Team Kawachi Ondo Video at the New Year Day stage in Little Tokyo in 2020: https://youtu.be/nXbD3faVD0A?si=90x5eUo_2VLZNqq_
Team Kawachi Ondo Schedule in Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo program
Wednesday, January 1
2:35 p.m. at Weller Court
3:15 p.m. at Japanese Village Plaza
Team Kawachi Ondo will appear at the New Year stage for “Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo” event sponsored by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California.
Celebrating the traditional new year rituals, Team Kawachi Ondo will bring dances and gathering, and make the Japanese traditional Oshogatsu more festive and memorable.
Oshogatsu programs will also include Awa odori dance, Japanese folksongs by Minyo Group Matsutoyo-Kai, Kimono show by LA Kimono Club, Japanese calligraphy, and Mochi Maki on the first day of the 2025 at Weller Court and Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo.
Program details will be announced at later date.
Kawachi Ondo performers will include Shinichi Hirokawa, former SKD performer Noriko Yonami, singer and songwriter Maaya Ota and team's new addition 5Rhythms Teacher Masayo Benoist; and these singers will be supported by Atsuyuki Kono (Guitar), Akemi Davenport (Taiko), Toshi Sakamaki (Base and Shamisen), Masa Endo (Cajon), Masumi Yoneyama (Shinobue) and Yui Yamamoto (DJ).