Japan Day 2011

MAY 8TH, 2011 (SUN)

JAPAN DAY FESTIVAL

11:00AM – 6:00PM
Rumsey Playfield & Bandshell Area

RUN

4-mile Run 8:30AM,
Kids Race 10:00AM

Starting Point: Central Park East Drive 68th Street

PRESIDENT

Shinya Wako
Managing Executive Officer and Head of the Americas, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

HONORARY CHAIRMAN

Shigeyuki Hiroki
Ambassador and Consul General, Consulate-General of Japan in New York

STAGE PROGRAM

HOST: SANDRA ENDO
CO-HOST: BRIAN NISHII

ACT 1

  • Twice The Power (Collaboration with Soh Daiko & New York Suwa Taiko Association)

  • International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan

  • Mikoshi Parade

  • Bonodori by Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York

  • TEN-YOU

ACT 2

  • Ganbare! from Broadway

  • TAEKO

  • Mai Fukui

  • Keiko Matsui

  • AISHA featuring Darry “DMC” McDaniels and Broadway Dance Center Japanese Dancers

ACT 3

  • SENRI OE and Morning Musuko

  • CIRCUS

  • Voice Together with Circus (Tanyard Musical Ambassador KIds Choir, Nippon Club Female Chorus Group,
    Chorus Club of Keio Academy of New York)