{"id":19750,"date":"2022-10-09T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=19750"},"modified":"2022-10-21T23:14:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T06:14:53","slug":"2022-10-09","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2022-10-09\/","title":{"rendered":"October 9th 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;\"> October 9th 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\/AKSl4NScpEw\" 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>Keiro no Hi Festival &#038; Senior Citizen Appreciation Day  2022<\/h2>\n<p>An event for the Japanese holiday, Keiro no Hi was held in LA.<br \/>\nKeiro no Hi Festival\u201d was held by the welfare organization for seniors, \u201cKeiro\u201d on Saturday, September 17th.<\/p>\n<p>This event started in 2018. It used to be held at the JACCC Plaza in Little Tokyo, however, it has been virtually held for the past 2 years due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>For the 5th year, the event was hosted at 4 different locations: Pasadena, Gardena, Cerritos, and Venice as protective measures against COVID-19, and held an in-person event.<\/p>\n<p>At one of the locations, Pasadena Buddhist Temple, participants enjoyed their bento boxes watching hula dance performance and a  magic show. There was also a flower arrangement workshop, and everyone had a nice time with their friends.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, September 25th was the Senior Citizen Appreciation Day at the Orange County Japanese American Association.<\/p>\n<p>This year makes the 36th time however, the event was live streamed via Zoom at the Yamaha Music Center due to the pandemic for the last 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Participants who preregistered and are over the age of 60 got a free bento box like usual, and about 260 boxes were distributed at Tustin, Irvine, and Anaheim.<\/p>\n<p>Prerecorded footages were streamed for the program. Consul General Sone Kenko and representatives of Japanese American organizations gave their words of congratulation, and entertainment was also streamed.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were given to those who have reached the age of 80, or above for those who have not yet been awarded.<br \/>\n17 individuals were awarded this year, including a 102-year-old fellow senior, and the representative stated their appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>4 college freshmen were also announced as the winner of the scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>OCJAA\u2019s Honorary Chairman, Akemi Miyake who turned 103 years old also attended and stated his gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, a raffle was done for the Zoom participants and deepen their friendships online.<\/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>Keiro no Hi Festival &#038; Senior Citizen Appreciation Day 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19752,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[293],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-19750","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2022-10-october"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19750","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=19750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19792,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/19750\/revisions\/19792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=19750"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=19750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}