JLGC Blogs - JETAA DC Chapter Members Help Bring Fukushima Kids to Perform in Washington

Submitted by RIJS on
Item Description
The National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Japan-America Society of Washington DC have invited 13 students from the Yamakiya Taiko Club in Fukushima to perform at the centennial celebrations for Japan’s gift of flowering cherry trees to the United States. The students will travel to Washington from their new, post-evacuation homes in Japan, after being forced to leave their hometown of Yamakiya, part of Kawamata Town in Fukushima Prefecture, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They
Translation Approval
Off
Media Type
Layer Type
Archive
Seeds
Geolocation
38.9071923, -77.0368707
Latitude
38.9071923
Longitude
-77.03687070000001
Location
38.9071923,-77.03687070000001
Media Creator Username
KH
Media Creator Realname
KH
Frequency
Archive Once
Scope
One Page
Language
English
Media Date Create
Retweet
Off
English Title
JLGC Blogs - JETAA DC Chapter Members Help Bring Fukushima Kids to Perform in Washington
English Description
The National Cherry Blossom Festival and the Japan-America Society of Washington DC have invited 13 students from the Yamakiya Taiko Club in Fukushima to perform at the centennial celebrations for Japan’s gift of flowering cherry trees to the United States. The students will travel to Washington from their new, post-evacuation homes in Japan, after being forced to leave their hometown of Yamakiya, part of Kawamata Town in Fukushima Prefecture, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. They
old_tags_text
a:2:{i:0;s:20:"TOMODACHI Initiative";i:1;s:23:"the Yamakiya Taiko Club";}
old_attributes_text
frequency | Once | scope | Page | email | | language | English|
Flagged for Internet Archive
Off
URI
http://wayback.archive-it.org/2438/20110301000000/http://www.jlgc.org/TopicList.aspx?topicCategoryID=6&topicID=244&languageTypeID=1&controlType=Display
Attribution URI
http://www.jlgc.org/TopicList.aspx?topicCategoryID=6&topicID=244&languageTypeID=1&controlType=Display