{"id":8248,"date":"2009-08-23T03:00:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2009-08-23T03:00:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T07:00:08","slug":"japan-america-society-roundup-08-23-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/23\/japan-america-society-roundup-08-23-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan America Society Roundup 08.23.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Current Hiroshima-ken JET <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gailsensei.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gail Meadows<\/a><\/strong>, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wideislandview.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wide Island View<\/a><\/strong>, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of Japan America societies\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jasgeorgia.org\/eng\/node\/13\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Georgia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.piotrpix.com\/files\/images\/Bonsai%20Tree%203.preview.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"174\" \/>JapanFest Weekend<\/strong> \u2014 Try on an authentic Japanese kimono, participate in workshops ranging from the art of bonsai trees to tea ceremony, purchase a wide array of Japanese goods, learn how to make a Japanese kite, listen to Japanese music and more at this year\u2019s JapanFest Weekend. The theme of this year\u2019s festival is Cool Japan, a term that describes the growing international interest in Japanese culture, especially fashion, anime, music, food and technology.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Sept. 19-20<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Convention Center at Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Georgia<\/li>\n<li>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasgeorgia.org\/newsletter\/Summer2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jasgeorgia.org\/newsletter\/Summer2009.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasgc.org\/jasgchome.html\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Greater Cincinnati<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oki.org\/images\/family_canoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"154\" \/>Canoe Trip<\/strong> \u2014 JAS members are invited to join a canoe trip down the Little Miami River for about an hour from Old Mill Base to Ft. Ancient. There will be a cookout on the campgrounds afterward. Look for a $6 coupon in the Entertainment Book or in the phone book.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Saturday, August 29<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 10 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Little Miami Canoe Rental, Old Mill Base, 225 Corwin Road, Oregonia, Ohio<\/li>\n<li>For more information and registration: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasgc.org\/nickcanoetrip.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.jasgc.org\/nickcanoetrip.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.us-japan.org\/jassw\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of the State of Washington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Challenges of Banking in an Economic Crisis<\/strong> \u2014 Masamichi Yasuda, Senior Executive VP\/Deputy CFO of Union Bank, will be the featured speaker during this lunch program. He will speak about the state of the economy in Japan today compared to its post-bubble years, and the economic challenges facing U.S. bankers. He will also touch on how Union Bank has been able to stay successful during these difficult economic times.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Friday, Sept. 25<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: World Trade Center West, Holland America Dining Room, 4th Floor, 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 410, Seattle<\/li>\n<li>For more information and to register: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pspinc.com\/jassw\/register-9-25-09.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.pspinc.com\/jassw\/register-9-25-09.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event 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, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of Japan America societies\u2026 JAS of Georgia JapanFest Weekend \u2014 Try on an authentic Japanese kimono, participate in workshops ranging from the art of bonsai trees to tea ceremony, purchase a wide [&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-8248","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-292","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8248","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=8248"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8254,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8248\/revisions\/8254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}