Nov 21

Japan America Society Roundup 11.21.09

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Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of Japan America Societies…

JAS of Greater Detroit and Windsor

• Holiday Celebration and Wishlist Auction — Spend an evening toasting the season with society members at the elegant Meadow Brook Hall, the “Dodge” family mansion. Meadow Brook is one of America’s castles. It is the fourth largest historic house museum in the U.S., and is renowned for its superb craftsmanship, architectural detailing and grand scale.
  • Date: Wednesday, Dec. 16
  • Time: 6:30 to 10 p.m.
  • Place: Meadow Brook Hall, Adams Road Entrance – Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Road, Rochester, Michigan
  • For more information: http://us-japan-canada.org/en/events/default.aspx?eventid=11

JAS of Hawaii

• Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji — Take a special tour of Katsushika Hokusai’s famed series the Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, on exhibition for a limited time at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Hokusai is best known for his work in ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world), known as woodblock prints in the West. His most famous and influential print is The Great Wave off Kanagawa, one of the prints included in this series.
  • Date: Friday, Dec. 18
  • Time: 10:30 a.m. to noon
  • Place: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania St., Honolulu
  • For more information: http://www.jashawaii.org/pdfdocs/Events20091117_3.pdf

JS of New York

• The Aftermath corporate program — Sir Deryck Maughan, head of KKR’s Global Financial Institutions Group and Chairman of KKR Japan, will discuss economic and geo-political implications of the global financial crisis.
  • Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2
  • Time: 8 to 9:30 a.m.
  • Place: Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., New York, New York 10017
  • For more information: http://www.japansociety.org/event_detail?eid=4edef7fa

Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event that you’d like to share with JetWit readers? Email Gail Meadows the info.