{"id":19718,"date":"2022-09-11T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=19718"},"modified":"2022-09-11T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T06:30:33","slug":"2022-09-11","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2022-09-11\/","title":{"rendered":"September 11th 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;\"> September 11th 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\/CEhohr5GsF4\" 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<h2>Shin-Sen-Gumi 8th Charity Summer Festival<\/h2>\n<p>Shin-Sen-Gumi Restaurant Group which provides yakitori, ramen, and other foods had their 8th Charity Summer Festival at Torrance on September 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Shin-Sen-Gumi Summer Festival is held every 5 years, and this year commemorates the group\u2019s 30th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, Shin-Sen-Gumi opened its first location \u201cShin-Sen-Gumi Yakitori (Original)\u201d in Gardena.<br \/>\nHakata ramen and chanko hot-pot also followed in Gardena 2 years later. They were the first ramen shop to introduce authentic tonkotsu soup in LA and led the current ramen trend.<br \/>\nToday, the restaurant group has 15 locations mainly in the LA area.<\/p>\n<p>Shin-Sen-Gumi Summer Festival is held to thank the community and their customers, as well as to familiarize and spread Japanese food and culture.<\/p>\n<p>This year, it was also held hoping that the festival will give dreams, hopes, and courage to those who suffered during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>From set up to operation, the festival was taken care of by the entire Shin-Sen-Gumi staff. They all prepared for the event while doing their usual jobs. Stores closed on the day of and the following day since it requires the entire crew.<\/p>\n<p>The festival begins with an opening taiko performance, followed by the group\u2019s president, President Kamiya declaring the start of the festival.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be held at the parking lot of the original Gardena location, but they have expanded by moving to Torrance Cultural Arts Center this year.<\/p>\n<p>About 45 booths lined up, half of which were decorated and managed by actual Shin-Sen-Gumi staff.<\/p>\n<p>Taiko performers from Japan performed on stage.<br \/>\nAlso, a small concert was held by \u201csinger song farmer\u201d Kazuma Tei.<br \/>\nA cosplay contest that the public was able to participate in happened too.<\/p>\n<p>And the \u201cExtra Noodle Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Each performance was full of energy, adding extra heat under the strong sunlight, making it an exciting festival.<\/p>\n<p>Kenshiro Teraji, WBC Light Flyweight World Champion was also invited as a special guest and held a free autograph session.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the recreation center, \u201cCalmommy\u201d, an organization that provides parenting support held an event.<br \/>\nKids performed and different activities were available for the kids and their parents to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone including the staff had fun at the closing concert and ended the 1-day festival.<\/p>\n<p>The money raised at this event will be donated to various organizations within the community.<\/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":"<p>Shin-Sen-Gumi 8th Charity Summer Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19720,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[292],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-19718","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2022-09-september"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19718","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=19718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19722,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19718\/revisions\/19722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=19718"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=19718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}