Japan recognizes our Japanese-American communities efforts to help Sendai in Miyagi, Japan, after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Although this is a Japanese news feature, be patient as you watch, and note these interviews: The news team is following a taiko group fm Sendai that performed in the Monterey Park Cherry Blossom Festival and at the Aratani Theater in Little Tokyo, to thank us for our support; They also visited with some local businesses, who helped contribute financially to recovery efforts, one is at Fugetsu-do Confections with owner, Brian, and they also visited with some of the locals who attended a picnic, hosted by people whose families came fm Miyagi prefecture (Miyagi Kenjin Kai, or The Miyagi Prefecture Association); at this picnic, Keiko (Kawashima) Kashiwagi, talks about the donation of $25,000 to build a playground in Sendai. I will attached the song that Keiko wrote and performed in Sendai, below.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:44:28 +0000
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