Empire Alley in the Vendome Neighborhood in San Jose April 2025
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A common theme at the demo ICE violently and illegally arrested Ulises, a 30-year old husband, father, and resident, on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, after he was leaving for work, resulting in hospitalization. ICE officers verbally abused Ulises, smashed in his car window with a baton, and violently dragged him out of his car. He is now at risk of being transferred to ICE custody instead of allowed to go home to his family. For questions, please contact the Santa Clara County Rapid Response network at rrninscc@amigosdeguadalupe.org and Elena Hodges at elena@pangealegal.org.
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Komiya-Sumiyoshi Shrine Harima Town Hyogo Prefecture 2023
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Trumpland where fantasy clashes with reality but it’s not Disneyland
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Street photography in Tokyo II using photo editing software
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Blue hour happens usually before sunrise and after sunset.
The sky has a very dark blue color.
The sun must be below the horizon.
Just be a little patient when photographing.
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On January 11, 2025 over 125 people participated in a San Jose Japantown training by the Rapid Response Network (RRN) of Santa Clara County. The RRN in Santa Clara County defends immigrant families against threats of deportation and assists with the arrest or detention of a community member. The Rapid Responder Volunteer Trainings initially started during the Trump administration starting in 2017. Immigrant deportations only victimize and criminalize people without really solving the immigration issue. The training was organized by San Jose Nikkei Resisters and co-sponsored by PACT: People Acting in Community Together, Asian Law Alliance, Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, San Jose and Sequoia chapters of the JACL, Wesley United Methodist Church and the San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin.
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The Nikkei Lantern was created for the perseverance of Japanese Americans. The Lantern is made of white steel, stands over 36 feet high, and it is lit from within by LEDs. This symbol is located on the corner of 5th Street and Jackson in San Jose Japantown. The light at the top the lantern represents eternal hope and serves as reminder of the hardships the Nikkei faced. The lantern inscription, February 19, 1942 represents the date when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that interned over 100,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps. The Nikkei Lantern was part of a project funded by California State Senate Bill 307 and the City of San Jose to commemorate the Japanese American experience and was completed in 2008.
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Every Christmas holidays in the Willow Glen district in San Jose there are numerous houses decorated in Christmas lights that brings thousands of walkers and automobiles in the neighborhood. The focal point of the Christmas lights are either on the corner of Glen Eyrie and San Ramon or San Pablo in San Jose.
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The story of the Manekineko occurred when the lord Naotaka li was beckoned by a cat at the temple gate and decided to stop by. After spending time at the temple, thunder and rain started to fall but the lord was impressed by this luck that the cat brought. Afterwards Gotokuji temple was rebuilt in 1633 by lord Naotaka.
Later Gotokuji temple was built the Shofuku-den to enshrine the cat that brought good fortune, naming it as “Manekineko”. Today thousands of people visit Shofuku-den to pray for well-being for the family, prosperous business, luck and happiness.
Daikeizan Gotokuji temple
06:00 to 17:00
Gotokuji 2-24-7, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-0021
81-3-3426-1437
5 walk from Miyanosaka station, Tokyo Setagaya line
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