July 28th 2019 O.A.

Nisei Week Opening

The opening ceremony for Nisei Week was held on Sunday, July 14th at Little Tokyo’s JANM.

Nisei Week is the largest Japanese American summer festival and this is the 79th year.

First, JBA donated 5,000 dollars to the Nisei Week Foundation at the ceremony.

The main event of the festival is the grand parade. This year’s Grand marshal is Japanese American pioneer, Akemi Miyake.
Parade marshall is the LA Clippers.”

Choreography is done by Sanjoryu in honor of Kangiku Sanjo, who passed this Spring.

After Konko Church of LA conducted the purification ceremony, this year’s 7 queen candidates were announced.

August 10th is the Tanabata Festival.
11th is the main event, the grand parade.
17th is the Daily Foods Gyoza eating contest and the 19th will be the closing ceremony.
You can find more information about the Nisei Week on their website.

”The Premium Malt’s” Tasting Event

July 23rd was the tasting event of Suntory Beer’s “The Premium Malt” at Miyako Hybrid Hotel in Torrance.

Restaurant individuals were invited as the event promotes “The Premium Malt” being available in SoCal starting this May for the food industry.

The event introduced how to serve tasty beer as they only offered barreled draft beer using a dispenser instead of beers in bottles or cans.

In order to serve tasty beers, there are 3 rules:
“Clean the dispenser everyday.” “Keep the barrel stable at a low temperature.”
“Manage the gas pressure inside the barrel.”

In addition, there are 2 things you must be particular about.
That is to “Use a glass that is naturally dried and pour the beer in the correct procedure.”
A draft master from Japan did a demonstration.

Suntory has a factory where they can draw the purest spring water for “The Premium Malt” since 90% of beer is water.
Therefore, on-site production is not possible and they are carefully imported to preserve the quality as much as possible.