Sep 2nd 2017 O.A.
World Gyoza Eating Championship
Saturday, August 26th was the annual Nisei Week event, the World Gyoza Eating Championship at Little Tokyo. This contest is held by the Day-Lee Foods and is an eating contest officially approved by the Major League Eating. “Helping Hands” battle between the Kenjinkais before the actual event, and Nanka Gifu Kenjinkai won. At the LA Fire Department vs LAPD match, the LAPD won for the first time. And to the main event. The battle between Joey Chestnut, who ranks 1st in the world rankings and competing for the first time in 2 years, and last year’s winner, Matt Stonie. The person who eats the most plate in 10 minutes wins. Results are Joey Chestnut wins, eating 377 gyozas in total. A trophy and $2,000 was awarded to him. Geoffrey Esper was the runner up, eating 317 gyozas in total. Matt Stonie was 3rd place, eating 291 gyozas.
“Afternoon of Peace – The Hiroshima & Nagasaki Experience” rehearsal
A composite art show, “Afternoon of Peace – The Hiroshima & Nagasaki Experience” will be performed on Saturday, September 16th at Little Tokyo’s Aratani Theater. The media was invited to their rehearsal. This production is held by the non-profit organization, Shadows For Peace and JACCC, to spread the tragedy the atomic bomb created for Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and the importance of peace. Other than the performances by the artists, there will be a memorial service held by Senior Priest, Izumi Hasegawa of the Shusse Inari Shrine of America. And clips along with messages of the victims will be shown. Producer, Richard Fukuhara is a 3rd generation Japanese American born in a concentration camp during WWII. He continues his work to spread the importance of a world with no war, based on his and his family’s experience. The artists of Japan and the US who supports Fukuhara’s idea of world peace made this production possible. Composite art show, “Afternoon of Peace – The Hiroshima & Nagasaki Experience” will be performed on Saturday, September 16th at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo.