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Japan in New Jersey - Holiday celebrations

Jumping, Drumming, Singing - Japanese in North Jersey celebrate the Holiday season

Holiday Season celebrated in among Japanese families and friends: Annual Double Dutch Holiday Classic, students of Japanese Childrens Society earn trophies at Harlem's fabled Apollo Theater in

And Biwanko Taiko drummers - young as 6 as well as adult - perform in Hackensack.

Their regular performance space in Hackensack received water damage from a large fire on Main Street. A community group allowed Biwanko to practice - and hold Holiday festivities, young and older.

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Many Japanese live in North Jersey, far from home, but find the Holidays a special time of celebration

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