{"id":17007,"date":"2019-01-13T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=17007"},"modified":"2019-01-17T15:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T17:53:04","slug":"2019-01-13","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2019-01-13\/","title":{"rendered":"January 13rd 2019 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xgcKMJ2Mz_w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Oshigatsu in Little Tokyo<\/h2>\n<p>Many New Years event is being held at Little Tokyo.<br \/>\nJanuary 1st was the 21st \u201cNew Years in Little Tokyo.<br \/>\nAn opening ceremony was held at Weller Court and the new president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Kaoru Kawata greeted everyone.<br \/>\nFollowed by the greetings of representatives from each Japanese American organizations, and the ceremony closed with the sake barrel breaking.<br \/>\nAfterwards, taiko and shishimai dance performances were held on the stage, celebrating the new year.<br \/>\nAnd Hiroko Ikuta from the US Japanese Calligraphy Organization wrote \u201cHeadlong\u201d for the First Writing as this year is the year of the boar. (Boars can only go straight and will not stop.)<\/p>\n<p>Food like takoyaki and yakisoba were served at Onizuka Street, along with cultural booths introducing a miniature shrine.<\/p>\n<p>New Years celebration was held at the Koyasan Temple and many paid a visit.<\/p>\n<p>It was a nice weather throughout the day and everyone from young to old enjoyed their New Years.<\/p>\n<p>Many people also came to visit the Japanese<br \/>\nVillage Plaza as it was also filled with events.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Kotohajime<\/h2>\n<p>January 6th was the annual \u201cKoto hajime\u201d (First of year) celebration at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo.<br \/>\nVarious artists based in LA and performance groups performed under this year\u2019s theme, \u201cFirst Glow.\u201d<br \/>\nAn international violinist, Ken Aiso who is based in LA.<br \/>\nAnd harmonica player, Tex Nakamura each did a solo performance enjoyed by the audience.<br \/>\nAnd the \u201cPurification ceremony\u201d was held along with the two artists collaborating.<br \/>\nThe first bow was shot by the art director of this stage, Hirokazu Kosaka.<\/p>\n<p>The event ended with a mochi pounding performance and sake barrel breaking.<br \/>\nNew Years event \u201cIkebana Japanese flower arrangement exhibition\u201d is also being held at JACCC 1st floor, Doizaki Gallery until January 20th.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Oshigatsu in Little Tokyo Many New Years event is being held at Little Tokyo. January 1st was the 21st \u201cNew Years in Little Tokyo. An opening ceremony was held at Weller Court and the new president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Kaoru Kawata greeted everyone. Followed by the <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2019-01-13\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17010,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[214,215],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-17007","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-214","socaljapan_category-2019-01-january-2019"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/17007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/socaljapan"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17007"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/17007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17015,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/17007\/revisions\/17015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=17007"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=17007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}