{"id":19573,"date":"2022-06-12T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=19573"},"modified":"2022-06-12T22:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T05:50:09","slug":"2022-06-12","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2022-06-12\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12th 2022 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"> June 12th 2022 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nL46sLkwzII\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 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>Little Tokyo Sparkle<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, May 14th was \u201cLittle Tokyo Sparkle Nancy Kikuchi Volunteer Day.<\/p>\n<p>This volunteer started with Little Tokyo resident, Steve Nagano calling out to the community saying \u201cLet\u2019s clean our historical town together.<\/p>\n<p>It was done annually prior to 2019, but had to be canceled due to the impact of COVID-19. The 5th time happened for the first time in 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>About 300 volunteers from local businesses to members from community organizations gathered for the cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>Groups  were  assigned  to  an  area within the 3 blocks of Little Tokyo to clean.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers not only picked up trash like cigarette butts but also thoroughly cleaned the windows, scraped waste from the ground, and got rid of graffitis.<\/p>\n<p>Gomi Hiroi Samurai, a group of performers that cleans the streets of Tokyo also came from Japan to participate in the volunteer work.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 businesses in Little Tokyo had to close their doors due to the pandemic, however liveliness is starting to come back.<\/p>\n<p>Free lunches were distributed with the help of local restaurants and  food manufacturers after the volunteer work at Noguchi Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Takashi Murakami x Etsuko Price<\/h2>\n<p>Friday, May 20th was a conversation event with artist Takashi Murakami and art collector Etsuko Price at JAPAN HOUSE in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>This event was held in conjunction with the contemporary art museum in Downtown LA, The Broad\u2019s special exhibition of Takashi Murakami.<\/p>\n<p>Murakami is one of the artists who represents Japan with his Japanese anime-like art style.<\/p>\n<p>Etsuko and her husband Joe are known for their Price Collection that centers on Edo-period works by Ito Jakuchu.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, Etsuko talked about how her husband Joe excitedly commented that Murakami is the \u201cIto Jakuchu of today\u201d when he first saw Murakami\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Murakami also spoke on what he calls \u201cSuperflat,\u201d the flatness of Japanese visual culture comes from Jakuchu&#8217;s work as well.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation event is streamed on JAPAN HOUSE LA\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Takashi Murakami\u2019s exhibition held at The Broad will be going on until September 25th. 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