Those New York City photographers who enjoy shooting events spotlighting foreign cultures and lifestyles will have two great photo ops this weekend.
As I mentioned in my April 30th post, the first Japan Parade, led by Grand Marshal George Takei, will kick off at 81st Street on Saturday the 14th at 1:00 p.m. and will continue down Central Park West to 69th Street where a street fair will be held from 1:00 to 4:30. The event will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in 1872 of the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the U.S. which resulted in, among other things, the establishment of the Japanese consulate in New York City.
The focus on Asia will continue on Sunday the 15th when the inaugural Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Cultural and Heritage Parade will begin at 10:45 a.m. at Sixth Avenue and 44th Street. It will then march north to 55th Street.
The timing for these two parades couldn't be better as it becomes increasingly necessary for all New Yorkers, whatever their ethnicity, to take a stand against the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes that have become a growing problem in the city. I have always been proud to live in a city as multicultural and multiethnic as New York and have been heartbroken to witness the acts of racial violence that have lately become so common here.
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