Come to Japan Day Central Park today

If you’re in the New York City area, you have to make it over to Central Park today to celebrate Japanese culture all day.

Japan Day @ Central Park is an event designed by the Japanese community of New York to promote deeper understanding of Japanese culture and, to say "Thank you, New York!" Now marking its third year as a New York City tradition, Japan Day @ Central Park returns to fill the green oasis of East Meadow with tents offering a wide range of Japanese traditional and family-friendly activities, free samplings of popular Japanese cuisine and powerful stage performances throughout the day, with top entertainers from New York and Tokyo. Last year, an estimated 40,000 New Yorkers participated in Japan Day in the East Meadow.

Japan Day @ Central Park 2009 begins at 8AM with the Japan Run, a 4-mile race, organized by New York Road Runners. The Japan Day Festival begins at 10AM with the opening of all the activity tents; the stage show begins at 10:30AM, and free samplings of Japanese cuisine begin at 11pm. We the hope that Japan Day will continue to be a highly anticipated event year after year!

Above band is Orange pekoe. Orange pekoe was formed in 1998 by Tomoko Nagashima (vocals/lyrics) and Kazuma Fujimoto (guitar/arrangement/programming).After getting their start in the café and the club scene, their first album “Organic Plastic Music” has received numerous awards, including the 17th Japan Gold Disc Award as the “New Artist of the Year”. They have distinctively established their position in the “Organic Music” scene with its global sounds. Their new single “marigold” as well as their new album “CRYSTALISMO” will be released soon. They have also been actively conveying the importance of environmental issues through their music.