Sep 10th 2017 O.A.
The Consulate Annex in Little Tokyo
The Consulate Annex in Little Tokyo for the Consulate General of Japan in LA restarted its service. Previously, the Consulate Annex dealing with passport paperworks of the Japanese living in LA was processed at the first basement floor of the JACCC. Construction work was held since the end of last year so they can move to the 3rd floor of the same building, and the department restarted its service the other day on August 11th. Japanese that are living here can have their passport processed at this office. They are open twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, reservations are required. Office hours are from 10am to noon, or 1pm to 4pm. They will not be doing any delivery service and re-applying for a lost or stolen passport cannot be done in this office.
Evening Under the Stars
A charity event supporting the children in the South Bay area, “Honda Evening Under the Stars” happened on Saturday, August 26th at the Honda HQ in Torrance. This charity event, where participants can enjoy food, wine and music is held annually since 31 years ago by the help of American Honda and the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce to support the local community. Local community members and business partners were invited. The donations collected at this event will be sent to rebuild the Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Pediatric, Neonatal Intensive Care and to the non profit organization, Vistas for Children. 27 local restaurants served food along with 80 different wines, and a fundraising auction was also held at the event. And the main attraction of this event is the concert of the Grammy Award winning artist and saxophonist, Kenny G. Attendees enjoyed the harmony created by Kenny G with their wine under the summer evening sky. About 1,000 people attended the charity event and raised approximately 300 thousand dollars.