The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1951-06-13
japanese
Trade Fair
To Start.
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japanese girls. since they will aver
age five feet five inches.
The local Japanese-American
community will be well represented
at the premiere. Over $50 tickets
have been sold to Issei and Nisei so
fer. mainly through the efforts of
Genji Mihara and his committee.
The doors of the pavilion will
open at 5 pm. for the premiere.
and buffet dinner will be served
shortly thereafter Originally a
Japanese meal was planned, but
due to the lack of facilities to pre-
pare Japanese food for so large
crowd, the idea was dropped. There
will be ham and turkey, and posi-
bly, Japanese dessert. A number of
teen-age Nisei girls will help serve.
Dress for the premiere will be in
formal. Issei and Nisei women,
however, are encouraged to wear XII
monos to lend color to the occasion.
Jack Otto's orchestra will provide
the music for the evening.
The arrival this week of Minister
Yokoo and Miss Nippon is arousing
a great deal of interest. The may
or's office has a schedule all ar
ranged for Minister Yokoo during
his stay in Seattle. He will be &C
companied by his secretary and an
aide. Minister Yokoo and Miss Nip
pom and their parties will stay at
the Olympic hotel. Like most vi
sitors from Japan, after weeks
stop in Seattle, Minister Yokoo will
depart for other points in America.
Interest in Miss Nippon is excep-
tionally high, especially among the
gentlemen of the press. With Miss
Nippon possessing such photogenic
qualities, news photographers are
eagerly waiting to snap her from
all angles. A full program of en-
tertainment and public appearances
awaits her during her sojourn in
Seattle, and then next week she too
will wing eastward to Chicago, New
York and Washington. She'll re-
turn to Seattle before going down
to California.
LOCAL PARTICIPATION
Local Japanese firms have re-
served booths of the SO at the fair.
C. T. Takahashi has three, H. S.
Kawabe has two, and Mikado, Ho-
kubei Import. and Uwajimaya have
one each
The Seattle chapter of the JACL
has also reserved booth in which
such articles as fans, mechanical
4 toys, lanterns, cookies. and wood
v block prints will be sold. The mer-
chandise Is being supplied by North
. Coast Importing Co., China Import
8 and Kawabe's.
4 Ken Nogaki, who is in charge OF
the JACL booth, says that every
one in the local Japanese commu-
' nifty is tired of being asked to make
contributions so the JACL Is at
tempting to bolster its treasury by
going into retail business for II
days at the fair.
Claire Suguro and Marian Kont
will work full time in the booth
which, incidentally, is Booth No. II
at the west end of the pavilion
These two women will be assisted by
approximately rs women volunteers
from the JACL. They will be at
tired in kimonos Betty Noji will
direct decorating the booth. ant
Ted Sakahara will arrange trans.
portation for those who will worl
in the booth.
q The hours for the fair beginning
Monday, June 10. are as follows
10 am. to 2 pm. for buyers only
and pm. to 10 pm. for the public
50 On Saturdays and Sundays, the pu
y bile will be admitted at noon. TIT
:, entertainment program will be Civ
s en- once every night. and on after
moons as well on Saturdays an,
Sundays.