April 2015 Newsletter
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Host a Young Ambassador from Sendai, Japan!

Southlake Hosts Tome StudentsExperience Japan this summer without leaving home! Highschool students from Sendai, Dallas's Friendship City, will visit
Dallas from August 3 - 10, 2015. JASDFW is now accepting
applications for host families. Preference will be given tofamilies with teenagers. Apply by April 10.

Young Ambassadors
Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner
25th Japan-America Grassroots Summit
Immersion and Exchange
DMA Japanese Art Exhbit
Mingei Pottery Presentation
FUNimation Meetup
The Last Unicorn ScreeningPhoto Gallery
JASDFW Calendar of Events

More Information

ApplyDirect questions toCori Hallock

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner
Monday, April 20, 2015, 6:30 pm
at the Four Seasons Resort and Club
More Information

Upcoming Events & Activities

Corporate Members

Honorary Hosts

Sun & Star
Legacy Award

Bridges-toFriendship Award

Ambassador & Mrs.
J. Thomas Schieffer

Yoshiyuki Kasai

Ann & Gabriel
Barbier-Mueller

Platinum | $5,000

Thank You to our Sponsors!
GOLDGold | $2,500

SILVER
Ernst & Young LLP
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
Gulf States Toyota, Inc.
Harwood International / The Samurai CollectionHaynes and Boone, LLP
KPMG LLP
McKinsey & Company
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation America, Inc.
Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc.
NEC Corporation of America
PwC
BRONZE
AonBaker Botts L.L.P.
Conversant Intellectual Property Management
Jones DayNTT Data, Inc.
Tata Consultancy Services
Texas Instruments
Texas Rangers Baseball Club
Tower Center for Political Studies
Sponsor Commitments as of March 27, 2015
Sponsorships are still available.

Welcome New Members!

To donate to the auction, please complete and return theauction contract to info@jasdfw.orgIndividual & Family

Call for Volunteers: Sun & Star Legacy Award DinnerMark Sipe
Melonie Rubio
William C. Duncan
Gerald Reihsen

JASDFW needs volunteers on April 20 to support the Sun &Star Legacy Award Dinner and Auction.

JASDFW Membership
Online registration is fast and easy.

Contact cori@jasdfw.org to volunteer!
Learn about the 25th Japan-America Grassroots Summit

Individual Membership
Hatamoto - $1,000
Samurai - $500
Tomodachi (Friend) - $100
Regular Individual/Family - $40
Student/Educator - $25
Join or renew online
C orporate Membership
Platinum - $5,000
Gold - $2,500
Silver - $1,000
Bronze - $500
Friend - $100
Join or renew online now!
Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent
allowable by law.

Join us to learn about this exciting opportunity to experiencea homestay, sightseeing, andcultural activities in Japan.
April 9 | 5:00 pm
SMU Campus

Thank you, Volunteers!
Mieko Akasaka
Rachel Heisel
Ai KohAustin Lockhart
Ryutaro Makino
Chiho Nagata
Sharon Rose

Fondren Science Building,Room 158
In the meantime, visit
the Summit website. Directquestions to cori@jasdfw.org.

Southlake Hosts Tome Students

Check out the Video!
In March, Southlake welcomed nine students
from Tome, its Sister City in Japan. This year thetwo cities celebrated the 10th anniversary of their More Immersion & Exchange Opportunities!
Sister City relationship and more than 20 years ofWant to be a part of something
student exchange. You can read more about theexciting this year? EF Exchange
visit here.
Year is looking for local host
Tomodachi Leadership Program: Deadline
families to host Japanese
April 10exchange students.
Contact Judy Wadsworth.
More Information
If you're looking for a chance to brush up on your Japanese,check out Keio Academy of New York's summer immersion
camp. More Information.
The 61st International Student Conference is a chance forstudents from all over the world in Japan to discuss important
issues. This year's event is August 20 to September 1.
More Information
Dallas Museum of Art: Between Action and the Unknown
The U.S.-Japan Council is seeking qualified
professionals from the State of Texas under 35
years of age who are active in the public andprivate sectors for the third year of theTOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program.
This is a unique bicultural exchange program
designed to motivate a new generation of leadersand creative thinkers who are interested in thefuture of U.S.-Japan relations. More Information.

From February 8 - July 19, the DMA
is showing decades of masterworks
by Kazuo Shirago and Sadamasa
Motonaga, leaders of the post-war
avant-garde movement Gutai. Take
advantage of this rare opportunity toview this important collection.
More Information
Japanese Mingei Presentation and Discussion

Discounted Hotel Stays Offered to JASDFWMembers!
If you are thinking about traveling to Japan in2015, these hotels are offering discounts for
JASDFW members on both standard and luxury
rooms. This opportunity is a benefit ofJASDFW's membership in the National
Association of Japan-America Societies.
Hotel New Otani Tokyo
Rates

Hotel Okura Tokyo
Rates

JASDFW Online

www.jasdfw.org

Known as the hand-crafted art ofordinary people, mingei brings
beauty into everyday life. On April
4, at 2:00 pm at the Crow
Collection, learn how to incorporate
mingei into your home. Paul
Draper, interior designer, Gary C.
Hatcher of Pine Mills Pottery,andB.J.
and Dub Riter of the University of Texas at Tyler expand on this
topic from two unique perspectives. Admission is free.
More Information
Register
FUNimation at the Movies! D-Frag
Get your anime fix at FUNimation's monthly
free anime screening at at the Alamo
Drafthouse in Richardson.
On April 10, see D-Frag, from the makersof Durara. As FUNimation would say, "youshould be watching!"

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Blast from the Past: The Last Unicorn Screening in FW!
Get excited for the chance to see The Last Unicorn, createdby Studio Ghibli's predecessor, on the big screen once again.
More Information.

Photo Gallery

At the Icebreaker Enkai, members and friends gathered at Mr. Sushi for food and funand saluted Chrystal for her hard work!

JASDFW Calendar of Events

April 20

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner at the Four Seasons

May 2

Plano AsiaFest

May 6

Eastfield Asian American Heritage Celebration

Early June

45th Annual Meeting

June 5 - 7

A-Kon 26

June 25

Sushi Social

August 3 - 10

Dallas-Sendai Young Ambassadors Exchange Program, Dallas
Hosting

September 19

2015 Sun & Star Golf Classic at Cowboys Golf Club

October 2-4

Plano Celebrates Japan: An Exchange of Japanese Arts & Culture

Upcoming Events & Activities
February 8 - July 19, 2015
Exhibit - Shiraga/Motonaga: Between Action and the UnknownHoffman Galleries, Dallas Museum of Art
MoreMarch 7 - April 11
Exhibit - Noriko and Ushio Shinohara: Cutie and the Boxer in Dallas
Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas
MoreMarch 29 - April 4
Youth Soccer Tournament: Generation Adidas Cup
Japanese Team: Sagan Tosu
Toyota Soccer Center, Frisco
More
March 29 - April 5
Youth Soccer Tournament: Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup
Japanese Teams:
Ryutsu-Keizai University FC U19 (under 19)
Maebashi Ikuei FC U17 (under 17)
Maebashi Ikuei FC U15 (under 15)
Various, Dallas
MoreApril 2 |9:00 pm
Screening: Kumiko, the Treasure HunterTexas Theater, Dallas
MoreApril 4 | 2:00 pm
Japanese Mingei Presentation and Discussion
Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas
Learn how to incorporate Japanese Mingei into your home.
MoreApril 6 | 7:00 pm
Screening: The Last Unicorn, Special Guest, Peter S. Beagle
Hulen Movie Tavern, Fort WorthMoreApril 9-19
9th Annual Dallas International Film Festival
Presented by Dallas Film Society
MoreApril 17-19, 2015
Nabeshima Cup & Texas Open Kendo Taikai

Dallas, TX
MoreApril 25 & 26
Spring Festival in the Japanese Garden
Fort Worth Botanical GardenMore