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2020年（令和2年）2月8日（土）JAPAN VOICECOOL JAPAN from New Yorkers’ Viewpoints“Nourishing Japan”
Craftmanship From

47 Prefectures of Japan
J-COLLABO, an NPO
approved in the State of New York thathas hosted Japanese cultural events andeducational programs since its establishment in 2008, launched a new program that supports Japanese localmunicipalities.
The program is part of “the47 J+B” plan J-COLLABO started inJune last year which exhibits and sells
local products and traditional craftsmanship of all 47 Japanese prefectureson their website (https://www.j-collabo.org/47-j-b) and at their New York
showrooms. Currently, about 200 local
products are on display.
While inbound tourism isbooming, it is financially difficult tomaintain a permanent brick and mortar
store to introduce local tourist attractions and traditional crafts abroad.
The program was developed
to break with the status quo and offer
local municipalities the opportunity torent ongoing booths at $1,000 a year in
the 47 J+B special showrooms of JCOLLABO based in Brooklyn. The
municipalities can use the space at will.
It also offers local governments the perk of using a larger spacedesignated for special exhibitions forthree weeks a year, all while introducing well-connected New Yorkers to theareas of interest.
This program is an opportunity to break through the current
inbound tourism trend that focuses only
on a few particular cities and revitalize
the unknown yet attractive regions byintroducing them from New York.
Please send an email to :Movie Premiere Covers Japanese School Lunch Kyushoku
February 20 at Museum of Food and Drink

Photo: Ryoichi Miuraat J-COLLABO

47jplusbarchive@gmail.com forfurther information.
(Rena Suno/Translated by HirokoMakabe)

Bridge Over
Harlem and Japan;
Tommy Tomita Dies at 80

Alexis Agliano Sanborn

Tommy Tomita, a longtime mediator between Harlemand Japanese culture, passed away
in a New York hospital on January
11. He was 80 years old. Tommy
participated in the 1972 Sapporo
Olympics luge competition. Later,
he became the owner of the jazzclub “Valentine” in the Roppongi
district of Tokyo, Japan.
He came to New Yorkin 1985, and he started the firstever “Harlem Tour” for Japanesevisitors. As a board member of theApollo Theater, the palace ofAfrican-American music, he introduced many Japanese musicians toAmateur Night at the theater. He
passed down all his work to his
partner Kimiko Matsuo five yearsago.
(Ryoichi Miura/Translated byKanta Hakamata)Embark on a delicious journeyfrom farmer’s field to school classroom that celebrates how one country
has re-imagined school lunch andfood education. At the heart ofJapan’s 2005 Food Education Law are
the incredible people whose daily
work nourishes the next generation’srelationship to food, the earth and one
another. Join documentary filmmakerAlexis Agliano Sanborn for the public
premiere of this film, in conversation
with Yoriko Okamoto and Susan
Miyagi McCormac of JapanCulture
NYC. Opening remarks will be given
by Jennifer L. Pomeranz, AssistantProfessor of Public Health Policy andManagement at NYU.
Reception with light food and beverages to follow.
Alexis Agliano Sanborn is anindependent researcher, food advocate, nature enthusiast and an award-

also maintains the website Food Education
International which monitors developmentsof food education from around the world.
Alexis previously served as NYC Program
Coordinator of the Wa-Shokuiku Project, anafter-school culinary exchange program
inspired and informed by the educational philosophy, flavors and foods of Japan. She
received her Bachelor’s degree in East AsianStudies and Japanese from UC Santa Barbara(2008), a Master's in Regional Studies of East
Asia from Harvard University (2013) and a
Masters of Public Administration from New
York University Wagner Graduate School ofPublic Service (2020). She lives inWashington Heights, New York City.

winning artist. With over twenty years’
experience studying Japanese culture,
she directed/produced Nourishing
Japan, a documentary short which
explores food education and theJapanese school lunch system. Alexis

Museum of Food & Drink:
NYC Public Premiere
Thursday, February 20, 2020
7:00 PM- 9:00 PM
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE:
General Admission $25
https://www.mofad.org/
events/2020/0220/nourishingjapan
Article courtesy of website
https://nourishingjapan.com/

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