Community Event Calendar

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Tasting, shopping and learning about Japanese culture.  Demonstrations, performances, games, etc.

Ryujin Taiko and LTDC  Ondo Workshop 1 PM to 1:30 PM at Nakamise stage.  Ondo Demonstration 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM on Main stage

Anime Expo 2024 at the Los Angeles Convention Center - 7/4 opening ceremony, 7/6  Ondo Workshop, 7/7 closing ceremony

Parade Dances and Street Dancing Practice

July 23 (Tues) & July 25 (Thurs) - practicing only the two parade dances

July 30 (Tues) & August 1 (Thurs) - practicing parade dances the first half and street ondo the second half

August 6 (Tues) - practicing the street ondo for the public dancers (this practice is optional for the dance groups)

6:30pm - 9:00pm

6:30-7:30 - ondo practice

7:30-7:45 - break

7:45-9:00 - ondo practice

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)

244 San Pedro St,

Los Angeles, CA  90012

3rd Annual Nikkei Celebration in Boyle Heights - Parade and public ondo.  Saturday August 3, 2024  4pm to 10pm.  Event location in front of the Boyle Heights historic Japanese restaurant Otomisan located at 2506 1/2 East First Street, LA  Ca 90033

2024 Nisei Week Grand Parade 4pm to 6pm - 1st and 2nd Street in Little Tokyo DTLA

2024 Nisei Week Closing Ceremony and Street Ondo - 1st Street in Little Tokyo DTLA. - Live entertainment, and public ondo.  4pm to 8pm.  The public is invited to Nisei Week’s finale, the Japanese tradition of dancing in the street with live entertainment, to close out the festival on August 18, beginning at 4 p.m.

Celebrate Little Tokyo’s 140th anniversary with a special event, presented by the Little Tokyo Community Council and Little Tokyo Historical Society.

This will be followed by the Ondo and Closing Ceremony. Everyone is welcome to join Japanese dancing in the street, led by the 2024 Nisei Week Choreographer Hanayagi Rokufukumi.

Robert Vargas, the local artist behind the Shohei Ohtani mural, will also be recognized.

2024 Orange County Optimist (OCO) Natsu Matsuri at Tanaka Farms in Irvine California.  Enjoy a lineup starting with OCO Kibou Taiko,  entertainment, martial arts demo,  games, lots of great food, a beer garden, ondo dancing lead by LTDC featuring Ryujin Taiko, and (drum roll, please)…a Parade!

2024 OC Japan Fair at the OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa CA

Anime Expo Chibi at the Ontario Convention Center

6 pm at the Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo DTLA  the Little Tokyo Business Association will host the Worthy Of Love  children with a Birthday Party Celebration for "unhoused" children and their families.  300+ children and their families are expected to attend this event.

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