. These 

thoughtful donors give knowing that 

they will not personally benefit from 

the services their gift supports, yet their 

gift ensures that Nikkei Concerns will 

be here for many future generations 

that will need our services. Our heartfelt 

thanks go to these committed 

supporters! 

Keiro Heritage Circle Members have 

chosen to invest in our organization 

through a future gift. This kind of gift 

often works well for people who may not 

have cash to give, but have assets that 

can be distributed when their estate is 

settled. A will provision can also allow 

for a more substantial contribution 

without diminishing the assets available 

the donor during his/her lifetime. And 

since bequests are deductible from a 

donor’s taxable estate, significant estate 

tax savings are possible. 

Gifts that qualify persons for inclusion in 

the Keiro Heritage Circle include, but 

are not limited to: bequests, insurance 

gifts, charitable gift annuities, charitable 

remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, 

and gifts with retained life tenancy. 

By Sara Oshikawa-Clay, Fund Development Manager 

Planned gifts to the Generations of Caring 

Endowment Campaign are warmly welcomed 

because they are a wonderful way 

to ensure the donors legacy of support to 

our organization. Once a gift is made to 

the endowment, Nikkei Concerns wisely 

invests all of the gift. The principal of 

the gift remains untouched and actually 

grows to maintain its value over time. 

This creates a never-ending, dependable 

stream of revenue to augment annual 

operating and fund raising revenue. In 

this sense, making a planned gift is like 

ensuring your annual gift to Nikkei Concerns 

continues past your lifetime and, in 

fact, in perpetuity. What a wonderful 

way to make sure your support of Nikkei 

Concerns lasts well into the future! 

Benefits to becoming a member of the 

Keiro Heritage Circle include: 

• Invitation to our Keiro Heritage 

Circle annual event of appreciation 

• Listing in Nikkei Concerns’ 

Annual Report (If desired) 

• Acknowledgement in the Tayori 

Newsletter (If desired) 

• Commemorative Keiro Heritage 

Circle Pin 

• Acknowledgement on our 

Generations of Caring Endowment 

donor wall 

Of course, if you prefer to make a 

planned gift to Nikkei Concerns that is 

not restricted to the endowment, we 

welcome your generosity! Our annual 

fund is always in need of planned gifts, 

and we will be sure to recognize your gift 

appropriately. 

If you have ever dreamed of leaving a 

legacy beyond your lifetime, a planned 

gift to Nikkei Concerns annual fund or 

endowment may be right for you. You 

may enjoy significant tax savings and 

you will play an integral role in ensuring 

our elders receive the quality care and 

tender touch they so deserve! 

If you have already included a gift for 

Nikkei Concerns’ in your will or estate 

plans or would like more information 

on how to leave a legacy gift to Nikkei 

Concerns, please contact Sara 

Oshikawa-Clay at (206) 726-6522 or at 

sarao@nikkeiconcerns.org. 

We have passed the 

$4 million mark! 

Thank you to 

everyone! 

$4,657,669 

Keiro Heritage Circle 

These donors have included a gift to the Endowment Fund through a bequest 

or other estate-based gift. 

Tosh & Sue Akamatsu 

Mary Jane Kobayashi 

Alan Kurimura 

S. Mae Numata 


Sara Oshikawa-Clay 

Richard & Hide Tachibana 

Anna Tamura 

Harold & Diane Taniguchi 

T A Y O R I · Fall 2006 · 17

Endowment Donors 

THANK YOU FOR SECURING OUR 

FUTURE 

Endowment Donors · 1/1/00 - 6/30/06 

T H A N K Y O U F O R S E C U R I N G O U R F U T U R E 

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 

$500,000+ 

Mr. & Mrs. J. T. Takisaki 

$250,000-499,999 

Tomio, Tyler, & Denise 

Moriguchi 

$100,000-249,000 

Anonymous (3) 

$50,000-99,999 

Takashi & Lily Hori 

Douglas, Patricia, Marc, 

Brad & Jon Ikegami 

Koji, Tomoko, Mineko, & 

Mayumi Matsuno 

John & Reiko Sato 

Foundation 

$25,000-49,999 

Anonymous 

Peter & Muts Okada 


$10,000-24,999 

Anonymous 

Rodney Fujita 



Harold & Diane Taniguchi 

$5,000-9,999 

Anonymous (2) 

Mary Dunnam, Kemper 

Freeman Foundation 

Catherine Kanda 

Betty Komura 

Alan Kurimura 

Kenneth Mayeda, MD & 

Eliane Dao 

Richard & Kathryn 

Miyauchi Advised Fund 

Kevin Nagai 

Nyla Nakano 

S. Mae Numata & Larry 

A. Numata 

Dennis & Susan Okamoto 

Mark Masayasu Sese 

Elaine & Samuel Shinozaki 

Carol Suehiro 

Thomas & Kazuko 

Tanigawa 


Shigeko Uno 

Joe Yabuki 

David & Gloria Yoshino, in 

memory of Lillian 

Yoshino 

Edward & Suzanne 

Yoshitome 

$2,500-4,999 

Shirley & Herbert M. 

Bridge 

Costco Wholesale Corp. 

Matching Gift 

Furuta Lee Foundation 

Kathy H. Hasegawa 

David Hayasaka 

Thomas Y. & Janet M. 

Kometani 

Paul M. & Wanda S. 

Miyahara 

Charles Natsuhara 

Perry Ko & Family 

C.T. Takahashi 

Jill Nishi & Howard 

Nakase 

Christine Shigaki 

Darlene Suyematsu 

Tom & Mitsy Takeoka 

Elsie Taniguchi, in memory 

of Harry Taniguchi, Sr. 

Dennis J. Yamashita, 

Elaine M. Aoki, & 

Emily J.A. Yamashita 

$1,000-2,499 

Anonymous 

Yick & Nina Chinn 

Janet Deguchi 

Marcia Fujimoto 


Gary & Madeline Kato 

Janice Kirby 


Ron & Melanie Mamiya 

Microsoft Matching Gift 

Program 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert 

Mizukami 

Moriguchi Family 

Family of Sadako 

Moriguchi 

Junior Nagaki & Janice 

Nakamura 

Ellen Nakata 

Tatsuo M.W. Nakata 

Walter & Shirley 

Nakatsukasa 

William Y. Nishimura 

David & Cindy Nomura 

Patsy Omata 

Sara Oshikawa-Clay 

Victoria Reed, ARCADE 

Magazine 

Toshi Sunohara 

Richard & Hide Tachibana 

Linda Takada 


Dr. Masayoshi & Margaret 

Uchimura 

Ben & Ruth Woo 

Mako & Pauline Yaguchi 

Kevin & Kari Ann 

Yokoyama 

Esther Yoshioka 

$500-999 

Anonymous (4) 

Columbia Foundation 

Dolly Ito 

George & Fusako 

Kamihara 

Eileen Kato 

Taro Kusunose 

James & Suwako Maeda 


Family of Miyoko 

Sakamoto 

Nobuichi & Itsuko Tanaka 

Neill & Janice Urano 

Suma Yagi 

Doug Yoshida & Allison 

Pettit 

$1-499 

Anonymous (5) 

Dr. Devon Abdallah 

Reiko Akagi 

Yasumasa Akiyama 

Association of Fundraising 

Professionals/ 

Washington Chapter 


Aon Foundation Matching 

Gift 

Masaru & Lori Aoyama 

Alan & Fran Aramaki 

Carolyn Asari 

Bank of America Matching 

Gift 

Georgette & Rick Barton 

Gene & Yoshiko Betz 

Alaric & Jolyn Bien 

Dulcie Bordewick 

David & Sheri Buelow 

Hugh Burleson II 

Nori Catabay 

John & Mimi Chabot 

Vince & Terri Clay 

Ed & Mickey Delanty 

Sara Elward 

Flo Fugami 

Frank Fujii 

Sharon Fujii 

Curtis & Nancy Fukuhara 

David Fukui 

Tamotsu & Cheryl 

Furukawa 

Michael & Margaret Fuson 

Mae Gilliland 

Alex Golan 

Alan & Fumiko Groves 

Miye Hada 

Patrick & Misako 

Hagiwara 

Fumiyo Hanada 

Lloyd Hara 

Curtis & Akemi Harris 

Soya Jung Harris 

Dave & Janet Hata 

Edie Hayashida 

Fred & Fumi Hirai 

Owen Hirai 

Tom & Kay Hirai 

Fred & Linda Hirota 

Lily Hong 

Irene Hord 


Karen & Mike Hori 

Ross Hori 

Ed & Nori Horikawa 

Naoko Huffman 


Joyce Ichihara 

Andy Ike & Elaine Ike 

Thom & Beverly Ikeda 

Henry Ishikawa Family 

Roger Ishimitsu & Laynette 

Baron 

Tom Iwata 

Gary & Nancy Jang 

Miriam & Ted Jue 

James & Yuki Kadekawa 


Kazuo Kaibe 

Gail Kaminishi 

Kingsley Kan 

Yoshi Kanemori 

David & Suzanne 

Kanetomi 

Kenny & Linda Kataoka 

Louise Kato 

Harold Kawaguchi 

Hitoshi & Alice Kawahara 

Leo & Tadaye Kawasaki 

Jaquie Kay 

Kunio Kikuchi 

Shizue Kikuchi 

Hyeok Kim 


Victor & Joanne Kimura 

Mr. & Mrs. M. Kishiyama 

Sharon Kitamoto 

Colleen & Glen Kiyonaga 

Eric Kobashigawa 

Audrey Kobuki 

Dale & Karen Kodama 

Yuri Kojima 

Wesley & Theresa Kokame 

Shozo & Sara Kosugi 

Richard & Edna Koyama 

Ted & Carolyn Kunihiro 

Dr. Gerald Kuwada 

Livia Lam 

Laverne Lamoureux 

Tom, Susan, Lauren, & 

Zack Lane 

Jan Lee & Philip Sandness 

Shiang-Yu & Agnes Lee 

May Leong & Rory 

Lysaght 

Bao Ling Li 

Virjeanne Li 

Kevin & Dana Lim 

Ann Fuiji Lindwall & Alan 

Lindwall 

Stephen Lock & Anne 

Arakaki-Lock 

Cely Lucuab 

Jamie Maeda & Ben Arai 

James & Ellen Mar 

Elizabeth Martin 

Roland & Joan Mason 

Satoshi & Rose Masuda 

Ed & Candace Matsuda 


Vince Matsudaira 


Blackstock 

Akemi Matsumoto 

John & Sadako Matsumoto 

Sekio & Louise Matsumoto 

Family of Sus Matsumoto 


Ryan Minato 

Danny & Yoshi Mio 

Glenn & Eileen Miyamoto 

Kenzo & Carol Moriguchi 

Toshi & Susie Moriguchi 

Chet & Marty Murakami 

Ruby Nakagawa 

Jeni Nakamura 

Norman Nakamura & 

Joyce Hsieh 

Ray & Audrey Nakanishi 

Wayne Nakanishi 

Kay Nakao 

Pancho & Sachi 

Nakashima 

Larry & Aileen Nakata 

May Namba 

Kit & Sally Narodick 

David Nishimura 

Frank & Haru Nishimura 

Steve & Joyce Nishimura 

Judy Nomura 

Chizuko Norton 

Ross & Ava Ohashi 

George & Nobuko Ohgi 

David & Fumiko Ojima 

Toni Okada 

Ray & Mineko Okamura 

Harry & Sachi Okazaki 

Arlene Oki 

Iris Okimoto-Nielsen & 

Rob Nielsen 

Craig & Sheila Omoto 

Yukiko Omoto 

Kiyoshi Oshima 

Koichi & Hiroko Ota 

Makoto & Eiko Otsu 

Ed Oyama 

Doug & Noriko Palmer 

Edward Prince 

Amy Saito 

Frank & Linda Sanchez 

Sandy, Ned, & 

Christopher Sato 

Teresa Sato & Rick 

Wilkerson 

Yuki Sato 

Ronald Schmeer 

George & Laurie 

Schuchart 

Amitkumar Shah 

Irene Shigaki 

Joy Shigaki & Vincent 

Booys 

Roy & Kazumi Shimizu 

Tazu Shimoguchi 

Patty Shimomura & Cliff 

Louie 

Noboru Shinoda 

Al & Fran Shintaku 

Carl & Karen Shrake 


Marcia Sohns & Mark 

Levy 

Bobbie & Michel Stern 

Tim & Kristin Sullivan 

Yasuyuki Suzuki & Setsuko 

Fields 

Kaz & Justyn Tada 

Mike Tagawa 

Bob & Lily Takatsuka 


Ron Takemura & Sharon 

Sakamoto 

Shuzo & Alice Takeuchi 

Takayesu Family 

Hank & Katie Tamada 

Paul Tamura 

Darcia Tanabe 

Nancy & Bill Tanabe 

Katsumi & Terrie Tanino 

William F. Tashima 

Miyoko Tazuma 



Corrine Toda 

Goro & Hatsune Tokita 

Yuzo & Lilly Tokita 

Jimmy & May Tom 

Massie Tomita 

David True & Sarah 

Hufbauer 

Roy & Jane Tsuboi 

Michi Tsukada 

Bob & Jeanette Tsukui 

Guy Tsutsumoto & 

Kathryn Kozu 

Tsutsumoto 

Dr. Ben Uyeno 

Ko Vang & Patrick Lim 

Verizon Wireless Matching 

Gift 

Bill & Shiz Watanabe 

Marge Woo 

Ken Yabusaki 


Masa Yamaguchi 

Ronald Yamamoto 

Tash Yamamoto 

Dick Yamasaki 

Carolee Yao 


Pauline Yoshida 

Michael & Karen 

Yoshitomi 

AYAME KAI 

ENDOWMENT 

$100,000-249,000 

Ayame Kai Guild 

$1,000-2,499 

Pauline Asaba 



Shizue Yahata 

$500-999 

Hank & Susan Anderson 


Yoshi Kanemori 

Haruno Morishima & Joan 

Seko 



$1-499 

Kevin & Annette Aratani 

Yuri Baba 

Mae Chin 

Nancy Fong 


Roy & Lillian Hayashi 

Masue Heyamoto 


Hajime & Michiko Hirata 

Jack & Mary Hisayasu 

Joe & Miyoko Iké 

Nancy Ishii-Martos 

Alice Ito, Elaine Ito, Jan 

Ito, & Robert 

Shimabukuro 

Tosh & Aki Ito 

Dale & Shizue Kaku 

Hideo & Janet Kato 

Sally Kazama 

Fred & Sue Kikuchi 

Masako Kodama 


Yukio & Julianne 

Kumasaka 

Masao & Amy Kuramoto 

Bob & Ruth Loboduk 

Diane Locke 



Yoshie Mori 

Susan Nakagawa & 

Martin Oiye 


Yoneko Tajitsu Nash 


Asplund 


Tsuke & Jean Okamoto 


Gerald & Gail Oyabe 

Mits & Meri Shimada 

Bill & Carol Shinbo 

Darlene Suyematsu & 

Mark Jablonski 

Pat Tanaka 


Paul & Mary Uno 

Pat Wakazuru 

William & Shizue 

Watanabe 


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Endowment Donors, continued 1/1/00-6/30/06 

SUMI SHINOZAKI 

HORRELL 

MEMORIAL 

ENDOWMENT 

$1,000-4,999 

Judith L. Iwata 

Mark T. Kuge, MD 

Robin B. Matsumoto 

Scott R. Matsumoto 

Elaine & Sam Shinozaki 

Gale Y. Shinozaki 

Karen Shinozaki-Dole 

TSUYOSHI & YAYOI 

INOUYE 

ENDOWMENT 

$250,000-499,999 


$5,000-9,999 

Lloyd Inouye 

$1,000-2,499 

Anonymous 

Richard, Karen, & Nicco 

Minutoli 

Lindy & Laura Inouye 

Ogino 

Bessie Okada 

Evan H. Shu, FAIA 

Geraldine Shu 

$500-999 

Anonymous 

John & Lillian Matsudaira 

Frances Ogino 

$1-499 

Howard & Betty Inouye 


Diane & Jim Locke 

Wes & Susanne Locke 



Tebo & Midge Matsudaira 

Yuri Matsumoto 


Elsie Ogawa 

Ruth Okada 

Seattle Lady Lions 

Daisy Tomita 

Washington Mutual Bank 

Matching Gift 

HATSUME 

KAWAGUCHI 

ENDOWMENT 

$100,000-249,000 

Family of Hatsume 

Kawaguchi 

HANAKO & 

HAMPTON MIYAKE 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

George Hampton Miyake 

$1,000-2,499 

Jiro Takisaki Family 

$1-499 

Bruce & Janice Abe 

George & Susan Abe 

Marc Alciati 

Augie & Yasuko Aratani 

Kevin & Annette Aratani 

Kurt Armbruster 

Clarissa Barber-Kurose 

Virginia Barrett 

Alison Bennett 

Rick Berman 

Patricia Burgess 

Cathy Cline 

Sharon & Tim Daly 

Lilac Gong 

Stephanie & Melvin 

Goodwin 

Ken & Maruca Haas 

Seiji Hata 

Hiromu & Masue 

Heyamoto 

Frank Hidaka 

Rachel Hidaka 


Bernadette Horiuchi 

Victor & Mary Ikeda 


Daniel & Stacie Ito 

Henry Ito 

James & Noriko Ito 

Ted & Diane Ito 

Paul & Fumi Kaseguma 

Leo Kawasaki Family 

Ann Kawasaki Romero 


Shig & Yuri Kozu 

Yeichi & Aida Kozu and 

Family 

Kerry Lafranchi 

Katie LaFree 

Kathryn Lew 

Pam Maloney 

George & Irene Mano 

Stephanie Mano 

Tosh & Tomi Mano 

Tebo & Midge Matsudaira 

George & Hidy Matsui 

Alice McGuire 

Nadine Miyahara 

Jeffrey & Barbara Miyake 

Yoshito & Yuki Mizuta 

Molly Momii 

Shiori & Sueto Murai 

Debbie Nagasawa 

Yone Nakako 

Kinko Nomura 

Don & Jacqueline Ogilvie 

Bob & Marian Ohashi 

Patrick & Janet Oishi 

Joe O’Leary 

Sumi Onodera 

Sukhjinder & Navdeep 

Otal 

Lisa Pasin 

Paul & MJ Patterson 

Kit Paulsen 

John & Shelley Roberts 

Karry Sakamoto 

Ray & Teddy Sasaki 

Hamayo Sato 

Robert & Donna Sekijima 

Wendy Skony 

Bill Strange 

Dick Sugiyama 

Carol Suguro 

Marianne Tada 

Jiro Takisaki Family 


George & Misuzu 

Tanonaka 

Janet Terada 

Ketch & Michi Toyohara 

Sam & Jayna Umeda 

US Attorney’s Office 

Sunshine Fund 

Dennis Vidmar 

Brian Ward 

Cliff & Marylin Winkler 

Craig & Pamela Wong and 

Family 

We have made every effort to represent each name accurately. If an error has occurred, please accept our apologies and 

contact us at (206) 323-7100 so we can correct our records. 

Frank & Margie 

Yanagimachi 

KEITARO & ICHI 

MUKASA, THOMAS 

T. MUKASA, AND 

BETTE N. MUKASA 

ENDOWMENT 

$100,000-249,000 

Chieko Mukasa 

George Mukasa 

ROSEMARY K. 

MURAMOTO 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Tak Muramoto 

DR. T.T. AND SAKAE 

NAKAMURA 

ENDOWMENT 

$25,000-49,999 

Ted Nakamura 

OKAMOTO FAMILY 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Okamoto Family 

$2,500-9,999 

Thomas & Kazuko 

Tanigawa* 

$1,000-2,499 

Frank & Haru Nishimura* 

$1-499 

Anonymous* 

Ed & Mickey Delanty* 

Robert Hasegawa* 

Roy & Lillian Hayashi* 

Thom & Beverly Ikeda* 

Ed & Betty Iwamoto* 

JAE Awards* 

Arlene Kadoshima* 

Charles & Amy Kinoshita* 

George & Mary Kozu* 

Yukio & Julianne 

Kumasaka* 

Shogo & Fusako Kusumi* 

Betty Lane* 

Yoshi Mamiya* 

John & Lillian 

Matsudaira* 


Blackstock* 

John & Sadako 

Matsumoto* 

Shawn Miyake* 

Bob & Lily Mizukami* 

Joen Moore* 

Ernie & Sunnie Nagai* 

Hiro & May Nagasawa* 

Bill & Irene Nishimura* 

Shizuko Nobuyama* 

Noboru Nomura* 

Kats Okamoto* 


Craig, Sheila, Tricia, 

Cara, & Jordan 

Omoto* 


Sara Oshikawa-Clay* 

Stewart & Vicki Perry* 

Jeff & Charlene Pimentel* 

Ruby Inouye Shu* 

Darlene Suyematsu & 

Mark Jablonski* 

Chris Tachibana* 

Rich & Hide Tachibana* 

Elsie Taniguchi, in memory 

of Harry Taniguchi, 

Sr.* 

Harold & Diane 

Taniguchi* 

Jim & Yone Terada* 

Tosh & Dolly Tokunaga* 

Massie Tomita* 

Sam & Grace Uomoto* 

Julie & Eric Varness* 

Jennifer & Marc Wilson* 

Suma Yagi* 

Shizue Yahata* 

Joe & Lillian Yamamoto* 

Harry Yoshimura* 

* Gift made at the Tosh 

Okamoto Celebration 

IN HONOR OF PAST 

AND PRESENT 

MEMBERS OF THE 

SEATTLE BETSUIN 

BUDDHIST 

CHURCH CHOIR 

$10,000-24,999 

Dr. Kemi Nakabayashi 

SHIBAYAMA FAMILY 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Jim & Grace Shibayama 

Zen & Eiko Shibayama 

Michi Tsukada 

AKIKO MIKAMI 

SHIMATSU 

FOUNDATION 

ENDOWMENT 

$100,000-249,000 

Family of Akiko Mikami 

Shimatsu 

MASARU AND 

MITSUMA 

SHIMOKON 

ENDOWMENT 

$50,000-99,999 

Dr. S.W. Shimokon 

NIROKU AND MOTO 

SHITAMAE & 

YASUJI AND TSUYA 

IKÉ ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Joe & Miyoko Iké 

SAICHI AND YONE 

TAKEMOTO & 

MASASHIGE AND 

AKIE TODO 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 


MARION K. 

TAKISAKI 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Jiro Takisaki 

$2,500-4,999 

Phyllis and Bill Campbell 

$1,000-2,499 

Greg & Doreen Takisaki 

Tom Takisaki 

Walt & Pam Takisaki 

Ann & Ron Wentzke 

BERTHA CHINN 

LUNG TSUCHIYA 

AND MOMOYO MIYA 

TSUCHIYA 

ENDOWMENT 

$25,000-49,999 

Herbert M. Tsuchiya 

KELLY K. YAMADA 

AND DEXTER K. 

YAMADA 

ENDOWMENT 

$10,000-24,999 

Sallie Yamada 

NIKKEI CONCERNS MANAGEMENT 

Michele Hamaker, Interim CEO 

206.726.6506 

mhamaker@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Lillian Hayashi, Administrator 

Community Services 

206.726.6461 

lillianh@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Danell Tobey, Interim CFO 

206.726.6514 

dtobey@nikkeiconcerns.org 

SEATTLE KEIRO 

Skilled Nursing 

Facility 

206-323-7100 

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Darlene Suyematsu, Director 

Development and 

Communications 

206.726.6462 

darlenes@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Seattle Keiro 

Steven Tracy, Administrator 

206.726.6504 

stracy@nikkeiconcerns.org 

NIKKEI CONCERNS PROGRAMS 

KOKORO KAI 

Adult Day 

Program 

206-726-6474 


Continuing Education 

Program 

206-726-6469 

Nikkei Manor 

Duane Riedesel, Director 

206.726.6467 

billc@nikkeiconcerns.org 

Kokoro Kai 

Naoko Ulstein, Director 

206.726.6474 

naokou@nikkeiconcerns.org 

NIKKEI MANOR 

Assisted Living 

Community 

206-726-6460 

Nikkei Horizons 

Kaori Higashino, Manager 

206.726.6469 

khigashino@nikkeiconcerns.org 

EDITOR 

Mary Ann Arnone 

206-726-6523 

LAYOUT 

Sharon Nakamura 

CIRCULATION 

Darcia Tanabe 

TAYORI 

MAILING 

Jerry Chihara 

Ken Higashi 

Malcolm Kanemoto 

Ken Kurata 


Sam Nakagawa 

Junior Nagaki 

TAYORI, the newsletter of Nikkei 

Concerns, is published four times a 

year with a circulation of over 

6,000 readers.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE EVENTS! 

Nikkei Horizons’ 15 th Anniversary Celebration & Health Expo 

Friday, September 15, 2006 at the Seattle Buddhist Church 

11 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 

Come celebrate and learn about all the wonderful classes and activities Nikkei Horizons has to offer. Plus, there will 

be guest speakers to present health and wellness workshops. See page 10 for more details! 

Kawabe Memorial House & Nikkei Concerns Community Service Forum 

Saturday, September 30, 2006, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Kawabe House, 221 – 18 th Avenue, Seattle 

Do you have aging family members Learn about housing options, caregiver support, financing, care options, senior 

services, end of life issues, final wishes. 

Nikkei Concerns 5th Annual Founder’s Golf Tournament 

Monday, October 2, 2006 – 12:00 pm Shotgun Start 

At the Rainier Golf and Country Club – For more information call Lauree Seko at (206) 883-2587. 

Annual Ayame Kai Holiday Craft Fair 

Saturday, November 18, 2006, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

At a new location: Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church 

3001 – 24 th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 

You’ll find home baked apple pies, assorted Asian foods, booths of crafters and artists from Washington, Oregon, 

California and Canada. For information call Shizue Yahata at (425) 827-4930 or Cheryl Sakura at 

(425) 255-8723. 


1601 E. Yesler Way 

Seattle, WA 98122-5640 

206.323.7100 

www.nikkeiconcerns.org 

Nonprofit Org. 

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