{"id":21775,"date":"2025-05-25T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=21775"},"modified":"2025-05-24T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T00:29:16","slug":"2025-05-25","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2025-05-25\/","title":{"rendered":"May 25th 2025 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 25th 2025 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5GwP_RbBiwk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Japanese Heritage Night<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, April 28, Japanese Heritage Night was held at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the season, the Dodgers host events to engage with various local communities.<br \/>\nOn this day, traditional Japanese culture and pop culture were featured.<\/p>\n<p>Before the game, at Centerfield Plaza, a number of Japanese and Japanese American artists performed.<br \/>\nThe 11-member boy group JO1, visiting from Japan, also took the stage and energized the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>On the field, representatives of the local Japanese American community were introduced, including Consul General Kenko Sone from the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, along with the Nisei Week Queen and her court.<\/p>\n<p>The national anthem was performed by Bi Ray, a girl group produced by musician YOSHIKI.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by artist Takashi Murakami.<\/p>\n<p>The catcher for the ceremonial pitch was pitcher Roki Sasaki, who firmly caught the ball thrown by Murakami.<\/p>\n<p>Murakami also collaborated with the Dodgers to create limited-edition merchandise, including T-shirts and caps.<br \/>\nThe team store was crowded with fans as soon as it opened.<\/p>\n<p>Guests who purchased special tickets received custom-designed jerseys.\u2028Exclusive food and drinks were also available that day, and fans enjoyed the event from beginning to end.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][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":21777,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[351],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-21775","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2025-05-may"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21775","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=21775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21776,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21775\/revisions\/21776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=21775"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=21775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}