{"id":746,"date":"2015-02-01T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T08:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/?p=746"},"modified":"2015-10-29T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T07:32:36","slug":"downtownny2015_en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/downtownny2015_en.html","title":{"rendered":"Downtown New York City Branch &#8211; New Year&#8217;s Party 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, the Downtown New York City Branch held our annual New Year&#8217;s party to celebrate the coming year and reflect upon last year. Ohashi Sensei generously hosted the party in his home in Brooklyn, and we enjoyed a warm meal and drinks together.<\/p>\n<p>2014 was a year of continued traditions, such as attending the United Nations International School&#8217;s Japanese Spring Festival, where we have the opportunity to introduce Shorinji Kempo to middle and high school students around the New York City area.<\/p>\n<p>It was also a year of big changes as our dojo moved to a new location in the spring to the Downtown area of the East Village in New York City. The space is clean and bright, and the area is a bustling locale of Japanese restaurants and small businesses. We have enjoyed the move and hope for more growth in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>With the move, we formally renamed the branch to the Shorinji Kempo Downtown New York City Branch. You can now find us on Facebook, too.<\/p>\n<p>We wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year and look forward to more opportunities in 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Contributor: Jessica Kashiwabara, 3rd Dan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newdojo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"w_newdojo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newdojo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newdojo-915x686.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newdojo-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newdojo.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newyearparty-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"w_newyearparty\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newyearparty-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newyearparty-250x162.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_newyearparty.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"w_UNIS_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"w_UNIS_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_2-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/w_UNIS_2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, the Downtown New York City Branch held our annual New Year&#8217;s party to celebrate the coming year and reflect upon last year. 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It was also a year of big changes as our dojo moved to a new location in the spring to the Downtown area of the East Village [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Downtown New York City Branch - New Year&#039;s Party 2015 | English\uff5c\u5c11\u6797\u5bfa\u62f3\u6cd5\u4e16\u754c\u9023\u5408\uff08WSKO\uff09\uff5c\u5c11\u6797\u5bfa\u62f3\u6cd5\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff5cSHORINJI KEMPO OFFICIAL SITE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.or.jp\/wsko\/downtownny2015_en.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Downtown New York City Branch - New Year&#039;s Party 2015 | English\uff5c\u5c11\u6797\u5bfa\u62f3\u6cd5\u4e16\u754c\u9023\u5408\uff08WSKO\uff09\uff5c\u5c11\u6797\u5bfa\u62f3\u6cd5\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff5cSHORINJI KEMPO OFFICIAL SITE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last weekend, the Downtown New York City Branch held our annual New Year&#8217;s party to celebrate the coming year and reflect upon last year. 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