Japanese Heritage Night
2025 World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers vs. NY Mets
July 24, 2026 at Citifield Flushing, NY
Area Japanese and Japanese American organizations once again teamed up with the New York Mets to host Japanese Heritage Night, celebrating the strong bond between the U.S. and Japan through our shared love of baseball.. The Amazin Met’s faced two-time National League MVP Shohei Ohtani, World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Roki Sasaki and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Japanese culture, #community, and #baseball players were all celebrated at the New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game on July 24! A great team of Japan-related organizations made Japanese Heritage Night possible: The Japanese American Association of New York (JAA), Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York - JCCI NY The Nippon Club, Inc. Japanese American National Museum Japan Society Japan Society of Fairfield County U.S.-Japan Council International House of Japan - 国際文化会館 and the American Friends of the International House of Japan, with gracious encouragement from the Consulate General of Japan in New York.
Program
5:40 p.m. – Citi Field Gates Opened
Pre-game #origami workshops by the Origami Therapy Association.
5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. – Taiko drumming performance by Soh Daiko in Mets Plaza
6:30 p.m. until 6:40 p.n. – Taiko drumming performance by Soh Daiko at the Jackie Robinson Rotunda
6:40 p.m. until 6:55 p.m. – Honorary First Pitch by Hiroshi Kawano, Executive Chairman, MUFG Americas Holding Corporation, throwing to honorary catcher, Gary Moriwaki, Board Member, Japan Society New York followed by the Amazin' Awards
6:57 p.m. – National Anthem by Marina Kondo, actress and cast member of Ragtime on Broadway
