{"id":2368,"date":"2021-04-30T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:52:37","slug":"meet-tomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/2021\/04\/30\/meet-tomo\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteer Spotlight<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meet Tomo L.<\/strong>, a volunteer that enjoys lending a helping hand at Nimi Nikkei Home and at Nikkei Centre for their annual Mochitsuki event. She is the youngest of four siblings, and grew up in Japan in Nishinomiya city (Hyogo prefecture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tomoko2_Volunteer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tomoko2_Volunteer.png 587w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tomoko2_Volunteer-585x327.png 585w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Tomoko2_Volunteer-100x56.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomo is 74 years old, and married with two children and two grandchildren. Her favourite foods are sushi and sukiyaki, and her favourite hobbies include playing piano and ukulele, travelling, and eating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomo got involved with Nikkei Place because she enjoys interacting and getting to know the seniors at Nimi Nikkei Home. It\u2019s what she enjoys the most about volunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBy interacting with seniors, we often learn new things. Seniors are a mirror of my future and teach us so much.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamilies usually get tired of listening to the same thing repeatedly from their loved ones. Volunteers can listen as though it is the first time to hear, no matter how many times they have listened to the story.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer Spotlight Meet Tomo L., a volunteer that enjoys lending a helping hand at Nimi Nikkei Home and at Nikkei Centre for their annual Mochitsuki event. She is the youngest of four siblings, and grew up in Japan in Nishinomiya city (Hyogo prefecture). Tomo is 74 years old, and married with two children and two grandchildren. Her favourite foods are sushi and sukiyaki, and her favourite hobbies include playing piano and ukulele, travelling, and eating.&nbsp; Tomo got involved with Nikkei Place because she enjoys interacting and getting to know the seniors at Nimi Nikkei Home. It\u2019s what she enjoys the most about volunteering. \u201cBy interacting with seniors, we often learn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[168,160,158,167],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-tomo","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteer-appreciation","tag-volunteer-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Tomo - Nikkei Place Seniors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/2021\/04\/30\/meet-tomo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ja_JP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Tomo - Nikkei Place Seniors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Volunteer Spotlight Meet Tomo L., a volunteer that enjoys lending a helping hand at Nimi Nikkei Home and at Nikkei Centre for their annual Mochitsuki event. 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