{"id":22623,"date":"2026-02-22T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=22623"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:20:22","slug":"2026-02-22","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2026-02-22\/","title":{"rendered":"February 22nd 2026 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;\"> February 22nd 2026 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\/l5JbDLYL3CQ\" 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>2026 Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation New Year\u2019s Celebration<\/h2>\n<p>On February 1 in Montebello, the Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation held its New Year\u2019s celebration and officers\u2019 installation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation is a professional organization of Japanese American gardeners founded in 1955.<br \/>\nIt currently includes 11 chapters and approximately 270 members.<br \/>\nThe organization engages in mutual supportand community service.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the event, 8 new officers for the current term took the oath of office.<\/p>\n<p>President Brian Yamasaki, who began his second term this year, addressed the attendees and expressed his New Year\u2019s resolution, saying he hopes to serve as a bridge to the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, representatives from the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles and major Japanese American organizations delivered congratulatory remarks.<\/p>\n<p>After the toast, members, families, and guests enjoyed fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>Following lunch, an awards ceremony was held to honor distinguished member, and Sogetsu-ryu Ikebana School instructor Yoko Kitajima gave an ikebana demonstration and lecture.<\/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":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] February 22nd 2026 O.A. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] 2026 Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation New Year\u2019s Celebration On February 1 in Montebello, the Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation held its New Year\u2019s celebration and officers\u2019 installation ceremony. The Southern California Gardeners\u2019 Federation is a professional organization of Japanese American gardeners founded in 1955. It currently includes 11 chapters <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2026-02-22\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22625,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[366],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22623","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2026-02-february"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/22623","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=22623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/22623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22626,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/22623\/revisions\/22626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=22623"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=22623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}