2019 / Southern California Local: Venice Japanese Community Center Summer Festival to be held, June 22-23

Forwarded for Venice Japanese Community Center

On Saturday, June 22 will be the announcement of this year’s Nisei Week Queen candidate representing West Los Angeles and Venice.

Venice Japanese Community Center scholarship winners will also be announced.

The family-friendly event celebrates the Marina del Rey — known locally as Venice — area’s deep-rooted, decades-old Japanese American community with Japanese cultural exhibitions and Japanese and Japanese American foods.

The VJCC basketball court will host communal tables and chairs to dine, take a rest, visit with friends and watch the events that unfold throughout the day on the VJCC’s main stage, including demonstrations by the center’s various martial arts clubs.

In the VJCC’s classrooms and multi-purpose room will be cultural exhibitions by the center’s member clubs.

Featured both days will be a “country store” rummage sale, the bonsai exhibition and more. Also performing both days will be the VJCC-based Koshin Taiko, and as twilight arrives and the day cools, Japanese American ondō dancing will begin.

The VJCC is located at 12448 Braddock Drive, near the intersection of Braddock Drive and Centinela Avenue. Admission is free.

Parking is available at Marina del Rey Middle School

Saturday hours are 12 noon–9 pm and Sunday hours are 11 am –8 pm.

For more information, visit vjcc.com, send an email to office@vjcc.com or call the VJCC office at (310) 822-8885.