Barbara Mizoguchi

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims’ Interfaith Memorial Service By Barbara Mizoguchi NAP Editor-in-Chief Sangha (congregation) in the hondo (sanctuary) of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple during the interfaith memorial service. Photo credit: Bruce Fleming. Many of us learned about or survived the U.S. aerial, atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

By Barbara Mizoguchi NAP Editor-in-Chief Community farewell party for the Iyoris (front left). Photo credit: Dale Watanabe. Consul General of Japan in Seattle Makoto Iyori and his wife, Yuko Iyori, bid farewell to the community in a reception at their home on August 14 as their three-year stint here comes to an end.

By Barbara Mizoguchi NAP Editor-in-Chief Any new NAP subscriber will receive free tickets to the Washington State Fair September 4-27. It will include a parking pass and two adult tickets to indoor/outdoor food, shopping exhibits, rodeos, carnival rides, hobby and artwork displays, “meet the farm animals,” large vegetable crop displays, grandstand concerts, and more! Great for families and those in wheelchairs needing a paved, flat surface.