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Bryan Kazuhiro, of Oakland, plays the Koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, during the annual Summer Festival held in Concord, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. The festival is held by the Diablo Japanese American Club and features Japanese foods, music, folk dancing, bonsai displays, martial arts demonstrations and children's carnival games. (Doug Duran/Staff)

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Summer Festival

Aki Rasmussen, of Walnut Creek, center, top photo, and other members of Diablo Taiko entertain the crowd attending the annual Summer Festival in Concord. The celebration, held Aug. 11-12, is hosted annually by the Diablo Japanese American Club and features Japanese food, music, folk dancing, bonsai displays, martial arts demonstrations and children's carnival games. Yukio Nakatani, 84, of Concord, left, answers questions at the bonsai display, and students from the Concord Judo Club, right, perform a demonstration of the modern martial art discipline.



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