Samurai Parade

Parade of LAPD Mounted Police and Soma Noma-oi Samurai Warriors
Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Japan Friendship Treaty.

Date: Sunday, March 14th 2004
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Parade Route: Streets of Little Tokyo
Celebration: After the parade at Noguchi Plaza, in front of the Japanese Cultural & Community Center

>>Governor Arnord Schwarzenegger's greeting
>>Consul General of Japan Yoshio Nomoto's Greeting
>>LAPD Chief of Police William J. Bratton's Greeting
>>Congresswoman Jane Harman's Greeting
>>Assemblymember George Nakano's Greeting
>>Samurai Parade Photo Album
>>Soma Nomaoi (wild horse chasing)
>>Tokyo City Cup
>>Tokyo City Cup Photo Album
>>Sponsors

Samurai Parade Detail

A. Parade (1:00 p.m. to 2:30p.m.):

1. LAPD Motorcycle Police Drill Team
2. KokoroTaiko Drum Group
3. Nikkei Games Chairmen - Art Ishii & Teddy Okada
4. Karate Master - Fumio Demura
5. Karate Master - Takayuki Kubota
6. Karate Master - Juan Larios
7. Kendo Masters - Maki Miyahara & Arthur Murakami
8. Judo Masters - Shigeru Okada & Tony Okada
9. Judo Masters - Ken Okada & Jim Wooley
10. Judo Masters - Hayward Nishioka & Mickey Matsumoto
11. Karate Group
12. Kimono Demonstration Group, LA Kimono Club
13. Children’s Samurai Action Group
14. Children with U.S. and Japanese flags
15. Consul General of Japan Yoshio Nomoto
16. California State Assemblyman George Nakano
17. Koyasan Girl Scout Majorettes
18. Koyasan Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps
19. Vice Chairman Kazuo Nakada, Oh-i Racetrack, and Tanemichi Soma, Soma Clan
20. Animation Group
21. L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry
22. L.A. City Police Commissioner Rose Ochi & L.A. City Chief Admin. Officer Bill Fujioka
23. Japanese Dancing Group ? Nippon Minyo Hoenkai, L.A.
24. Michitane Soma, 34th Generation Chieftain of the Soma Clan
25. LAPD Motorcycle Police
26. LAPD First Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell and Captain Terry Hara
27. LAPD DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Demonstration Sportscar
28. U.S. Cavalry Troopers
29. Walking Soma Noma-oi Samurai & Mounted Soma Noma-oi Samurai Warriors
30. LAPD Patrol Cars

B. Proposed Parade Route:

C. Activities at JACCC Plaza In Little Tokyo (termination point of parade):

1. On-stage Performances - After parade group has returned:
2:00noon to 4:30p.m.:

• Naginata (pole sword /spear)
• Shorinji Kenpo
• Presentation of California State Resolution by Assemblyman George Nakano
• LAPD Public Relations Corner: Introduce Koban program (interview, Q & A)
• Koto (with Taiko) Music
• Children Samurai Action
• Kimono Demo
• Shinkendo (Samurai Sword Demo)
• Singing of Soma Regional songs

2.Off-stage performances:
12:00noon - 4:30pm:

• Calligraphy - Mme. Reiko Yoshida
• Photography contest (to be announced)
• Origami demonstration booth - Mmes. Thyllis Snyder, Fumie Wakao
• Japanese tea ceremony booth - Mme. Sosei Matsumoto
• Flower arrangement booth - Mme. Harimi Nishikawa
• LAPD Public Relations booth

12:00noon - 4:30pm:

Photographing of LAPD mounted police and Soma Noma-oi riders

D. Media Participation:

• LA Times, Daily Breeze, Beach Reporter and others
• TV stations: ABC, NBC, CBS, Channel 18, Channel 44, and others
• Radio stations:
• Rafu Shimpo, Lighthouse, Bridge USA, Frontline, US Japan Business News, Sushi & Tofu, Cultural News, LA Downtown, TV Fan and others
• UTB, AHC, JATV, Kempo TV
• JCC website/ www.jccsc.com , USJRF website/ www.usjrf.org

E. Dinner:

Dinner will be held in the evening following the parade.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER Commemorating 150 Years of the U.S./Japan Relationship

• Day/Date: Sunday, March 14, 2004
• Time: 6:30 p.m. - Dinner
• Venue: Hyatt Regency Los Angeles
  711 South Hope Street (7th & Hope in Downtown)
  (213) 683-1234

6:10p.m.

Doors Open to the Ballroom.

6:30p.m.

• Program begins - Opening Remarks
• National Anthem America and Japan
• VIP Introductions
• Kagami Biraki
• Toast
• DINNER
• Video Presentation - 150 Yeaaars of US-Japan Relations
• Koto and Taiko Entertainment
• VMedley of American Songs
• Soma Noma-Oi Singing
• Taiko Performance
• Closing Remarks