November 4, 2021

November Newsletter
JASDFW NEWSCORPORATE MEMBERS

PLATINUM | $5,000

JASDFW Advocate Runs for Dallas-Sendai
Awareness
Long-time Japan-America Society of Dallas Fort Worth(JASDFW) friend and volunteer David Ball recently ran his
15th consecutive Boston Marathon and, in the process,raised awareness for the Dallas-Sendai connection. ANorth Texas native, Ball’s mother is from the Japanesecity of Sendai, which became an International Friendship
City with Dallas in 1997. Read more about his story
through the link below.

Learn about David BallOur Popular Otsukimi Program Returns!
Saturday, November 20
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. CST
Cost: FREE
Please join us for the 2021 Otsukimi Moon Viewing
Festival, taking place in Frisco for only the second timeever and our first in-person Otsukimi celebration in twoyears. This will be the 22nd annual Otsukimi, which has
become one of North Texas’ largest Japanese culturalevents. Musical performances and haiku readings will help
us connect to Japan’s autumn traditions. Vendors will sell
Japanese festival food and collectibles. Themed art andcultural activities will be fun for the entire family.

Please contact madoka@jasdfw.org or visit the link
below if you would like to register to be a vendor. Allvendors must comply with health code regulations fromthe City of Frisco.
Vendor Registration

Please contact paul.pass@jasdfw.org or visit the link
below if you or your company are interested in event
sponsorship.
Sponsorship

Please contact info@jasdfw.org or visit the link below if
you want to volunteer.
Volunteer Sign-up​To learn more about Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival,click here.

2021 Bonenkai Forget-the-Year Party
Saturday, December 11
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. CST
Tickets: $45 for Members, $55 for General Admission
Close out 2021 with food, drink, and good company! Bidthe year farewell with your fellow members as wewelcome new friendships and opportunities on thehorizon.
This will be the first Bonenkai in our new office, which is abeautiful and spacious setting to celebrate the return ofour traditional end-of-year party.
We also plan to have a special whiskey and spirits tasting
session.
All attendees will be eligible to win fund door prizes! Therewill be a Special Silent Auction for guests wishing to win
items for their holiday shopping.
Register Here​To learn more about Bonenkai, click here.

[Online Event] Japanese Language Workshops
The Art of Desu: Thursday, December 2 and Tuesday,December 7
Learning Japanese through Media and Entertainment:Thursday, December 9 and Tuesday, December 14
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. CST
Cost: $55 members, $75 non-members ($95 members,$130 non-members for both workshops)
Join JASDFW for two exciting workshops. Both aredesigned for beginners and learners with someexperience to the Japanese language. Workshop#1 introduces a variety of expressions and sentencesusing the Japanese copula verb of "desu." The lesson
covers the basic sentence structure using adjectives,nouns, and “desu,” along with an introduction to the “wa”
and “ga” particles. Workshop #2 focuses on the listening
and speaking aspect of Japanese by learning throughmedia. Popular forms of entertainment that will we
discuss include movies, TV shows, commercials, andmusic. The course is designed to offer real-world
application of the Japanese language and how it is usedin platforms that are distributed around the world.
Register HereCOMMUNITY EVENTS & RESOURCESCORPORATE MEMBERS

GOLD | $2,500"See You There" - Book Launch
Saturday, November 6 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. CDTPollock Gallery
6116 N. Central Expressway, Suite 101
Dallas, TX 75206"See You There" is a full-color artbook by contemporary
Japanese-American visual artist Nishiki SugawaraBeda, surveying her artwork from 2012 - 2020 inpainting and installation. Drawing upon her Japaneseheritage, Sugawara-Beda explores themes related toculture, language, and spirituality. The book features
texts by writer Samantha Burns and art historian Dr.
Robert E. Gordon, in both English and Japanese.
​The FREE book launch on November 6 will include
ikebana activities led by Motoko Ishihara, a prizedrawing, and a conversation with the Crow Museum's
Jacqueline Chao.
Learn More

[Online Event] SMU Tower Center Sun & StarJapan's Geoeconomic Strategy
Thursday, November 11
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. CST
Cost: FREE
Speaker: Mireya Solís
Brookings Institution Director of the Center for
East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair inJapan Studies, and a Senior Fellow in the Foreign
Policy Program
Solís is an expert on Japanese foreign economic policy,U.S.-Japan relations, international trade policy, andAsia-Pacific economic integration. She is the author of"Banking on Multinationals: Public Credit and the Exportof Japanese Sunset Industries" (Stanford UniversityPress, 2004) and co-editor of "Cross-Regional Trade
Agreements: Understanding Permeated Regionalism inEast Asia" (Springer, 2008) and "CompetitiveRegionalism: FTA Diffusion in the Pacific Rim" (PalgraveMacmillan, 2009). Her most recent book, “Dilemmas ofa Trading Nation: Japan and the United States in theEvolving Asia-Pacific Order” (Brookings Press, 2017),
offers a novel analysis of the complex tradeoffs Japanand the United States face in drafting trade policy thatreconciles the goals of economic competitiveness,social legitimacy, and political viability. “Dilemmas of aTrading Nation” received the 2018 Masayoshi Ohira
Memorial Award.
Register Here

Fort Worth Japanese Society Fall Festival
Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14
9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST both days
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Join the Fort Worth Japanese Society for its featureautumn event. Enjoy traditional Japanese dance, taiko
drummers, martial arts, sword demonstrations, raku
pottery, food trucks, and more. Event admission isincluded with entry into the Botanic Garden.
Prices: Adults $12.00, Seniors (65+) $10.00, Children(6-15) $6.00, Children 5 and under Free. Fort WorthBotanic Garden (FWBG) and Botanical ResearchInstitute of Texas (BRIT) members receive free entry
during the Fall Festival.
Register Here

​Ikebana International Dallas Chapter 13
Meeting
Thursday, November 18
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. CSTHyatt Place - 3100 North Dallas Pkwy, Plano TX75093
Admission included with membershipVisitors able to join for two free meetings
Join Ikebana International Dallas Chapter 13 for its
November annual meeting. Lucia Jentz, Jonin Sanyo
Sogetsu teacher, will instruct the audience about tablearrangements using two or more containers. Regular
Membership is $80, Friend Membership is $25, andDual Membership is $20. Contact
ikebanadallas@gmail.com for more information.
Learn MoreStudio Ghibli Fest 2021
Now - Sunday, December 9For Tickets and Prices, check you local showtimes.
For decades Studio Ghibli has created breathtakingly
beautiful movies that have captivated and inspiredaudiences for generations through masterful storytellingand stunning visuals. Join GKIDS and Fathom Events
for the annual Studio Ghibli Fest to experience thewonder of these groundbreaking, beloved animatedfilms.
The studio has produced some of the world’s mostbeloved films, including Ponyo, Kiki’s Delivery Service,
Princess Mononoke, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,
Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and Whisper of the Heart.
Most of these films have won various international
awards, such as the Academy Awards, due to theirclassic animation techniques and storytelling.
Studio Ghibli Fest 2021 returns with four of its mostnoteworthy and impactful films – Spirited Away, Howl’sMoving Castle, Castle In The Sky, and My Neighbor
Totoro. Tickets are ON SALE NOW.
Learn More

Gallery - Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner 2021

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UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 6 | See You There book launch
November 11 |[Online Event] SMU Tower Center Sun & Star- Japan's Geoeconomic Strategy
November 13-14 | Fort Worth Japanese Society FallFestivalNovember 18 | Ikebana International Dallas Chapter 13Meeting
November 20 | 2021 Otsukimi Moon Viewing FestivalDecember 2 and 7 | [Online Event] Japanese Language
Workshop - The Art of Desu
December 3-5 | Anime Frontier
December 9 and 14 | [Online Event] Japanese Language
Workshop - Japanese Language through Media andEntertainment
December 11 | Bonenkai Forget-the-Year Party

ONGOING:Now - December 31 | Crow Museum of Art: Born of Fire Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists
Now - December 31 | Samurai Collection: Iron Men: TheArtistry of Iron in Samurai Armor
Now - December 9 | Studio Ghibli Fest469-573-6880 | info@jasdfw.org | www.jasdfw.org​​​​