{"id":19589,"date":"2022-06-26T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=19589"},"modified":"2022-06-25T07:56:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:56:39","slug":"2022-06-26","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2022-06-26\/","title":{"rendered":"June 26th 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 26th 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\/MrsZH0rCrz0\" 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][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2Dodgers Japanese Heritage Night<\/h2>\n<p>Wednesday, June 15th was Japanese Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium in LA.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers is a team that interacts with the local community and held an event introducing the Japanese American community at their interleague playing against Angels, where Shohei Ohtani plays.<\/p>\n<p>First, a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place for the exhibition celebrating the legacy of Japanese American baseball. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and actor Ken Watanabe also joined this ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>This exhibit pays tribute to the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and the 150th anniversary of US-Japan Baseball diplomacy.<br \/>\nThe exhibition consists of historical panels, pre and postwar artifacts that chronicle the introduction of baseball, and how baseball was important for people in the internment camps.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Watanabe looked around the exhibition with Dave Roberts who is originally born in Okinawa.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game, \u201cLA Taiko Ichiza\u201d performed a Japanese Taiko Drumming Ensemble.<br \/>\nAfter the 2021 Nisei Queen and Court were introduced, vocalist Keiko Takeshita and former Nisei Queen Lauren Kinkade Wong sang the US and Japanese national anthems.<br \/>\nAnd then to the ceremonial first pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Consul General in LA Akira Muto threw first, and ABC 7 sports anchor Rob Fukuzaki did the catching.<\/p>\n<p>Followed by Ken Watanabe.<br \/>\nAlthough the ball bounced once, Dave Roberts caught the ball.<\/p>\n<p>A special baseball cap were given to those who purchased a special ticket package. Everyone there enjoyed the game and event.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<li>Dodgers Japanese Heritage Night<\/li>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19594,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[280],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-19589","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2022-06-june"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19589","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=19589"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19591,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19589\/revisions\/19591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=19589"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=19589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}