Yokohama (横浜市 , Yokohama-shi) is the second largest city in Japan by population and most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.
Yokohama's population of 3.7 million makes it Japan's largest city after the Special Wards of Tokyo. Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup final was held in June at the International Stadium Yokohama. In 2009, the city marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the port and the 120th anniversary of the commencement of the City Administration.
In November 2010, Yokohama hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.
Japan Century Symphony Orchestra (Nihon Century Symphony Orchestra) is a professional orchestra, a public utility corporation based in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture (in Hattori Fudo Park ). It is also a regular member of the Japan Orchestra Federation . In 1989, it was established as Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra in the form of developing as a professional brass band of Osaka's administration(at that time, the only brass band managed by the prefecture). After that, it has operated the current name since April, 2011.
Japan Century Orchestra was founded in 1989 under the management of Osaka Prefecture Government as the name of Century Orchestra Osaka. In April 2014, Norichika II MORI became Chef conductor.
Their subscription concert series are held at The Symphony Hall 10 times a year.
Additionally, they participate the joint operation of new concert hall in Toyonaka called Toyonaka Performing Arts Center. From 2017 they will be held famous classical series 4 times a year at the hall.
Besides concert activities as above, they have a friendship agreement with Toyonaka city since 2012 about music activities. The city hold a music festival with them every autumn. They actively promote music appreciation classes aimed at refining the sensibilities of the younger generation, who will be tomorrow's leaders.
They are dedicated to fulfilling their mission to become an orchestra that is loved and respected by not only classical music lovers but also all the people in every walk of life.
There is no schedule or ticket right now.
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