{"id":18408,"date":"2012-05-20T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T12:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=18408"},"modified":"2012-05-16T19:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T23:25:54","slug":"japan-block-fair-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=18408","title":{"rendered":"Japan Block Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00am until 6:00pm<br \/>\nPark ave bet.39th and 40th st, NY<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/May-20th-Poster-final.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[18408]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18409\" title=\"japan block fair\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/May-20th-Poster-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"523\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanblockfair.com\/index.html\">Japan Block Fair<\/a> aims to introduce New Yorkers to the variety found within Japanese culture.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors will line one block of Park Avenue selling traditional Japanese food and merchandise while everyone enjoys Japanese-themed activities and special performances.<\/p>\n<p>Performers:<br \/>\nHIP (Home Island Project) \u2013 Dancers who traveled from Shikoku, Japan, to perform that island\u2019s traditional Awa Odori. HIP will perform onstage and in the street at 12:15 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. They will also have a Japanese uchiwa (fan) crafting booth at Japan Block Fair.<br \/>\n10tecomai \u2013 Yosakoi, a unique group dance style developed in Japan, is the basis of this traditional yet contemporary dance troupe.<br \/>\nRyu-Kaji \u2013 Led by instructor and performer Saki Taguchi, Ryu-Kaji will perform songs on the sanshin, a traditional three-stringed banjo-like instrument native to Okinawa.<br \/>\nThere will also be exciting Ninja performances throughout the day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 20, 2012 11:00am until 6:00pm Park ave bet.39th and 40th st, NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18411,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18408\/revisions\/18411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}