{"id":31714,"date":"2013-08-28T08:21:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T12:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=31714"},"modified":"2013-08-28T09:21:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T13:21:10","slug":"nippon-in-new-york-heritage-at-citi-field-hatsune-miku-and-the-joy-of-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/28\/nippon-in-new-york-heritage-at-citi-field-hatsune-miku-and-the-joy-of-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin\u2019s Japan: Nippon in New York \u2013 Heritage at Citi Field, Hatsune Miku and the Joy of Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York will perform at Citi Field’s fourth annual Japanese Heritage Night Aug. 28. (Courtesy of blog.janm.org)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As the summer winds fade to fall colors, the weeks ahead are shaping up with these exciting events, ready to be enjoyed both before and after Labor Day.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s highlights include:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 6:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

New York Mets Fourth Annual Japanese Heritage Night<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Citi Field<\/b><\/a>, 123-01 Roosevelt Ave.<\/b><\/p>\n

$23 Promenade Reserved\/$37 Pepsi Porch\/$63 Baseline Box Silver<\/b><\/p>\n

Watch the Mets take on the Philadelphia Phillies with a special Japanese Heritage Night pre-game show featuring\u00a0the Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York, the Japanese Men\u2019s\u00a0Choir, taiko and fue master Kaoru Watanabe, and the Spirit Award presentations to important members of the community. Look for fun\u00a0Japanese activities and games throughout the evening at the special Japanese Heritage Night tables! A portion of the proceeds of all ticket sales made through the special JHN ticket window\u00a0and through online sales<\/a> will be given to the\u00a0Japanese American Association<\/a>\u2019s Committee on Aging Issues.<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug. 31, 2:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2013<\/i><\/b><\/a> premiere<\/b><\/p>\n

Anthology Film Archives<\/b><\/a>, 32 Second Avenue<\/b><\/p>\n

$20 general admission<\/b><\/p>\n

In Japan, Hatsune Miku is a phenomenally successful virtual idol that grew out of fan-created songs. With a name meaning \u201cfirst sound of the future,\u201d she is based on an innovative singing synthesizer software character. This special theatrical release\u2014her first in the U.S. in nearly two years\u2014celebrates the pop Vocaloid\u2019s sixth birthday of by capturing a special commemorative live concert at the Yokohama Area simulcast in both New York and Los Angeles. (For this Examiner\u2019s review of Miku\u2019s previous live film screening in Times Square, click here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Sunday, Sept. 1, 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

J-Summit New York Benefit Concert<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bowery Electric<\/b><\/a>, 327 Bowery<\/strong><\/p>\n

$15 advance\/$18 day of show<\/strong><\/p>\n

Offering a welcoming environment to enjoy music, dance, performance and fashion for all fans and artists, j-Summit New York<\/a> has created a community focused on the connections and cultural exchanges between New York and Japan through electrifying events. Proceeds for this special benefit concert will contribute to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami relief fund. Bands for the night include Aki, Lust, Red, Iri, Nicole Oliva, Nafsi Groove, and Yuri Bear.<\/p>\n

For the complete story, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here\u00a0for related stories. As the summer winds fade to fall colors, the weeks ahead are shaping up with these exciting events, ready to be enjoyed both before and after Labor Day. This month\u2019s highlights include: Wednesday, Aug. 28, 6:30 p.m. New York Mets Fourth Annual Japanese […]<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[53,263,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-film","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8fw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31718,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31714\/revisions\/31718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}