Saturday, April 30, 2022

Photo Op: First NYC Japanese Heritage Parade


NYC's first Japanese Heritage Parade has recently been announced.  It will be held on Saturday, June 14th, beginning at 1:00 p.m. and will run along Central Park West from 81st Street down to 68th Street.  I don't know if there will be a staging area in Theodore Roosevelt Park as there is for the Thanksgiving Parade, but I will probably take a walk there anyway around noontime in hopes of getting some photos of the marchers before they set off.

According to the article in Time Out New York, there will "be performances by the cast of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, The Super Live, the Young People's Chorus of New York City, Cobu, Soh Daiko, Japanese Folk Dance of NY, 10tecomai, Tate Haroyu, International Karate Organization Kyokushin-kaikan and Anime NYC."  The Grand Marshal will be actor George Takei of Star Trek fame.

According to the TONY article referenced above, the parade will be taking the place of Japan Day in Central Park that had been scheduled for Monday, May 9th, though that event is still shown as active on Facebook and other sites.

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