{"id":20199,"date":"2023-05-28T20:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=20199"},"modified":"2023-05-29T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T07:01:26","slug":"2023-05-28","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2023-05-28\/","title":{"rendered":"May 28th 2023 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;\"> May 28th 2023 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\/XhZdaJK5AN8\" 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>LALALA Matsuri with Ramen Yokocho<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, May 14th was the \u201cLALALA Matsuri with Ramen Yokocho\u201d celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Japanese free magazine\/newspaper, Weekly LALALA.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly LALALA is a free magazine that was established in 2003.<br \/>\nIt introduces LA gourmet and entertainment as well as news information. May 14th was the day that they printed their 1,000th volume of the magazine.<br \/>\nThroughout the years, they have hosted many talking, concert, and food events as well.<\/p>\n<p>Long lines were formed at the venue.<br \/>\n60 different booths participated from food, liquor, goods, games, and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>At the area that was called \u201cRamen Yokocho\u201d, 12 different ramen shops not only from LA but also from OC, Las Vegas, and even Japan served their noodles.<br \/>\nSpecial menu exclusive to this event were served and became one of the main attraction.<\/p>\n<p>Various performances were done on stage and liven up the entire day.<br \/>\nAfter the Pom Pom Girls, a cheerleading group based in Torrance performed, their members that range from kindergarten to 8th grade gave flowers to their mothers as a Mother\u2019s Day gift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrossing Rain\u201d, a musical group from Hawaii and \u201cChiken Blow The Idol\u201d, a Japanese idol group also performed and met with their fans afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Terry Ito, a Japanese commentator who has his own column on Weekly LALALA also came from Japan to participate in this event, and the audience enjoyed listening to him talk.<\/p>\n<p>Singer, Kenichi Mikawa also participated as guest.<br \/>\nHe performed a total of 7 songs. 6 of his iconic songs including the famous \u201cSasoriza no Onna\u201d and 1 chanson number which is his lifework.<\/p>\n<p>Mikawa will celebrate his 60th year as a singer himself next year.<\/p>\n<p>About 10 thousand people came to the event and celebrated LALALA\u2019s 20th anniversary in a festive mood.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>JFC Sake Expo<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, May 13th was the JFC Sake Expo in Costa Mesa.<\/p>\n<p>It is an event held by JFC International, an Asian food and beverage supplier.<br \/>\nThe event is held aiming to expand the Japanese food market in North America.<br \/>\nIt was an annual event where it introduced Japanese foods and sake to food businesses however, this is the first time in 3 years due to the impact of COVID.<br \/>\nThe main focus was sake this time.<\/p>\n<p>29 Japanese breweries, 6 American breweries, and 6 Japanese food manufacturers participated and promoted their products to businesses with liquor lisence that were invited to the event.<\/p>\n<p>The same event was held in Hollywood on May 15th. 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