3rd Annual Japan’s Culture Day Celebration
文化の日記念式典 in ジャージーシティ
Compositions & choreography by Yako Miyamoto
Dancers: Hiroko Fukuyama, Kana Matsui
Opening Remarks
Shinako Sudo-Chassagne
Founder, Japanese Cultural League of Jersey City
Welcome Remarks
Councilwoman Mira Prinz-Arey
Choir & Sign Language Performance
“Akatombo (Red Dragonfly)” Japanese children’s song
Performed by Students of PS16 (Cornelia F Bradford Elementary School)
Director / Piano Accompaniment: Sean Ichiro Manes, PhD
Japanese Sign Language: Mariko Manato
Special Guest Speaker
Kazuya Mori
Deputy Consul General / Director, Japan Information Center
Consulate General of Japan in New York
Dancers: Anna Yoshikawa, Hiroka Mori Nagai, Nettie Rosina Jones, Kathryn Mary Dorrian, Giancarlo Camacho, Anthony Chavez
Ganari: Yuzu Natsumi
Japanese Flag Raising
*from the balcony on 2nf floor
Master of Ceremonies: Echo Yamanaka Ryan
Sign Language Interpreter: Stephanie Kanieski