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The Tsūshin is a membership publication of the Japan America Society of Minnesota
November 2011 VOL. 20, No. 11
Mondale Gala Shines!
October 29th
On a beautiful Minnesota fall day,
the 14th Annual Mondale and
Scholarship Gala began with a
celebratory mood at the Edina
Country Club on Saturday, Oct.
29th. There were guests dressed in
beautiful kimono, a bonsai exhibit
Mr. & Mrs. Mondale meet by Mondale Award Recipient,
Consul General Okamura &
Takuzo Ishida, an elegant Ikebana
Mrs. Okamura
floral arrangement by Noriko
Ishida and an appetizer featuring choice pork by Compart
Family Farms in southwest Minnesota. Ambassador Walter
Mondale and Joan Mondale greeted the newly appointed Consul General of Japan at Chicago, Mr. Yoshifumi Okamura ,
Ms. Kaoriko Okamura on their first visit
to Minnesota to attend this gala event.
Roger Hale, former business leader and
Chairperson of the Ploughshares Fund
was the featured keynote speaker. A
record turnout of nearly 180 guests filled
the halls, and the program began with
Keynote Speaker,
the ringing of a bell and the grand enRoger Hale
trance of the distinguished guests.
A very full program awaited the
guests, when Peter Bailey, JASM
member and talented emcee,
welcomed the guests and introduced Consul General Okamura
for the opening greeting. Ben
van Lierop called on everyone
Takuzo Ishida and Harumi
to remember the victims and the
Iwanami of Minnesota Japan suffering of the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Tsunami, and
the rebuilding efforts that have been supported by many generous donations and volunteers in Minnesota, and across the U.S.
Mr. Mondale spoke of the many contributions of Takuzo
Ishida in building of bridges between Japan and Minnesota
when presenting the Mondale Award for Japan and Minnesota
Partnership. In his presentation, Roger Hale included slides
with facts on the current situation regarding nuclear weapons.
While speaking gravely on the urgent need to reduce nuclear
weapons, Mr. Hale gave hope that strategic dialogue among
the nations who possess nuclear weapons is reducing the possibility of nuclear warfare.
There was entertainment by renowned soprano, Maria Jette
and piano accompaniment by Asako Hirabayashi, and lively
fundraising with a live auction, and a direct appeal for
donations, to raise funds for the Mondale Scholarship
Program, and other activities of JASM. The dinner of
Woodland Chicken, and a dessert of Mini Lychee Panna
Cotta, came to a close with the rhythmic traditional clapping
of hands in the Tejime led by Ishida-san. The event could not
have achieved its sparkling success without the dedication
and the efforts of many volunteers and JASM board
members led by Co-Chairs of the Planning Team, Ron
Leonhardt and David Smith.
Hands-on Humanitarian Service
in Japan Forum Review October 12th
As the far reaching effects
of the Great East Japan
Earthquake continue, a
special program on Wed.
Oct. 12 in St. Paul
acknowledged and honored
two Minnesota-linked
organizations that have
participated in on-theground relief missions in
the Tohoku Region:
Mirja Hanson joins Ben in
photo with Speakers at
Luncheon forum.
U.S. Navy: Captain Jeff Davis and Captain Brad Gawboy
reported on the experience of the Minnesota Naval Reserves
Unit and their participation in Operation Tomodachi, the
Japan disaster relief effort of the U.S. Navy.
Medical Teams International: Mr. Bas Vanderzalm, President
of Medical Teams International shared the work of Medical
Teams International volunteers that provided on-the-ground
assistance in partnership with Christian humanitarian aid
organizations in Japan.
The Hands on Humanitarian Forum was an interesting, and
informative look into the reconstruction of the areas affected
by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The speakers
presented information and their personal stories of the
recovery effort. Captains Jeff Davis and Brad Gawboy
presented pictures and spoke of the U.S. Navy operations.
Medical Teams International’s President Baz Vanderzalm
explained his organization’s effort to relieve the affected
areas. He told of his personal experiences in the area and
meeting the citizens in Tohoku. Their presentations were
warmly received by the guests.
Kanna Club
JASM presents a new opportunity
to network and meet new people:
the Kanna Club! This monthly
event is a fun and easy way to get
to know JASM members. The
group will meet at a Japanese
restaurant for a night of planned
programs and games presented by JASM. There is also a
stamp card rewards program for returning
participants. Participants will receive a stamp for coming,
and can win more stamps through the participation of the
evening’s festivities. Participants can later redeem the
stamps for prizes as well.
With the attendance of 20 people at
the October Kanna Club, it was
another great success. Our
gathering at Fuji-ya brought a
group of people of all ages together
for a night of fun and games. Fujiya’s wonderful selection of food
also contributed to the night’s success as participants enjoyed
the appetizers that were presented. People enjoyed meeting
new people and participating in the games. With the great
food and smiles, Kanna Club is always a warm, and
welcoming way to meet and network with new people.
The question for next month’s Kanna Club is: What are the
surrounding prefectures of Wakayama prefecture?
*Please Save the Date!
The next Kanna Club is Tuesday, November 22nd at Zen
Box on Washington Avenue, Minneapolis. Hope to see you
there!
When : Tuesday, November 22nd
Time : Doors Open 5:30p.m. Program 6:00p.m.
Price : JASM Member $ 10 Non-member $12
Where : Zen Box Izakaya,
(602 Washington Avenue S. Minneapolis, MN 55415)
Website: http://zenboxizakaya.com/?adv1=1
Parking : Street Parking or there is parking space next to
Sawadee Restaurant
Please tell the waiter that you are an attendee of Kanna
Club!!
第2回かんな倶楽部がアップタウンにあるFuji-ya レ
ストランで行われました。今回も多くの方にご参加い
ただきました。毎月行われるかんな倶楽部は、JASMの
会員の皆様、JASMに関心のある方、そしてもちろん日
本文化や日本語に興味のある方、日本人、アメリカ人
とわず、あらゆる方々に参加していただいておりま
す。若い人たちだけのグループ？と聞かれることがあ
りますが、そんなことはありません。どんな方々でも
大歓迎です。またかんな倶楽部ではかんな倶楽部カー
ドを進呈しています。倶楽部に参加されるごとに1ポイ
ント、倶楽部内で行われるゲームに勝った方にも1ポイ
ント進呈しています。全スタンプ集められた方には、
かんな倶楽部からスペシャルイベントの招待状が送ら
れます。皆さん、次回参加時にもかんな倶楽部カードを
お忘れなく。
さて、次回のかんな倶楽部のクイズは…
“和歌山県に隣接しているすべての県を答えなさい。”
です。どなた様もご回答をお忘れなくご用意ください。
次回のかんな倶楽部は11月22日火曜日です。詳しい内容
はJASMウェブサイト、Twitter、
Facebookそしてメーリングリストにて
ご連絡させていただきます。皆様にお
会いできるのを楽しみにしています。
日にち：11月22日火曜日
時間：会場5時30分、開始6時
料金：JASM会員$10 非会員$12
在シカゴ日本国総領事館から
ミネソタ州ブルー民頓死領事出張サービスのお知らせ
実施日：平成23年11月17日（木）
時間：午前9時30分から正午まで
午後2時から午後4時半まで
会場：Comfort Inn Airport
会議室（Meeting Room E.)
JASM Membership News
Many thanks for your continued support to enable JASM to
develop and expand programs that build bridges of understanding and cultural awareness.
Please welcome the following new JASM members:
Thomas Moore, Kathleen Thersleff
Satoko Furuya, Nancy Cook
Robert & Thea Adams
Thanks to the following renewing JASM members:
Ned Smith, Setsuko A. Dulski
Asako Hirabayashi, Theodore Dorenkamp
Cynthia Lee, Yuko Miyamoto
Brett Stembridge, Tom & Jeanne Tamura
Donald & Kyoko Klein, Monica & Peter Lawyer
David & Carol Lui, Keiko Young
Matt Schoenfelder, Keiko & Phil Buhlmann
Lawrence & Keiko Farrar, Noriko Freeman
Special thanks to the renewing Corporate members:
Electromed, Inc., Crossingpaths Intercultural Inc.
Glay Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett,PA,
Mu Parforming Arts, Winona State University
Happy to Announce New Corporate Member:
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Total Private Members: 254
Total Corporate Members: 56
New Corporate Members
KW Commercial Midwest, Paula Davis Port
We want to extend a warm welcome new JASM Corporate Member,
KW Commerce Midwest, Paula Davis Port. KW Commercial is an
international commercial real estate brokerage with offices throughout
the US and Canada. KW Commercial Midwest plays a prominent role in
commercial real estate as “Minnesota's market-leading office of KW
Commercial, the commercial real estate division of industry-leading
Keller Williams Realty.” Paula Port has had considerable experience working in real estate
development as a consultant, previously through her PortSide Commercial consulting business.
Paula has an enduring connection to Japan. Paula and Ken Port, Past President of JASM, lived
in Japan in the 1980’s. Paula visited Japan as a member of former Governor Pawlenty’s
Minnesota Trade Delegation to China and Japan in 2010. We are very pleased to welcome this
commercial real estate expertise to the JASM family. We hope that you will refer any
questions and inquiries about commercial real estate in the upper Midwest to Paula Port for
excellent service with a Japan connection.!
Please thank our
members with your
support!
Corporate Benefactor Members
McQuay International, Inc.
Delta Airlines, Inc.
Corporate Sustaining Members
3M Company
American Medical Systems, Inc.
Anderson Corporation
Boston Scientific Corporation
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
DRC, Inc.
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, PC
Hubbard Broadcasting
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.
Mall of America
St. Jude Medical
Taiyo International, Inc.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, PA
Devicix
Corporate Contributing Members
JASM is pleased to welcome Devicix located in Eden Prairie.
Andreas C. Pfahni is the General Manager and the leader of a team
of experts committed to providing excellent technical services to
the medical manufacturing industry. According to Andreas,
“Devicix is an international contract product development and
manufacturing services company exclusively focused on medical”.
Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
Comcast Cable
Compart Family Farms
Deloitte Tax, LLP
Devicix, LLC
Electromed, Inc.
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
Fredrikson & Byron, PA
Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd.
Merchant & Gould, PC
Lion Precision
Proto Labs, Inc.
Robin Manufacturing USA, Inc.
Devicix views joining JASM as an opportunity to expand its understanding of doing business
with its Japanese clients. We are happy to have Andreas and Devicix as new partners in the
JASM family. Please welcome Devicix and look for Andreas at upcoming JASM events, such
as the Corporate Roundtable. For more information about Devicix, please view their website:
http://www.devicix.com.
Corporate Roundtable Wednesday, Nov. 9
Enhance your understanding of the Japanese market with the
Japan America Society of Minnesota Corporate Roundtable, a
program featuring speakers from the Board of Directors,
corporate member companies and their colleagues from Japan.
JASM is pleased to welcome Mr.Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief
Executive Director, JETRO Chicago, who will be the speaker
at the Corporate Roundtable event. Mr.Shindo will talk about,
“Japan: Road to Recovery – Challenges and Opportunities”
with current facts and analysis of the impact of the Great East
Japan Earthquake. He will also include aspects of Japan’s
competitive strategies and new business opportunities that he
believes are available in the Japanese market.
Tatsuhiro Shindo was appointed Chief Executive Director of
the Chicago office of the Japan External Trade Organization
(JETRO Chicago) in April 2010. As Chief Executive Director, he oversees JETRO Chicago’s
activities designed to facilitate business development between Japan and the business
community of JETRO Chicago’s 12 state Midwest U.S. region. Please note that we expect a
heavy turnout for this program. Please make your reservation soon in order to secure your
place at the table!
This event will be held at Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett on Wednesday November,
9th. 7:30am Registration, 8-9am Program. For more details, check JASM’s website, or call
612-627-9357.
Partners in Service
Crossingpath Intercultural Inc.
Dave Steffens Automotive &
Conway Auto Clinic
Fujiya Restaurant
Genesis Business Centers, Ltd.
Gnarus Medical Consulting, Inc.
J&K Trading, LLC
Kikugawa at Riverplace
Kiku Enterprises
KW Commercial Midwest
Origami Restaurant
St. Paul Saints
Sakura Restaurant & Sushi Bar
Satellite Industries
Tomodachi
Nonprofit Members
Aikido of Minnesota
BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
Bloomington Sister City Organization
JETAA Minnesota
JETRO Chicago
KCC–Japan Education Exchange
Macalester College Asian Language &
Culture Department
Minneapolis Japanese School
Minnesota International Center
Minnesota Trade Office
Mu Performing Arts
N-Dimensional Japan
Saint Paul Convention & Visitors Authority
U.S.—China Business Connections
Winona State Univ. Global Studies Dept.
The 2nd Annual Japan Career Day
& Sushi Social
第2回就職説明会
回就職説明会＆
回就職説明会＆寿司会
We would like to cordially invite
you to the second annual Japan
Career Day co-sponsored by the
Japan America Society of
Minnesota (JASM) and JET
Alumni Association Minnesota
(JETAA MN).
The Career Day will be held in the Alexander Hill Ballroom
at Macalester College in St. Paul from 1:00-4:15 pm on
Saturday, November 12, and will feature speakers, panel
discussions, and workshops on career options for students
and young professionals with an interest in or experience
with Japanese language and culture.
And when you sign up, please indicate whether you want to
be included on the networking document - a document to
encourage networking post-Career Day!!
Keynote address
by Mirja Hanson - Honorary Consul General of Japan
Job workshop
by Karin Wagner, founder and President of Metis Career
Consultants, a job search and career consulting company.
Professional panel and JET alum panel will be present as
well. Mid-after noon coffee and refreshments and mingling
time.
Following the Career Day is a Sushi Social networking event
from 5-7pm at Sakura restaurant in St Paul. This will be an
excellent opportunity for Career Day attendees to network
with established Japan professionals from around the Twin
Cities Metro Area.
Space is limited, reservations on
first come first several basis.
Please sign up now - you're
welcome to attend Career Day,
the Sushi Social afterwards, or
both! Please RSVP online by
November 10th or call the JASM
office at 612-627-9357 or e-mail
to jasm@us-japan.org. Everyone is welcome to attend! We
look forward to welcoming you!
When : Saturday, November 12th/ 11月 12日土曜日
Career Day/就職説明会
Time: 1:00-4:15 pm
Where : the Alexander Hill Ballroom at Macalester College
in St. Paul
Price : JASM member $8, Non-member $10
Sushi Social/寿司会
Time : 5:00-7:00pm
Where : Sakura restaurant in St Paul
Price: JASM Members $30, Non-members $35
Building Bridges
November was a month that
was such a golden time of
year when I lived in Japan.
Warm days and cool evenings produced colorful red
maple leaves on the trees, and
a sense of autumn serenity
even in crowded Tokyo. In
Japan, November is the time when Japanese culture and the
arts are celebrated with a national holiday, 文化祭. School
children produce art projects, including the poetic form of
Haiku, and recognition of culture and literature are recognized nationally by the Imperial family. It is a time to reflect
on the appreciation of the arts and the blessings of the nation.
This year has been a year of tragedy for Japan with the horrific events of the Great East Japan Eathquake and Tsunami.
At the same time, many volunteers in Japan and from overseas, are bringing hope and promise through humanitarian
activies for the people of Tohoku. Next week, on Nov. 9th,
Mr. Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief Executive Director of JETRO
(Japan External Trade Organization) Chicago will speak at
the JASM Corporate Roundtable on the topic, “Japan: Road
to Recovery – Challenges and Opportunities”. Everyone is
welcome to come to hear Mr. Shindo talk about the renewal
and rebuilding that is taking place in Northern Japan.
At the Mondale Award and Scholarship Gala, we were reminded of the signing of the Sister Society Agreement between the Akita America Japan Society and the Japan America Society of Minnesota that took place at this time last
year. We were pleased to be invited by the Society in Akita
to become a Sister Society. Fortunately, our friends in Akita
were unharmed by the earthquake and tsunami in March.
These relationships are part of the JASM mission.
We encourage collaboration with other organizations, such
as sister cities associations, to expand grassroots exchanges.
We want to encourage new people to become members of
JASM and to become involved in our activities as volunteers.
We are developing a new website that will carry the JASM
story in a new way, and to a new audience. I believe that
during these challenging economic times, we can build a
vibrant JASM organization that will expand cross-cultural
understanding, and serve as a community in which everyone
who has a connection to Japan is welcome. Thank you for
your commitment to JASM that enables your organization to
continue to serve in building bridges of understanding and
cooperation that benefit the U.S. – Japan community.
Ben van Lierop
Executive Director
Former Intern Tells it All!
"Where are we going
today?" I asked Mr. Hayashi, a
friend who sometimes invited
me along to see historical or
cultural places throughout
Chiba Prefecture.
"We're going to have
dinner with my friends, the
Sakaguchis," he replied.
At dinner, Mrs.
Sakaguchi hardly said anything, but Mr. Sakaguchi loved to
talk and had an interest in everything. During the next five
hours, our conversation ranged from anthropology to the
origins of the universe. Although we could have kept talking
for longer, it finally got too late to continue.
During the next year and a half, although I had
always intended to spend more time with the Sakaguchis, I
only saw them a few more times, and only once without an
invitation from Mr. Hayashi. I had fallen into that bad habit
of "I can do it anytime," and let the days slide by. One day I
heard that Mr. Sakaguchi was in the hospital, and wasn't well
enough to receive visitors. The next I heard, he had passed
away.
His death really spurred me on. It made me realize
how fast time was going by and how much I could have
done, but hadn't yet. I had wasted a lot of my time as a JET
huddling under my kotatsu watching J-dramas instead of
doing things. Suddenly, the time I had left until my contract
ended seemed incredibly short.
I called Mrs. Sakaguchi, who had, before then,
always seemed so quiet. We decided to have dinner one
night, and I got to know her better. It turned out that she was
just as interesting as Mr. Sakaguchi, but while his interests
had been on the natural sciences side, hers were in the arts.
She hand-painted New Years' cards, created notebooks
through traditional Japanese book-binding, and had learned
katazome stencil dyeing from National Treasure Serizawa
Keisuke.
I asked if I could learn some of those things from
her, and she said she'd be happy to start teaching me the next
time I came over. As I left that evening, we said a typical
farewell, with vague "Let's do this again soon"s. But then I
remembered my resolve to not let the time slip by.
"How about next Wednesday?" I asked.
My experiences with the Sakaguchis taught me
how important it is to seize the day. As my time on JET
wound down, I became determined to do everything I'd
always meant to do and I was so busy trying to fit everything
in that I rarely spent time at my apartment anymore. I
enjoyed Japan more than ever and made a lot of new friends
in the process as well. When it was time to leave Japan, I
still had a long list of things I wanted to do, but it was a lot
shorter than a few months before. Now that I'm back in
America with seemingly limitless time ahead of me, it's
tempting to fall into that old bad habit, but luckily, with all
the great JASM events, it's easy to seize the day and still
have a connection to Japan, even here in Minnesota.
-written by Erica Johnson, former JASM intern
Thank You!
The Mondale Award and Scholarship Gala on October 28th
was a wonderful success due to the hard work and contributions
of the following volunteers and JASM staff:
Award Committee Mirja Hanson, William Strang,
Evan Williams
Co-Chairs Ron Leonhardt, David Smith
Emcee Peter Bailey
Food Tomoko Drake
Invitation Sukanya Momsen, Kanna Sato
Ikebana Ikebana Sogetsu Group
Kimono Dressing Kayo Matsumoto, Keiko Martin,
Ayumi Malin, Tomoko Stabbings
Music Maria Jette, Asako Hirabayashi
Overall Coordination Ben van Lierop
Photography Nick Sakaimbo
Printing Slocum & Associates, Inc.
Program Micah Bly, Sukanya Momsen,
Bryan Roberts
Reservations Dick Stahl, Kanna Sato, Steve Kosta
Scholarship Committee David Smith, Yuko Heberlein,
Takuzo Ishida
Silent Auction David Fink, Barbara Whittington,
Laura Ullery
Table Decorations Keiko Martin, Hiroko Shade
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Obituaries 2/27/1999にThe Rev. Canon
Andrew Otani 1月3日死亡95歳とあるので.引退されたのは
約20年前の1992年初夏か？最後の礼拝記念に白いスーツ
にピンクのブラウス姿が見える.お願いして頂いたのはミ
ネソタ在住日本人の名簿Letter size を半折にした薄い小冊
に手書きの名前住所の数ページ覚えている教会出席者達
は殆ど亡くなられてしまい受け継いだ”Minnesota Japanese” の名簿は増加して只今743家族.カーボン紙に手書き
で30年間送り続けられた教会週報は私からのE-mailに変わ
り今462人の受信者が居ります
在米48年と70の手習いでしがみ附いている音信法が滅茶
苦茶なニホングリッシ(Nihonglish)ですみません.日本人会
の連絡と一般に興味のある記事を選ぶ心算です.
受信希望者は貴方の名前住所も入れてE-mailを下さい
何故ですかco.jpとかYahoo.comは届き難いようです又
「最近E-mailが来ない」方もう一度その旨E-mailで報せて
下さい貴方の「名案」“Good News”を歓迎致します.
良友は
良友は本の中に生きておりま
Make Dream come home.
Yoko Breckenridge GRI.CRS.CDPS.
952-431-9811
yoko@yoko4home.com
JA Culture - Sushi Making Event
Event: JA Culture
Date: Saturday November 19, 2011
Time: 11 - 1 PM (Lunch provided)
Place: St. Edwards Church, 9401 Nesbitt Avenue South,
Bloomington, MN, 55437
Cost: All sessions are sponsored by the Twin Cities JACL
Chapter and Medtronic and are free to participants
RSVP: Matt Farrells (612) 272-8772
Join the Japanese American Citizens League for a Sushi
Making Activity! There will be a brief introduction on the
history and types of sushi. Also, this will introduce students
to the tools and materials to make sushi. The overall goal
will be to make sushi rolls!
The Program Goal of this Project Community sponsored by
JACL is to empower high school youth to be involved in the
Japanese American community by developing a greater understanding about their sense of personal and community
identity.
The main audience for this event is middle and high school
students from all cultures.
Asobou Japanese Immersion’s
Kaiwa Kissa
THE MISSION
Asobou Japanese Immersion Club is
an organization that supports individuals learning and practicing Japanese by providing opportunities to
actively participate and develop
ownership of the language learning
experience, coupled with cultural aspects of Japanese. Everyone is welcome at AJI! From absolute beginner level to advanced speaker, we are waiting to meet you!
KAIWA KISSA
(会話喫茶)
In an effort to refocus our events
toward language learning, we decided to do a series of Japanese conversation-based events around coffee and delicious pastries.
UPCOMING DATES
November 11, 18 4:00 PM
Japan America Arts Forum
Event: Japan America Arts Forum
Date: Sunday November 20, 2011
Time: 2 - 4 PM
Place: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington
Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55415
Cost: JASM & MCBA Members
$5, Non-members $10
RSVP:
SheilaAsato@comcast.net or
call Sheila at 952-412-4786
Sumie and Haiku with Georgia Greeley
Sumie contains within it paradox; it is a traditional study that
is also a concentrated and energetic slice of now; it is a formal practice that holds within it the sudden, unexpected happenings of a brush stroke let loose on paper.
Come join us for a fun session in which Georgia will share
her work and then guide us through some easy sumi-e exercises to give us a taste of this wonderful medium. There will
be plenty of time to write some of your own haiku poetry and
then play with the brushes as we take the sumi ink to the
page.
About Georgia Greeley
Georgia is an artist and writer who lives and works in Saint
Paul. Her passion for combining words and images frequently shows up as fine press broadsides or handmade artist's books. Book Arts allows her do many things and hold
them in one vessel.
Upcoming Meeting Dates
December 18
Would You Like to Share Your Work?
If you would like to share your work at an upcoming meeting, please e-mail me at SheilaAsato@comcast.net or call
952-412-4786. Also, if you have another artist to recommend, please don't hesitate to let me know.
About the Japan America Arts Forum
This forum was started as a collaboration between Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) and
the Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM). We meet
one Sunday a month.
Imperial Mystery
– Traditional Japanese Shibori
Carol Gustavson, BFA
Exhibition: November 1-18, 2011
Public reception: Nov. 4th, 7-9
pm
Hutchinson Center for the Arts
28 Main Street N., Hutchinson,
MN 55350 Tel: (320) 5877278
www.hutchinsonarts.org
Mon-Thu 2-6 p, Fri 2-5 p,
Sat 11 a -1p
Traditional Japanese shibori artist
Carol Gustavson is internationally
acclaimed for her master-level
creations and exceptional repertoire. Come see an
unprecedented spectrum of shibori including complex, rare
techniques and historic Imperial patterns. Meet the artist
Nov. 4th, 7-9 p.
Get Ready for Give to the Max Day,
Wednesday, Nov.16!
What is happening on Wednesday, Nov. 16th? People all
over the state of Minnesota will have the opportunity to
make a donation online to a non-profit organization through
the Give Minnesota website.
Why make a donation through Give
MN? Your donation can be matched
by companies who have already committed money to match individual
donations. Over $1.5 million has
been committed already!
What will the money donated to JASM be used for? Our goal
is to raise $5,000.00 in donations for a new JASM website
that will cost $3,000.00. The rest of the money will be used
for J-Quiz 2012, and other community based programs such
as the Bon Odori Project. I hope you support us by giving to
JASM on November 16th!
For your online gift of any amount simply go to this link for
JASM: http://givemn.razoo.com. Then please search for the
“Japan America Society of MN”.
Thank you for your financial support of JASM,
11月のお楽しみ会
11月10日
Nihonjin-kai Pot Luck-日本人会においで下さい。
毎月第二月曜日お昼から持ち寄りの昼食会を行ってお
ります。ミネソタ在住の日本人との交流を楽しむこと
ができます。毎月第四日曜日一時からは、お菓子と飲
み物で素晴らしい名案を話し合いましょう。
場所4231 Bloomington Ave S. MPLS, MN 55407
(日本語図書館では、本、ビデオ、DVDの貸し出しは無
料です)
Please come along to the Nihonjin-kai Pot Luck!
We are having a pot luck party the 2nd Monday of every
month at noon. You can mix with Japanese people who are
living in Minnesota. Every 4th Sunday of the month, join
Nihonjin-kai for great discussion with snacks and beverages
beginning at 1p.m.
Location : 4231 Bloomington Ave S. MPLS, MN 55407
(Use of the Japanese Library is FREE and open to the public.)
To list Japan-related events in the Tsushin, email
information by the 15th of the month to:
jasm@us-japan.org
Corrections
Ben van Lierop
Executive Director
Japan-America Society Events
November
Wednesday, 9th — Corporate Roundtable
“Japan: Road to Recovery – Challenges and Opportunities”
by Mr.Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief Executive Director, JETRO
Chicago
-page 3
Please report any inaccuracies you find in this publication to jasm.interns@gmail.com. We are always striving
to provide our members with the best possible product
and your input is important to us!
Japan America Society of Minnesota
O Membership Application O Change of Address
O Tax-deductible Donation
_____________________________________________________
Name
Saturday, 12th — Career Day and Sushi Social
Macalester College in St. Paul from 1:00-4:15 pm ,
Sakura restaurant from 5:00-7:00pm
- page 4
Tuesday, 22nd — Kanna Club
Zen Box Izakaya on Washington Avenue
Door Open 5:30pm, Program 6:00-8:00 pm
_____________________________________________________
Name (2nd adult of a household membership)
_____________________________________________________
Address
-page 2
December
_____________________________________________________
City
State
ZIP
Bonenkai/忘年会 - place and date to be advised
Look for details soon !
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E-mail
Japanese Speaking Club
___________________________
Phone
The Japanese Speaking Club is an informal meeting place for
those wishing to practice Japanese. We encourage those just
beginning the language as well as native speakers to gather at
Espresso Royale Café in Downtown Minneapolis to meet
new people, discuss experiences in Japan, or simply to speak
Japanese. Come when you can, leave when you must.
Date/Time: Every Saturday, any time after 3:00 p.m.
Place: Espresso Royale Cafe
1229 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403
I would like to make an additional taxdeductable donation of
Individual Membership
Patron……………………$1,000+
Sustaining……………… $500+
Contributing……………. $100+
Individual ………………. $30
Student/Senior ………… $20
Household ……………... $50
(2 adults plus children under 18)
Amount Enclosed:____________
(Please make checks payable to JASM)
Japan America Society of Minnesota
43 Min Street SE Suite EH—131
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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