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• ON THE VERANDA: THE ART OF TEA

  • Start
    Sunday, March 01, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • End
    Saturday, May 02, 2020
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    JACCC

  
  

  JACCC will present THE ART OF TEA 2020, a first Sunday of the month tea ceremony series in March, April, and May 2020. Please join us for this unique and special introduction to Chado, or the Way of Tea and experience a 500-year-old Japanese traditional tea ceremony featuring matcha and sencha. Four Los Angeles chapter tea schools: Omote Senke, Ura Senke, Edo Senke, and Ogasawara Sencha will each share a seasonal celebration reflected in their aesthetics practices. Tickets required to enjoy special tea, sweets, and ceremony.
  

  March 1, April 5 and May 2, 2020

  1:00pm - 3:00pm

  
  

  $15 General Admission, $12 JACCC Members

  JACCC Center Building, Tea House (map)

  244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

  
  

  For more information and to purchase tickets, please click here.

  Japan America Society of Southern California is pleased to support this special screeing.
  

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• Seeking Host Families for the 9th TOMODACHI MUFG Int'l Exchange Program

  • Start
    Monday, March 09, 2020
  • End
    Saturday, April 25, 2020
  • Location
    Southern California

            

  
  

  The Japan America Society of Southern California is seeking families to host Japanese high school students for five days and four nights for the 9^th TOMODACHI MUFG International Exchange Program.  This people-to-people exchange will take place in mid-August 2020.
  

  The purpose of the exchange program is to give the students a grassroots understanding of the United States, its people, language, and culture, as well as to teach the students about the local community and businesses.  The program offers a homestay experience with an American family, visits to U.S. corporations, universities in Los Angeles.  The program will allow the students to put into practice their English studies by giving them opportunites to speak English and interact with leaders and other persons from the local community.

  This exchange program is hosted by the U.S.-Japan Council’s TOMODACHI Initiative and sponsored by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), including MUFG Bank and MUFG Union Bank, and the program expenses are paid by MUFG.

  • Seeking 20 host families in the Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego

  
  

  • Homestay experience dates from August 12, 2020 (Wednesday) through August 16, 2020 (Sunday)

  
  

  • Please note: Student pick up is 3pm – 4pm on August 12 (Wed.) at a Los Angeles location to be announced, and farewell party will be held on the evening of August 16 (Sun.) in Anaheim

  • Host family should provide student(s) with:

  1. Their own bed, however, students close in age may share a room with a person of the same gender
  2. Three meals a day.

  • Host family application deadline is Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 5:00pm (PDT)

      Download your Host Family Application HERE

      Submit application forms electronically to: Tomodachi.MUFG@jas-socal.org
  

      Upon receiving the application forms, a confirmation email will be sent.

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• Sushi Sake Festival at Pechanga

  • When
    Saturday, April 18, 2020
  •  
    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Pechanga Resort & Casino

  
  

  While you are enjoying your sake, sushi and beer, take a moment to listen to traditional Japanese music.  There will also be a silent auction to benefit Inland Valley Habitat for Humanity, the charitable beneficiary of this year’s event.

  
  

  Saturday, April 18, 2020  1:00pm 
  

  Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, I-5, Temecula, California

  VIP Ticket  $150  Includes entry beginning at 12:00pm.

  General Admission Ticket  $75  

  
  

  Click here to purchase tickets, or call (888) 810-8871.

  Must be 21 or older to attend.  Valid ID required to enter event.  Pechanga Management reserves all rights.  Please drink responsibly.  Designated Driver tickets available through the Box Office only.

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• Film Screening: "Nostalgic for Homeland"

  • When
    Tuesday, April 21, 2020
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Nibei Foundation

  
  

  
  

  “Bokyo no Kane – Nostalgic for Homeland”

  
  

  April 21, 2020

  6:00pm Optional Bento Box Dinner ($10 and must be pre-ordered)

  7:00pm Film Screening

  
  

  FREE Admission, registration required.  You can register, or pre-order a $10 Bento Box Dinner, by emailing Ms. Naoko Okada at nokada@terasaki.org, or calling (310) 479-6101.

  
  

  The Terasaki Nibei Foundation

  11570 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 900064

  Japan’s aggressive resettlement policy during WWII victimized many innocent poor Japanese farmers, as well as Chinese in Mainland China.

  Japan established the state of Manchukuo in North East China and into Mongolia.  From 1932 through 1945, Japanese farming families totaling more than 270,000 people were relocated to the border area, close to Russia.  More than half lost their lives, most of them woman and children.

  Japanese men older than 15 were taken by Soviets as POWs and forced to work in Siberia.  This happened after Japan surrendered to the allies.  This is a little known, tragic event of WWII.

  Hisako Yamada, an 87-year-old female movie director, believes this story must be told. She made this movie to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.

  Screening is in Japanese with English subtitles.
  

  Japan America Society of Southern California is pleased to support this special screeing.
  

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• 94th Annual World Trade Week Kickoff Breakfast

  • When
    Tuesday, May 05, 2020
  •  
    7:15 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    InterContinental L.A. Downtown

  
  Tuesday, May 5, 2019 7:15am - 11:00am

  InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel
  900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90017

  For 94 years, World Trade Week has been the most extensive and unique program of its kind in the country.

  Join more than 800 executives and members of the diplomatic corps to commence a month-long celebration of world trade in Southern California.

  World Trade Week supports college and high school scholarships, high school student workshops, as well as briefings for civic and business leaders interested in benefiting from the global economy.
  

  Admission is $95
  

  For more information or to register, please visit World Trade Week website

  JASSC is pleased to serve as a Cooperating Organization for World Trade Week

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