{"id":11163,"date":"2010-03-20T05:26:35","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T09:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=11163"},"modified":"2010-04-10T06:10:14","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T10:10:14","slug":"japan-america-society-roundup-3-20-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/20\/japan-america-society-roundup-3-20-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan America Society Roundup 3.20.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Current Hiroshima-ken JET <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gailsensei.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gail Meadows<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em> is Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wideislandview.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wide Island View<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>. The Wide Island View is looking for Hiroshima JET alumni to answer a short questionnaire to share their post-JET experiences with current JETs. Email her at <\/em><strong><em>wideislandview (at) gmail (dot) com<\/em><\/strong><em> if you\u2019re interested! And now, Gail shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usajapan.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">JS of Northern California<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/harperimages\/isbn\/large\/8\/9780061981388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"342\" \/>Reading by JET author<\/strong> \u2014 JET alumna Malena Watrous lived for two years in the small, rural Japanese town of Shika-machi, the nuclear power plant town in which she set her debut novel, If You Follow Me, described as \u201cat once a fish-out-of-water tale, a dark comedy of manners, and a strange kind of love story.\u201d Ms. Watrous will give a reading from her book at this event.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Tuesday, April 6<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Kepler\u2019s Books &amp; Magazines, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/japansocietyofnortherncalifornia.myshopify.com\/products\/watrous\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jasgp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Greater Philadelphia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sakura Social <\/strong>\u2014 Celebrate the arrival of spring with drinks food and good people. There will be plenty of Kirin beer, sake, and Japanese, Thai and Western food. $35 for JASGP members. <a href=\"http:\/\/jasgp.org\/cherryblossomfestival\/index.php\/component\/option,com_facileforms\/Itemid,157\/act,run\/ff_name,socialregistration\" target=\"_blank\">Register online<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Friday, March 26<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: The Headhouse, 122 Lombard St., Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/jasgp.org\/cherryblossomfestival\/index.php?option=com_eventlist&amp;Itemid=178&amp;func=details&amp;did=92\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasdfw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Dallas\/Fort Worth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hanami<\/strong> <strong>Party<\/strong> \u2014 Pack your lunch and picnic under flowering cherry trees while enjoying live koto (floor harp) and shakuhachi (Japanese lute) music.<\/li>\n<li>Date: <strong>Sunday, March 28<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasdfw.org\/pages\/hanami.htm\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event that you\u2019d like to share with JetWit readers? <a href=\"mailto:japansociety@jetwit.com\">Email Gail Meadows<\/a> the info.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows is Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View. The Wide Island View is looking for Hiroshima JET alumni to answer a short questionnaire to share their post-JET experiences with current JETs. Email her at wideislandview (at) gmail (dot) com if you\u2019re interested! 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