{"id":20791,"date":"2024-04-07T20:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T03:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=20791"},"modified":"2024-04-08T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:14:08","slug":"2024-04-07","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2024-04-07\/","title":{"rendered":"April 7th 2024 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;\"> April 7th 2024 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\/aC8bXlgh8SY\" 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>#SupportSAKE<\/h2>\n<p>An award ceremony for Seafood X Sake Pairing Instagram campaign held by #SupportSAKE happened on March 18th in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>#SupportSAKE is a community space started by JETRO where those interested in sake come together to support the shrinking Japanese brewing industry.<\/p>\n<p>They are mainly active on Instagram however, they also participate in various events through booths and are expanding their community.<\/p>\n<p>For this campaign, participants shared photos of their favorite seafood and Japanese sake pairings on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Different prizes went to the winners chosen based on the number of likes and the selection committee.<br \/>\nMarch 10th was the deadline. Winners and influencers were invited to the awarding ceremony introducing the winning photos.<\/p>\n<p>A brewery in Wajima city, Ishikawaprefecture that underwent devastating damage in this year\u2019s Noto earthquake was connected live during the event.<br \/>\nThe brewery stated how drinking sake supports the industry but also how they are currently unable to make any at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants and businesses were awarded with a certificate of appreciation for working with the campaign as they shared different ways of enjoying Japanese sake.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the grand prize winner was announced, and they received an airline ticket to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Several Japanese sake and food using Japanese ingredients were served.<br \/>\nThere also were demonstrations for cocktails using Japanese sake, and the event was filled with many attractions of Japanese sake.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Shohei Ohtani Mural<\/h2>\n<p>MLB baseball is in season. Fans are excited for Shohei Ohtani who just joined the LA Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, a mural of Ohtani in Little Tokyo was unveiled, and a ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 27th.<\/p>\n<p>It is a huge mural drawn on the wall of Miyako Hotel Los Angeles that is about 150 ft tall and 60 ft wide.<br \/>\nMuralist, Robert Vargas from Boyle Heights finished it in 20 days.<\/p>\n<p>The mural is also very unique. If you put your smartphone to the mural after scanning a QR code placed next to the entrance of Miyako Hotel, Ohtani gets animated along with the voice of Dodgers\u2019 sportscaster, Vin Scully.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Takoyaki in Dodger Stadium<\/h2>\n<p>The following day, March 28th was the Dodgers opening day, and Gindaco opened at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gindaco is a takoyaki franchise with about 500 locations globally. The Dodger Stadium food stand will be their 2nd location in the US.<\/p>\n<p>4 kinds of takoyaki are available at the Dodger Stadium location, including exclusive menus like \u201cCheese &#038; Guacamole\u201d and \u201cTempura &#038; Sweet soy sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consul General Kenko Sone, Dodgers officials, and Morio Sase, president of Hotland Co, a parent company of Gindaco attended the ceremony and stated their greetings.<\/p>\n<p>Gindaco was awarded with a certification of Japanese Food and Ingredients Supporter Stores Overseas by Executive VP, Nakazawa of JETRO.<br \/>\nThis is a certification program established by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries which certifies restaurants and retail stores overseas for using Japanese ingredients.<\/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>#SupportSAKE<\/li>\n<li>Shohei Ohtani Mural<\/li>\n<li>Takoyaki in Dodger Stadium<\/li>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20795,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[328],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-20791","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2024-04-april-2024"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/20791","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=20791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/20791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20794,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/20791\/revisions\/20794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=20791"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=20791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}