{"id":19307,"date":"2011-05-16T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=19307"},"modified":"2011-06-07T09:54:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T13:54:31","slug":"justins-japan-japan-day-central-park-hosts-music-stars-from-keiko-matsui-to-d-m-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/16\/justins-japan-japan-day-central-park-hosts-music-stars-from-keiko-matsui-to-d-m-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: Japan Day @ Central Park Hosts Music Stars from Keiko Matsui to D.M.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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This year's edition of Japan Day @ Central Park kicks off May 22 at Rumsey Playfield.<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/em> <\/strong>JQ magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a> editor <\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/a><\/em> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0page <\/em>here<\/a> <\/em>to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, the upcoming edition of Japan Day @ Central Park<\/a> on Sunday (May 22nd) will feature a galvanizing stage performance with other family-friendly activities under the theme \u201dGanbare Japan!\u201d (You can do it, Japan!) in light of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March.<\/p>\n

After holding its traditional four-mile Japan Run on May 8, this year\u2019s Japan Day Festival at Rumsey Playfield will feature stage performances and activity tents. Its special guests, introduced in three distinctly-themed acts over seven full hours, will include Circus, Senri Oe, Darryl \u201cD.M.C.\u201d McDaniels (of New York hip-hop legends Run-D.M.C.), AISHA, Keiko Matsui<\/a>, Mai Fukui, Yuka Takara, Lainie Sakakura, and TEN-YOU. Co-hosting the event are Sandra Endo<\/a>, a national correspondent for CNN Newsource and NY1 alumna, and Brian Nishii<\/a>, a Tokyo native and veteran of New York City\u2019s performing arts scene.<\/p>\n

Matsui\u2014whom this Examiner conducted an exclusive interview<\/a> with last year\u2014will also be headlining two concerts later that night at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill<\/a>, a stone\u2019s throw from Times Square.<\/p>\n

Throughout the Japan Day Festival in the Naumburg Bandshell area near the stage show, there will be several activity tents for New Yorkers to experience Japanese culture firsthand\u2014and \u201chands on.\u201d A language tent will introduce key Japanese words, and other activities include origami, robot sumo battle, the Hello Kitty photo booth, and calligraphy. Patrons can also enjoy Japanese snacks, drinks and special festival food.<\/p>\n

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his\u00a0page here to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories. Now in its fifth year, the upcoming edition of Japan Day @ Central Park on Sunday (May 22nd) will feature a galvanizing stage performance with other family-friendly activities under the theme \u201dGanbare Japan!\u201d (You can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,53,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-justins-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t