Bang the Drum Loudly

Comments (0) By Siran Babayan Thursday, Aug 14 2008

Spread out over nine days, Little Tokyo's 68th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival is the "nation's longest-running ethnic festival." The first weekend boasts the crowning of the Nisei Week Queen, a car show, a sumo demonstration and a parade, while the following weekend includes a gyoza-eating contest, street dancing and the ever-popular and thunderous taiko drumming.

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Photograph by Michael Palma Photography
Aug. 16-24, 2008

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