{"id":320242,"date":"2024-11-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=320242"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:30:25","slug":"usag-japan-helps-local-organization-harvest-bamboo-to-support-preservation-of-japans-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=320242","title":{"rendered":"USAG Japan helps local organization harvest bamboo to support preservation of Japan\u2019s culture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Garrison Japan Commander Col. Marcus Hunter cuts bamboo with a member of the Sagami Giant Kite Preservation Association, Kassaka District, Nov. 15 on Camp Zama. The harvested bamboo stalks will be used to construct a giant kite to be flown next year during a large festival.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 The commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan joined members of a local organization in harvesting bamboo stalks that will be used to construct a giant kite to be flown next year during a large festival.<\/p>\n

Col. Marcus Hunter welcomed representatives from the Sagami Giant Kite Preservation Association, Kassaka District, and Sagamihara City\u2019s Minami Ward director to Camp Zama Nov. 15 to cut down bamboo in what has become an annual tradition.<\/p>\n

Every year, a USAG Japan representative \u2014 typically the garrison commander \u2014 helps harvest about 200 bamboo stalks from an area on the installation. The bamboo is dried and later used to build the frame of a large kite. The kite is one of several prepared for two giant kite festivals the neighboring cities of Sagamihara and Zama host in May at the nearby Sagami River.<\/p>\n

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\n Members of the Sagami Giant Kite Preservation Association, Kassaka District, harvest bamboo stalks Nov. 15 on Camp Zama. The bamboo will be used to construct a giant kite to be flown next year during a large festival.
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Hunter said he enjoyed the opportunity to host the city officials and kite association members as they prepare for the festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity, both with the kite association and with the city officials to be able to share what is a great resource that we have, and it supports the wonderful festival,\u201d Hunter said.<\/p>\n

Hiromi Kato, Minami Ward director, has been participating in the bamboo harvesting since last year. She learned after taking the position of director about the history of both organizations coming onto Camp Zama, and she is excited to be part of the continuing tradition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful that Sagamihara City can continue to carry on the culture of our world-class giant kites with the support of Camp Zama while also strengthening our partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. Army Garrison Japan Commander Col. Marcus Hunter cuts bamboo with a member of the Sagami Giant Kite Preservation Association, Kassaka District, Nov. 15 on Camp Zama. The harvested bamboo stalks will be used to construct a giant kite to be flown next year during a large festival. (Photo Credit: Noriko Kudo) VIEW ORIGINAL CAMP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320244,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320247,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320242\/revisions\/320247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/320244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}