Festival Sponsors and Partners
To make our festival unique to San Francisco and Japantown, and as the only “J-POP” themed festival in the US, J-POP SUMMIT FESTIVAL 2010 is incredibly grateful for our festival sponsors, event sponsors, and partners for joining us to make this dream come true for 2 consecutive years!
NEW PEOPLE offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan and is the creative vision of the J-Pop Center Project and VIZ Pictures, a distributor and producer of Japanese live action film. Located at 1746 Post Street, the 20,000 square foot structure features a striking 3-floor transparent glass façade that frames a fun and exotic new environment to engage the imagination into the 21st Century. www.newpeopleworld.com
JMA was founded in1965. Its purpose has always been to increase the number of visitors to Japantown as well as to ensure the economic viability of the community. JMA encourages visitors to shop and experience the culture, and the gifts that the Japantown experience provides. www.sfjapantown.org
With its U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California, MYX® was developed by ABS-CBN International, a US-based subsidiary ABS-CBN Broadcasting which is the largest media company in the Philippines and among the largest in Asia. MYX® is the only music entertainment and lifestyle channel dedicated to the Asian American community, utilizing music, culture and entertainment. MYX® can be seen on Channel 368 on Comcast’s Digital Preferred Tier in the San Francisco Bay Area, Comcast ON DEMAND, Cox Digital Basic Cable, DIRECTV 2067 and RCN.
http://beta.myx.tv/
XFINITY is the new brand for Comcast’s technology platform, products, and services. Comcast remains the name of our company. XFINITY is about offering our customers more choice, more control, more speed, and more HD than ever before. It’s also our promise to customers that we will keep innovating to deliver the best possible experience. www.xfinity.com
Haamonii (harmony) shochu is a Japanese spirit like vodka, but better: less calories, gold medal, 100% natural. Made from premium grains and winner of 7 medals for taste, enjoy the distinctly smooth, pure and refreshing taste of Haamonii sipped on the rocks with a splash of fresh juice or even tea and in a cocktail as lower calorie alternative to vodka. “A lighter cocktail – one of the few brands we like. Perfect for calorie watchers.” – Health Magazine. “favorites among two Food and Wine Staff tasters who found both to be light and smooth, with a hint of
sweetness” – San Francisco Chronicle. www.shareharmony.com
Honest Tea is the nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company with a mission to make great-tasting, truly healthy organic beverages sweetened with less sugar and fewer calories than most bottled beverages. Since Honest Tea was founded in Bethesda, Maryland in 1998, the company has sustained an annual compound growth rate of more than 60%. Honest Tea has been continuously recognized for its impressive growth and mission-driven business practices. www.honesttea.com
For over 70 years Hansen’s has enjoyed a loyal consumer following for its high quality, delicious all-natural beverages. Hansen’s is a leading marketer of all natural alternative as well as functional beverages. The Brand is recognized nationally. www.hansens.com
More than 145 years ago, our founders had a vision of offering comprehensive financial solutions to individuals and businesses. Today, Union Bank honors that history with a commitment to superior service for our customers, employees, shareholders, and the communities we serve. www.unionbank.com
7×7 is the essential resource for residents and visitors who seek insider information on the city’s people, food, wine, art, fashion, design, and travel. With a mix of informative, stylish and accessible content, 7×7 engages passionate print and digital users who love their city. www.7×7.com
944 magazine is an award-winning monthly publication recognized both locally and nationally as an insider’s guide to What’s Now and Next. The magazine informs, challenges and entertains its readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices to complement their lifestyle. 944 boasts a powerful connection with the most affluent and influential consumers and o!ers multi-market buys with the capability of reaching a combined total of 2.5 million readers annually. http://www.944.com/
Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what’s great – and not so great, in your area.
Find out: 10 Things You Should Know About Yelp here.
http://yelp.com/
Established in San Francisco in 1993, Noise Pop is the leading independent music festival in the Bay Area. In 2006 Noise Pop began expanding the scope and presence of its established brand into year-round events (including the Treasure Island Music Festival) in the Bay Area and beyond that celebrate all forms of independent culture, music, film, art and merchandise to an ever expanding community. www.noisepop.com
In Japan, Ezaki Glico is well known as a large food company with a company philosophy of “A Wholesome Life in the Best of Taste”. While confectionery is how the company started out, Glico also produces ice cream, processed food, health food, dairy, processed meats and baby formula. In the US, Ezaki Glico’s most well known product is Pocky.
www.glico.co.jp/en/index.htm
Animation on Display (AOD) is a weekend celebration of Japanese animation, video games, recent American cartoons, and their related interests. Based in the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown, AOD features industry guests and speakers, seminars and workshops, a costume contest, vendors, community artists, and more, all squeezed into two exciting days! AOD 2011 will take place between February 19-20 at Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco.
http://www.aodsf.org/
Writer, editor, and Japanese pop culture aficionado PATRICK MACIAS is the editor in chief of Otaku USA magazine and the host of the TokyoScope Talk series, which explores the wild and offbeat side of Japanese film every month at VIZ CINEMA. http://www.patrickmacias.blogs.com/
Founder Sebastian Masuda: “6%DOKIDOKI is the style that we say let’s try to wear those funny stuff. It looks flashy,showy and wired. But we think it surely has expression and your intentions. It’s same as how punk fashion was born in 1970′s. I think it is pretty natural and also punk for us who live in Harajuku Tokyo in the twenty-first century, to make an appeal to the world strongly that we need Peace, Happiness and Cuteness. 6% DOKIDOKI was original girl culture…Read more>>>
Amoeba Music is the “World’s Largest Independent Music Store,” live performance venue, and all-around cool place to be. They have more new and used vinyl, CDs, and DVDs than you’ve ever seen under one roof! Amongst the millions of ever-changing music titles, you’ll find an impressive selection of J-pop, punk, world, rare, collectible, and more out-of-print titles than any other store on the planet. Amoeba also now carries used video games. With Amoeba’s knowledgeable and friendly staff, you can find out everything you ever wanted to know about music and film but were afraid to ask. www.amoeba.com
The Moholy Ground Project, Inc. (MGP) helps artists develop professional careers in the arts. In the pursuit of this mission, MGP publishes art journals and books while providing high quality but low cost promotions, marketing, printing, and advertising to artists, organizations and non-profits in support of the arts. MGP’s current titles include: Moholy Ground Magazine, a journal of photography and Road Side Bear, a journal of illustration and painting. These titles create unique opportunities for artists from the San Francisco Bay Area to gain exposure, experience, and present significant new work in a durable format. MGP also provides discounted advertising for small arts related businesses, independent movies, non-profits and art organizations.moholyground.org
