{"id":28127,"date":"2012-12-06T02:28:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T06:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=28127"},"modified":"2012-12-06T02:28:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T06:28:28","slug":"hibari-sensei-2012-japan-america-grassroots-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/06\/hibari-sensei-2012-japan-america-grassroots-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibari-sensei: 2012 Japan-America Grassroots Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Jen Wang (Miyagi, 2008-09)<\/strong> <em><em> is a lab tech in Dallas and a writer for the Japanese music sites, <a href=\"http:\/\/jrock247.com\/\">JRock247<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nekopop.com\/\">NekoPOP<\/a>. Her love of cosplay and her junior high school students inspired the name for her own blog about Japan, <a href=\"http:\/\/hibarisensei.wordpress.com\/\">Hibari-sensei\u2019s Classroom<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last August, I had the opportunity to be part of a great opportunity for cultural exchange. The skills I acquired came in handy, as North Texas hosted a delegation of over 150 Japanese visitors for the 2012 Japan-America Grassroots Summit. The Summit was inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/hibarisensei.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/07\/the-legacy-of-john-manjiro-and-captain-whitfield\/\">the friendship between John Manjiro Nakahama and Captain William H. Whitfield<\/a>, which would lead to official relations between the United States and Japan and a 171-year-old bond between the two families. The John Manjiro Whitfield Commemorative Center for International Exchange and the Japan-America Society of Dallas\/Fort Worth worked together with fifteen cities (which included my hometown) to give the visitors an unforgettable experience.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Saturday25 by Jeniverse Photography, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jen9264\/8155796329\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7106\/8155796329_eba368d0d2.jpg\" alt=\"Saturday25\" width=\"464\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hibarisensei.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/09\/2012-japan-america-grassroots-summit\/\">Click here to read about my experience with the Summit.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Wang (Miyagi, 2008-09) is a lab tech in Dallas and a writer for the Japanese music sites, JRock247 and NekoPOP. Her love of cosplay and her junior high school students inspired the name for her own blog about Japan, Hibari-sensei\u2019s Classroom. 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