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Faces at the Cultural Center Robert Thompson, Ganbaru Intern Masaru Tahara, JCCCW Board Member JCCCW News Hosekibako (Resale Shop) to Open October 13th Renovation Updates Mailboxes for Rent Save the Date - March 9, 2012 Tomodachi Luncheon JCCCW Activities October 15th - It's Sushi at the Museum! Japanese Language School Adult Classes Start October 25th Save the Date for Yuji's Omusubi - Nov. 5th Unsettled ~ Resettled: Seattle’s Hunt Hotel Ways to get Involved & Support JCCCW Become a Yoisho! Volunteer Donate Your Used Vehicle Community Events and News NVCF Social Dance Lessons & Practice The Way of Tea Making Home from War Book Reading Meito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy Association Seattle YMCA Growing Global Connections Celebration Going Green, Going Global From Fields to Family Hawaii-Past, Present & Future Emi Meyer Kizuna Concert Haruo Shriane: Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons Signs of Home, The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita The Tale of Genji and Japanese Culture Japanese Queen Scholarship Organization of WA Annual Queen's Tea What's My Name? World Tour 2011 Miyavi The Japan Disasters: New Lessons, New Opportunities The Arts of Genji | |
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Faces at the Cultural Center Robert Thompson 
There’s been more creativity at the Cultural Center! Robert Thompson, a Ganbaru intern, has been creating designs for JCCCW’s marketing materials. His most recent project has gone to press! It’s the promo card to advertise Hosekibako (Jewelbox) Resale Shop scheduled to open on Thursday, October 13th at 10 am. Robert’s education from Seattle University brings a wealth of knowledge for the benefit of the community and the Cultural Center. He is working towards a double major in Interdisciplinary Arts (digital design emphasis) and Asian Studies. His academic knowledge was further enhanced by his study abroad at the Sophia University in Tokyo. This past spring, Robert was an assistant teacher at the Japanese Language School. When Robert’s not busy studying (or sleeping!) he helps out with Seattle University’s Japanese Student Association and enjoys designing t-shirts and posters, drawing, playing the guitar and video games. We’ve appreciated Robert spending time and sharing his talents at the Cultural Center. Masaru Tahara, Board Member 
Masaru Tahara has been an active Seattle Japanese Language School Board Member since 1980. He has served continuously in various capacities such as treasurer, secretary, vice president and when the Japanese Language School had its centennial celebrations in 2002, Masaru held the position of president. As of 2011, Masaru has been serving as an Expert School Director and represents the Seattle Japanese Language School Council on the JCCCW Board. Masaru’s two children both attended the Japanese Language School. He dreams that many other children and adults will have the opportunity to learn Japanese at JCCCW’s Premier Program for he knows that learning languages helps to build community between people and supports the exchange of culture and heritage. As Masaru shared, “People have worked together to make sure there are more eagles, an endangered species, flying in the skies of Washington. My dream is that we will work together to provide more opportunities to increase the number of people who can speak Japanese in Washington state so that the language does not become extinct.” | |
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JCCCW News Hosekibako (Resale Shop) to Open Thursday, October 13th! 
Thanks to the great works of volunteer manager, Cathy, Ganbaru interns and Yoisho! volunteers, JCCCW will be opening the doors to a resale shop located at 511 - 16th Avenue South (in the main office building). The store has been filling up with Japanese art, antiques and collectibles donated from generous members of the community. If you love the treasure hunt experience of shopping at thrift stores, garage sales and antique shops – Hosekibako is for you! Here are 3 Ways to Get Involved with Hosekibako! If you would like to donate to the store or volunteer, call Leela Bilow, Development Associate, at 206-568-7114 or leelab@jcccw.org Renovation Updates! 
Here's an update on JCCCW's renovations from Joann Ware of Interim Community Development Association. Marpac has mobilized on site and construction is underway! You may have noticed some new partition walls inside the building. These are in place to keep people out of the construction zone while also minimizing dust from spreading to occupied spaces. During the next few weeks, Marpac will be selectively demolishing elements on site, such as removing floor tiles from the first floor of Building 1, and removing the cracked walkway at the South entry. Please continue to use the entrances along the alley to enter Building 1 and Building 2. Thank you to the tenants and community for their patience during this exciting time of renovation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Bif Brigman at 206-568-7114 or bif@jcccw.org Mailboxes for Rent
Inside the main office at the Cultural Center, we have a limited offering of mail boxes for rent. Would you like to keep your organization's and household mail separate? You can, for only $100.00 per year.
Simply send an e-mail to admin@jcccw.org or stop by the office!
Last year, the annual Tomodachi Luncheon attracted almost 300 people and this year we're expecting more! Save the date to be at the Westin Seattle. Registration will be at 11:30 am and the event will be from noon-1:30 pm. Help us honor this year's Tomodachi Luncheon awardee who may be an individual or group which promotes and celebrates Japanese and Japanese American culture and heritage, and works to strengthen cultural ties between the U.S. and Japan. Plus, we're planning to surprise you with a few auction items while you visit with friends! Mark your calendars for Friday, March 9, 2012.
If you would like to attend or sponsor this event, please email leelab@jcccw.org
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JCCCW Activities
You’re Invited to the NW Nikkei Museum’s Sushi Sampling – Oct. 15th The Northwest Nikkei Museum invites the public to an afternoon of sushi demonstrations, samplings and insight into the Japanese food trends from past to present. In conjunction with the current exhibit, Itadakimasu!, this event connects the Japanese cuisine served in the Seattle restaurants featured in this historical exhibit with the modern taste for sushi. Demonstrations and tastes provided by Takeyuki “Tak” Suetsugu of Bistro Satsuma in Gig Harbor and Lynn Miyauchi in Seattle. We extend a big thank you to the Hyogo Business & Cultural Center who is generously hosting this event! Japanese Language School Adult Classes Start Oct. 25th
Saturday classes for youth are underway, but a new class for adults will be starting on Tuesday, October 25th. All adult classes are 8 week sessions, meeting one day a week for two hours; from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Class levels range from Beginner I to Intermediate.
For more information.
Or contact us at jls@jcccw.org or 206-323-0250.
And here’s a great way to practice those newly learned Japanese language skills! Every Thursday from 6:30-8:30 pm the Japanese Conversation Club meets at the center. For more information call 206-568-7114 or e-mail admin@jcccw.org
Hyogo Business & Cultural Center and JCCCW are planning Yuji's Omusubi 6 for Saturday, November 5th at Seattle University's International Student Center. This popular gathering has provided opportunities for socialization between Japanese and Japanese American young adults. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for details.
You may be the key…to unlocking a wealth of knowledge about the more than 100 men, women and children who lived in the Japanese Language School buildings following their incarceration during World War II. With your help, we can create an accurate listing of the residents and establish a physical acknowledgement at the Cultural Center displaying the name of each resident. What historical truths will we discover together that will expand the history of the Seattle Japanese community? Your personal connection to these individuals whose address was 1414 South Weller, Seattle, Washington (the current site of JCCCW) for a mere few months to an amazing stretch of time of 14 years may open the doors to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the lives of these individuals. What can you share about their joys, hardships and life experiences? What lessons can they teach us that will possibly make a better Seattle community? A better nation? A better world? Where did they work? Go to school? What were their favorite social activities? Their hopes? Their dreams? Help us by…identifying the exact family members who resettled at the Hunt Hotel which has also been known as the Hunt Hostel and the Tip School. Perhaps you know a different name of their temporary residence? Is there a box of photos tucked in your attic which may hold pictures of these individuals? Do you have their baby pictures? A wedding snapshot? We are interested in learning more about the entire span of these individuals’ lives. You can help participate in JCCCW’s project by making an appointment by emailing Bif Brigman at bif@jcccw.org or by calling 206-568-7114 M-F 9 am- 5pm. Or if you would prefer, we can email you a file that we have researched containing a list of the Hunt Hotel residents so that you may help us fill in any missing names and information. This is a community project and its success depends upon your participation. Help us expand a chapter of history and help us honor these individuals. Their lives deserve our time and dedication. Thank you for caring and for taking the time to support JCCCW in its efforts to preserve and share history and culture. We look forward to hearing from you and to compiling and sharing our findings with the community.
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Ways to get Involved & Support JCCCW
Join us! The goal of the program is to foster volunteerism and leadership in the community by directly involving community members in the Cultural Center. Volunteers contribute their time and talents to support the programs, projects and events at the Center.
If you are interested in signing up or would like more information, please email leelab@jcccw.org
Wondering what to do with that old vehicle? Through Volunteers of America of Western Washington, JCCCW accepts vehicle donations. Your gift allows JCCCW to receive 50% of the net proceeds. Volunteers of America accepts cars, trucks, boats and RV's and will make the arrangements to pick up the vehicle. Contact Leela Bilow at 206-568-7114 or email leelab@jcccw.org.
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Community Events and News Connect with community members! For event details, please visit our website's Community Calendar! Through December 2nd - NVCF Social Dance Lessons & Practice
Lessons started in September and will continue through December - (Next classes are October 7th & 21st) NVCF will be sponsoring East Coast Swing lessons, a line dance lesson and a practice session. Lessons: 6:30-8:00 pm and Practice: 6:30-10:00 pm at 1212 South King Street, Seattle, WA 98122. Lesson $10/person and practice $5/person.
Cast Metal Sculpture and Steel Canvases by Miya Ando. Artist reception October 6th, 5-8 pm; artist talk at 3 pm; Arts Crush Events October 6th-8th at 512 First Ave. S., Seattle at art x change.
The Pacific Northwest Book Tour reading by Japanese Americans who lived in Tacoma, Portland and parts of California prior to WWII. Hear their stories about post-war resettlement and reflect upon the experience of returning home. October 7th, 7:30 pm at Blaine United Methodist Church; Oct. 8th, 5:00 pm at Elliott Bay Book Company; Oct. 9, 2:00 pm at Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center.
October 8-10th Exhibition of Japanese Calligraphy at the Olympic Room at the Seattle Center. This free event will display the works of 160 members of the Redmond based Meito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy Association. Featuring Master Calligrapher Yoshiyasu Fujii's demonstration at 2 pm on October 8th.
5-7:30 pm at Seattle YMCA - Celebration of global community! The people who make it possible for youth and volunteers to connect, serve and learn about the world through service learning programs to Japan, South Korea, Senegal, Colombia, Thailand and Vietnam.)
A series of programs featuring case studies and presentations by local entrepreneurs who have founded innovative green technology companies of interest to Japan, kicks off with Modumetal and its president, co-founder and CEO, Christina Lomasney. 4:30 registration; 4:30-5:30 program; 5:30-6:30 social hour -- at the Trade Development Alliance Meeting Room; Cost $25
October 13th 6-8 pm at the Wing Luke Museum. Special exhibit to celebrate cultural traditions, cooking techniques and mouth-watering stories. 5:30 pm VIP reception for Leadership Circle and Gallery Supporters. 6-7 pm Special preview for Museum Members and invited guests. RSVP to lshaiken@wingluke.org or 206-623-5124 x 107. 7-8 pm Open to the public - free admission with no RSVP required.
3 pm at Meydenbauer Theater in Bellevue. A magical Hula performance to help start Kamakana'akealoha (Gift of Love) Foundation to offer academic help to challeged and underprivileged teens.
6 pm Charity concert to remind people about the Tsunami and that support is still needed. Columbia Tower, 76th floor. Tickets $40 at site. Benefitting nonprofit organizations such as Peace Winds America and JEN.
Friday, October 21st from 3:30-5:00 pm at the UW, SAV 130, Seattle campus. Featuring Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture in the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, New York City. His latest book is Envisioning The Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production, and most recently has written a manuscript on the role of nature in Japanese literature and culture called Culture of the Four Seasons: nature in the Poetry and Art of Japan. For more information call 206-685-9997 or contact japan@uw.edu
Saturday, October 22nd at 2 pm author Barbara Johns will discuss her book Signs of Home/The Paintings and Wartime Diary of Kamekichi Tokita, featuring the art of Kamekichi Tokita at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The Tokita Family resettled first at the Japanese Language School (home of Nikkei Heritage Association) along with 30 other displaced families after leaving Minidoka Resettlement Camp and later lived in the New Lucky Hotel in the International District. Kamekichi and Haruko operated the Cadillac Hotel in Pioneer Square before World War II.
Professor Haruo Shirane, Columbia University, introduces the work by Lady Murasaki Shikibu that is likely the world's earliest novel. At the Seattle Asian Art Museum. 9:30-11 am
From 1-3 pm at the Nisei Vets Hall. This event is open to 18-24 yrs. old, at least a 1/4 Nikkei, enrolled in college and who would like to meet the current Court and learn more about their commitments and activities. Parents are welcome to attend.
Monday, October 24th at 7:00 pm
Miyavi performing at Showbox at the Market.
For more information.
Wednesday, October 26th (Registration: 5:30-6:00 pm; Program: 6:00-7:30 pm; and Reception: 7:30-8:30 pm) The Japan Business Association of Seattle and the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington, in cooperation with the Foster School of Business and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, are pleased to announce this roundtable discussion. This event brings together speakers from Japanese and American companies for a discussion about the impacts to business and trade by the March 2011 Tohoku disasters. At the Shansby Auditorium, Paccar Hall, University of Washington. Parking $5 on campus after 5 pm.
Professor Melissa McCormick, Harvard University, at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. 9:30-11 am
We are here to serve the needs of the community. Want to get involved? Your participation is welcome! Contact us at (206) 568-7114 or by email at admin@jcccw.org.
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