BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-WR-TIMEZONE:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@businessinjapan.com DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20130503T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20130504T180000 DTSTAMP:20230930T034218Z URL:https://businessinjapan.com/events/business-in-japan-and-the-americas- free-casual-event-in-the-park-for-cinco-de-mayo-2013/ SUMMARY:"Business In Japan\, and The Americas" FREE casual Event in the Par k for Cinco de Mayo 2013 DESCRIPTION:Description\n\n\nBIJ group have been given special permission t o stake out a tarped area for a casual\, FREE\, BIJ Event in the Park at T okyo's first official "Cinco de Mayo" festival\, this Golden Week.\n\nWhat a great opportunity to meet in a casual\, relaxed atmosphere\, with good food &\; drink\, no time or cost pressure and with an interesting theme you can embrace if you'd like to ("Business In Japan\, and The Americas") \; We intend to have a spot for BIJ Group members\, especially those inter ested in or already doing Business with Mexico &\; The America's\, on b oth Friday May 3rd and Saturday May 4th.\n\nConsider researching BIJ group members or Tokyo Based LinkedIn folks you'd like to meet\, especially our Spanish speaking friends\, reach out\, organize to meet up there\, to 'ta ke it offline' and grow your in-person network!\n\nWHERE will we be?\n\nWe are currently deciding between three locations\, with the most likely loc ation a patch in the corner quite close to where the Draft beer will be se rved. If you were facing the center of the stage\, ready to watch a perfor mance\, we'll be about 4 o-clock diagonally behind you - or we'll update t his text &\; put a link to a map where we are...\n\nHERE is WHERE we'll be probably from 'about 11am' to 'about 5 or 6pm' *anyone may stay later\ , Blue tarp hopefully will stay out Friday night: http://t.co/8KV7nZ8bPY  (Feel free to bring a tarp if you like but I don't expect huge numbers a t any one time!)\n\nCinco de Mayo Festival Details\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~\nDates &\; Times：May 3  (Friday) 10:00～21:00 &\; May  4 (Sat) 10:00~18:30\nLocaton：Yoyogi Park Event Space (Harajuku/Mei ji‐jingumae Stations)\n\nMore Details are here (JP/EN/SP): http://cinc odemayo.jp/\n\nSponsors： Jose Cuervo/ Air Canada/ Tecate/ Frito Lay\nSup port： ProMexico/ Embassy of the United States of America/ Ministry of Fo reign Affairs\nCooperation: United Service Organizations (USO) /\n~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nThe first annual Cinco de Mayo Festival will be held a t Yoyogi Park Event Space on May 3-4.\n\nCinco de Mayo (May 5th in Spanish ) commemorates a victory by a small\, ill-equipped Mexican forces over a m uch larger French forces on May 5th\, known as the Battle of Puebla.\n\nCi nco de Mayo\, which celebrates Mexican culture and heritage\, is one of th e largest festivals in the United States. In Japan\, the festival will be a celebration of all of the Americas\, showcasing countries from Canada to Chile.\n\nVisitors will be able to partake of food\, drinks and entertain ment from Mexico\, America\, Peru\, Brazil\, Chile and other countries in the Western Hemisphere.\nEntertainment will also showcase nations from the Americas. Mexico will feature mariachi\, traditional dance and have speci al performers from Mexico. Fabiola Jaramillo\, a finalist in La Academia\, a Mexican version of American Idol\, will be performing. Also featured wi ll be Oscar Lobbo\, whose album "Za Za Za" hit number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums for six consecutive weeks.\n\nThere will be music and da nce representing Mexico\, USA\, Peru\, Brazil\, Colombia\, Chile\, Paragua y and Cuba\, as well as a special performance by the US Navy's Seventh Fle et Brass Band. Salsa dancers are welcome to dance the night away under the stars with top salsa DJs on Friday (May 3).\n\nCelebrate the best the Ame ricas has to offer during Golden Week. Come enjoy the sights and sounds\, along with fantastic food and drinks!\n\nHappy Cinco de Mayo!\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://businessinjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/09/BIJ-CdM2013.jpg LOCATION:Yoyogi Park\, Yoyogi Park Event Space\, Tokyo\, Kanto\, Japan X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Yoyogi Park Event Space\ , Tokyo\, Kanto\, Japan;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Yoyogi Park:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20120503T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR