Our project was recently in the Ishinomaki news. Ishinomaki Hibi Shinbun published this story covering a recent meeting in Ishinomaki, which included UC DAAP professor, Peter Chamberlain, who traveled to Matsunami Park to discuss the playground with city leaders and members of the community. Update: Ishinomaki Kahoku also published an article on 6/1/2013 about the …

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Emiko and Miya Moore, along with Christine Lucas, operated a water station for the Asian Food Fest downtown in Cincinnati on May 18th and 19th. The station was also an opportunity to share the background of our project with the people attending the event. Thank you Christine! Thanks also goes out to Stacy and Devin …

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We participated in this event at the Cincinnati Museum Center and met a lot of cool people! Check out the pictures in the photo gallery.

Emiko and I attended the Sakura Matsuri, which is the Cherry Blossom Festival to celebrate the cherry blossoms blooming this time of year. Here are some pictures of the event.  

Emiko and Christine Lucas attended the Cincinnati Japanese American Citizens League Annual Installation dinner on March 23rd at the original Montgomery Inn restaurant. U.C. president, Santa Ono, was the keynote speaker and Emiko also spoke about our playground project. Thank you to the Cincinnati JACL for allowing her to join you and share our story. …

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