PASADENA NIKKEI SENIORS

Welcome!

The Pasadena Nikkei Seniors welcome membership from anyone in the community that would like to participate in a variety of scheduled activities. Luncheons are scheduled monthly and day trips are planned throughout the year.
For more information regarding the Pasadena Nikkei Seniors and their activities, please contact Ron Dyo (626-862-1170‬).

Trip to Carlsbad Flower Fields +
Overnight Stay at Viejas Casino & Resort

Join the PNS for a short trip to view the beautiful flowers at the Carlsbad Flower Field. We will ride the wagon tour to see the flowers up close, very little walking involved. From Carlsbad our bus will continue south to Viejas Resort and Casino in Alpine CA. After a relaxing stay at this 4* hotel .... we will stop at Toms Farms for lunch and a little bit of shopping.

Travel Info

Bus will leave the Pasadena Buddhist Temple on April 17th at 9:30am.
We will return on April 18th around 2:30pm.

Cost: Thanks to a Keiro grant the cost will be very reasonable

$129 for hotel room (single or double). Each occupant will get $25 in casino credit, $10 food credit and $10 discount coupon to use at the Viejas Outlet Shops (across the street from the hotel....or via free shuttle from hotel).
$60 for bus, tip, and light refreshments
$30 for Flower Fields tour and lunch

So cost is $129/room + $90/person for bus and flower field admission
Contact Ron Toshima or Ron Dyo if interested. We still have a few seats available (as of 3/27)

PNS New Year "Party"

Due to the Eaton Fire devastation in the neighborhoods surrounding the Pasadena Buddhist Temple, the 2025 PNS New Year Party was cancelled. But thanks to the volunteer efforts of a number of PNS members braving the rain and cold, the Party smoothly transitioned to a drive-thru/delivery operation with the distribution of 175 obentos and goody bags.

Invited guests included Japan’s Deputy Consul General Naoshige Aoshima and the Nisei Week Queen and Court. With the cancellation, Deputy Consul General Aoshima kindly sent a New Year greeting that’s included in this newsletter to be shared with PNS members. And despite the rain, NW Queen Morgan Gee, Miss Pasadena JCI Carina Sakimura, and Court members Amy Kubo, Caitlyn Sasaki, and Anita Komatsu came to Pasadena to assist in distributing the meals and to help with clean up.

Irene Lee and Rosalie Sakaida were recognized as this year’s 88 year old “Beiju Babies” and were presented with flowers.

The obento was prepared by Nijiya Market, the manju provided by Fugetsu-do, snacks from Ron & Cindy Dyo, and the Covid tests were from the LA County Health Department, courtesy of the late Garry Monji.