{"id":11534,"date":"2010-04-22T04:46:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=11534"},"modified":"2010-04-22T04:46:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T08:46:53","slug":"japan-america-society-roundup-4-22-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/22\/japan-america-society-roundup-4-22-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan America Society Roundup 4.22.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Current Hiroshima-ken JET <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gailsensei.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gail Cetnar Meadows<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wideislandview.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Wide Island View<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanindiana.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> JAS of Indiana<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/mF32r5guwc0U9KD2kf4g*bConTGfC7Qq3ifucz4KvfI_\/HiromitsuAgatsuma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"226\" \/>Agatsuma<\/em>: Not Your Father\u2019s <em>Shamisen<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em> \u2013 This concert, presented by JASI and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, features world-renowned musician Hiromitsu Agatsuma, who plays the <em>tsugaru-shamisen<\/em>, a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument. His performance fuses the traditional sound of the <em>shamisen<\/em> with blues, rock, dance music, folk, flamenco and funk, and he\u2019ll be accompanied by <em>taiko<\/em> drums and the electric piano. Tickets for JASI members are $10.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Saturday, May 8<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: The Toby Theatre, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanindiana.org\/english\/program\/2010\/050810_agatsuma.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasga.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Greater Austin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Origami<\/em> Card Making<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s not just about folding up pieces of paper to make those little cranes anymore. There\u2019s a whole science to this ancient Japanese art. Attend this workshop and learn how to make three different <em>origami<\/em> patterns and create your own cards from <em>washi<\/em>, Japanese paper. The fee is $10 for JASGA members. RSVP required.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Sunday, April 25<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 2 to 4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Casa de Luz, Cielo Room 1701 Toomey Road, Austin Texas<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasga.org\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=63\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jas-sa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of San Antonio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.karencaseysmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/koinobori-by-photographer-ubc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"184\" \/>Kumamoto En <\/em>Da<\/strong><strong>y<\/strong> \u2013 Celebrate Children\u2019s Day with games and children\u2019s arts and crafts, including paper <em>kabuto<\/em> Japanese warrior hat making, <em>uchiwa<\/em> paper fan making and <em>koi nobori<\/em> flying carp coloring. There also will be Japanese arts demonstrations for Japanese brush painting, <em>origami<\/em> and calligraphy, as well jewelry and other Japanese gift items for sale.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Saturday, May 8<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston, San Antonio, Texas<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jas-sa.org\/docs\/2010KumamotoEnDayProgram.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasgc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Greater Cincinnati<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asian Culture Fest<\/strong> \u2013 Check out the Asian market, cultural presentations and performances as this festival. There will be craft activities for kids, henna hand painting, a puppet show and more. And of course don\u2019t forget to swing by the Japan America Society booth while you\u2019re there.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Saturday and Sunday, <\/strong><strong>April 24 and 25<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 24. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 25.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cincymuseum.org\/explore_our_sites\/special_exhibits_events\/special_events\/PassporttotheWorld.asp\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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\" target=\"_blank\">Email Gail Meadows<\/a> the info.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Cetnar Meadows, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies\u2026 JAS of Indiana Agatsuma: Not Your Father\u2019s Shamisen! \u2013 This concert, presented by JASI and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, features world-renowned musician Hiromitsu Agatsuma, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-society-round-up"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-302","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11536,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11534\/revisions\/11536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}