The Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC)， which has been greatly praised all around the world， earning highly acclaimed awards and honors from many international choir competitions， including three gold medals in different categories at the 2008 World Choir Olympics in Germany， makes a much anticipated first Japan tour brought onstage by Min-On during the months of July and August in 2009. The YPC is a great pride of New York City as an extraordinary and remarkable youth choral ensemble that gathers hundreds of children from throughout New York City to collaborate in making art together， overcoming differences of ethnicity， religion and economic status. The group gave a total of eighteen concerts in eighteen cities across Japan， including Tokyo， Yokohama， Hiroshima and Nagasaki， and took part in many exchanges with Japanese youth.