“Love to Nippon 2016” event on March 6 provided a setting of praying for the victims of 2011 Japan disaster. Photo by Richard Fukuhara.
Forwarded for Love to Nippon 2016
"The Future of Tohoku -- Your Dreams and Hopes"
Please join us in sending love and prayers to the people whose lives were forever affected by the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
Let us share the lessons learned from this once in a millennium tragedy and better educate us to prepare for future natural disasters.
The first Love to Nippon event was held in 2012, and the Love to Nippon 2016 will mark its 5th anniversary. Come learn about the progress of the long road to recovery.
Contact: Email: lovetonippon2016@gmail.com
Phone: (310) 484-1800 Love to Nippon Project: Masako Unoura-Tanaka
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Love to Nippon 2016
The Fifth Annual 3.11 Memorial Event
“Love to Nippon 2016” Fifth Anniversary Memorial Event Pays Tribute to
The March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
Sunday, March 6, 2016
1:00pm - 3:00pm LAPD Outside Plaza
Emergency Preparedness Fair, Prayers and Flower Offering
1:00pm - 3:00pm “How are the devastated areas in Tohoku, Japan now after five years?”
Booths presented by Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate Prefectural Organizations of Southern California
Music Tribute by Los Angeles musicians: Yuki Yasuda, Kozue Matsumoto and Shelley Yuki Ikebe of KOTO; Shoshi Kanokohata of SHAKUHACHI; Naoki Atkins of TSUGARU Shamisen and others
American Red Cross Los Angeles Region; Home Depot, L.A. County Fire Department Fire Truck, Ofunato Fire Department, Yusuke Iimori, United States Coast Guard and others
1:30pm - 2:00pm “What is Los Angeles doing to prepare for possible earthquake and tsunami?”
Presentation: Battalion Chief Larry Collins, L.A. County Fire Department and First Responder in Japan; Ofunato Fire Department, Yoshihiro Chiba; and others
Co-Emcees: Richard Fukuhara & Masako Unoura-Tanaka, Love to Nippon Project
2:00pm - 3:00pm “Interfaith Service”
Izumi Hasegawa, Senior Priest of Shusse Inari Jinja of Shinto Ceremony; Cantor Seth Ettinger, Rev. Mark Nakagawa, Centenary United Methodist Church; Nikkei Interfaith Group of Little Tokyo and Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Federation; Rev. Timothy Yee, Union Church of Los Angeles and others
Co-Emcees: Lori Gardea & Toby Mallen of Nichi Bei Fujin Kai (NBFK), Kay Inose & Kitty Sankey of the Japanese Women’s Society of Southern California
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Sunday, March 6, 2016
3:30pm-5:30pm Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium, LAPD HQs
Memorial Program
Emcee: David Ono, Love to Nippon Project
3:00pm, Doors Open
3:15pm - 3:30pm
Video of Miyagi Prefecture’s Kitakami Elementary School Song, Lyrics by Satoko Sato, Music by Mitsuhiro Sakakibara, Video production by Steve Rey Saito
3:30pm - 3:50pm
Invocation: Rev. William Briones, Minister of Los Angeles Honpahongwanji Buddhist Temple; Rinban Noriaki Ito, Head Minister of Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple; Rev. Timothy Yee, Union Church of Los Angeles; Cantor Seth Ettinger, N’vay Shalom Synagogue
National Anthems: Japan and the United States of America
Music Tribute: “Hana Wa Saku” by the Students of Nishiyamato Academy of California
Mr. Norman Mineta
4:05pm - 5:05pm
Keynote Speaker: Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Presentation and Panel Discussion: LACFD Chief Daryl L. Osby; Honorable Norman Y. Mineta; Masako Unoura-Tanaka, Ofunato Fire Department, Yoshinobu Chiba; Ofunato Support Network Center Volunteer, Takako Niinuma; Eri Suzuki, Reporter of Tokai Shimpo of Ofunato and others
Moderator: David Ono and Ted Tokio Tanaka
5:10pm - 5:30pm
Words of Appreciation: Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles, Hidehisa “Harry” Horinouchi, Honorary Committee Chair of Love to Nippon 2016
Music Tribute: “Sakura” and “Happy Day” by Holiness Youth Choir
Closing: Douglas Erber, President of JASSC and Masako Unoura-Tanaka, Founder, Love to Nippon Project
Presented by:
Love to Nippon Project
Supported by:
Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
NBFK, Japan America Society of Southern California
Los Angeles County Fire Department, Prefectural Associations of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima
Japanese Business Association of Southern California, Prefectural Association of Southern California
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Nisei Week Foundation, US-Japan Council
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Japanese American National Museum
The Japanese Women’s Society of Southern California, Global Organization for Leadership and Diversity
American Association of Japanese University Women, Los Angeles-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation
Little Tokyo Public Safety Association, Little Tokyo Service Center and more
Love to Nippon 2016 is generously hosted by LAPD HQs
100 West First Street, Los Angeles, California
REGISTRATION: visit www.lovetonippon.com
FEE: FREE
CONTACT: Masako Unoura-Tanaka, Founder of Love to Nippon Project Tel: 310-484-1800 Fax: 310-484-0188 lovetonippon2016@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.lovetonippon.com www.facebook.com/LoveToNippon
EMERGENCY: PHONE: 310-484-1800 ext. 0 E-MAIL: unoura@ttta.com
