Everybody loves a parade

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 18:17 -0700

The Nisei Week Parade in LA's Little Tokyo will take place Sunday, August 14, and Sharon and I will be in it. We'll be riding in one of those convertibles--you know, the ones that people in the crowd point at and say, "Who are those guys?"

I've got less than two weeks to practice my wave.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 18:30 -0700

Do you get any say in what kind of vehicle you will be riding in?

EDIT:
What's the chance of getting one of those Usagi Yojimbo cos-players to ride along with you?

Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 18:38 -0700

//ships Stan some videos of the Queen waving

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 19:33 -0700

Steve Hubbell wrote:

Do you get any say in what kind of vehicle you will be riding in?

EDIT:
What's the chance of getting one of those Usagi Yojimbo cos-players to ride along with you?

I don't think we get to choose our vehicle. I'd be happy as long as they don't make us walk.

They would love a couple of Usagi cosplayers. I think volunteers will carry signs or placards with my characters on them.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 19:48 -0700

Hopefully someone watching will capture the moment on film and share some photos, especially if they do get some Usagi cos-players.

maichan · Post by **maichan** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 20:45 -0700

Any So Cal locals plan on attending?

< raises an eyebrow, then looks towards wife, wondering if he can talk her into going to the parade >

That's our wedding anniversary weekend, so I'm not sure if I (we) can make it, but I'll see what I can do....

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:20 -0700

Saturday will be a free day at the museum. Besides Nisei Week, Little Tokyo will be celebrating the Tanabata Matsuri. The Festival of the Weaver Star was the backdrop of my story Runaways (UY Book 9: Daisho). According to the lunar calendar, Tanabata is celebrated in July. However, one of the largest Tanabata festivals is celebrated in August in Sendai Province, which observes it according to the Western calendar. The people who set this festival up for Little Tokyo are from Sendai.

I may go there both days just to check out the festival.

Btw: "Nisei" refers to second generation Japanese Americans. I am a sansei, third generation.

maichan · Post by **maichan** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:50 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote: Btw: "Nisei" refers to second generation Japanese Americans. I am a sansei, third generation.

Stan, if I may ask...
I've read you were born in Kyoto, Japan, so I always thought you were Issei... so if you're sansei, your parents must be nisei and I assume were visiting Japan at the time you were born? Sorry if this has been brought up before, but I haven't read anything elsewhere to clarify this & was curious about it.

EDIT
Forgive me, of all the places I ever looked, I finally found the answer right here in the Stan Sakai FAQ page