{"id":8484,"date":"2009-09-13T06:37:02","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T10:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8484"},"modified":"2009-09-13T06:37:02","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T10:37:02","slug":"japan-america-society-roundup-9-13-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/13\/japan-america-society-roundup-9-13-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan America Society Roundup 9.13.09"},"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>, 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 Japan America societies\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jassc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Southern Colorado<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/xkawaii.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/kimono.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/>2009 Annual Cultural Festival<\/strong> \u2014 This free fundraising event of JASSC will feature a bazaar where you can buy second-hand kimonos, haoris (jackets) and various Japanese goods like washi, pottery and bonsai. Fill up on sushi and other Japanese cuisine while enjoying taiko and koto music performances, Japanese dance and martial arts demonstrations.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Saturday, Oct. 17<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Stargazers Theatre and Event Center, 10 S. Parkside Dr., Colorado Springs<\/li>\n<li>For more information: Email jcarusorathe (at) msn (dot) com or call 576-2229.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.us-japan.org\/jasp\/contact.html\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Pennsylvania<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ikebana International Pittsburgh Chapter #25 50th Anniversary Celebration<\/strong> \u2014 Enjoy a reception with hors d\u2019oeuvers and cash bar and an evening of entertainment including koto music, flute and violin performances and an ikebana demonstration and exhibition.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Thursday, Oct. 1<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 6 to 9 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Phipps Conservatory, Tropical Garden Room, 700 Frank Curto Drive, Pittsburgh<\/li>\n<li>For more information: Call Nelda Burd at 742-352-5036<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jask.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Kentucky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinfrost.ws\/htmlfiles\/oct2006\/amish2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"140\" \/>Ladies\u2019 Day Trip in Ohio<\/strong> \u2014 Recall memories of the inaka while driving through backwoods Ohio. JASK ladies are invited to join a day trip to the Amish restaurant in Plain City, the new Premium Outlets in Cincinnati and the Japanese grocery in Columbus. The cost to JASK members is $45.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Thursday, Oct. 15<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>For more information:<a href=\"http:\/\/jask.org\/events?eventId=84477&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/jask.org\/events?eventId=84477&amp;EventViewMode=EventDetails<\/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>US-Japan Business Luncheon<\/strong> \u2014 Ambassador Shinichi Nishimiya will share his reflections on Japan\u2019s government change, Japan\u2019s past government reforms and its relevance to American business today. The luncheon is $65 for JASGP members.\n<ul>\n<li>Date:\u00a0<strong>Tuesday, Oct. 13<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: Noon to 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: The Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad St., Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>For more information and to register,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jasgp.org\/component\/page,shop.product_details\/flypage,flypage_et.tpl\/product_id,95\/category_id,5\/option,com_virtuemart\/Itemid,171\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/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? <\/em><a href=\"mailto:japansociety@jetwit.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Email Gail Meadows<\/em><\/a><em> 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 Southern Colorado 2009 Annual Cultural Festival \u2014 This free fundraising event of JASSC will feature a bazaar where you can buy second-hand kimonos, haoris (jackets) and [&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-8484","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-2cQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484","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=8484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8487,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8484\/revisions\/8487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}