December 2017 Newsletter
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Mochitsuki New Year's Celebration
Sunday, January 14, 2018 | 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. (map)
Adults: Members $5 | Public $10
Children (6-12): $3
Free for children 5 and under
Learn More | Register
Celebrate the Year of the Dog with Japanese music, food, and fun!
Try your hand at calligraphy, origami, and traditional Japanese New
Year's games. See a traditional mochitsuki (rice pounding)demonstration and sample fresh homemade mochi. Enjoy
Japanese drumming, folk dance, and koto music.
Volunteers Needed!

Sponsored byGold | $2,500

Welcome New Staff Members!

Welcome, New Members!
Regular Individual/Family
Joel Archer
Michael Boyter
Jamie Green
Chihoko Noma
Educator
Nami Kato Kroska

Madoka Leonetti joins the staff

Adam Stein joins the staff as theas the Programs & Events

Marketing & MembershipManager. A native of Nagoya,Manager. Adam has an

Japan, Madoka worked inundergraduate degree inAustralia for six years as theadvertising and a master's degree

marketing coordinator for anin TESOL (Teaching English toevent management company.

Speakers of Other Languages).

Prior to moving to Dallas,

He has lived and worked in

Madoka worked for a relocation

Japan and spent the past sevenfirm in Nagoya, providing

years teaching English toservices to the expat community.

international students at UT
Arlington.

Mark Your Calendar: Japan Update 2018

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University of North Texas

U.S.-Japan Relations:
One Year into the Trump Administration
Tuesday, February 27 | 12:00 - 3:30 PMFeaturing Dr. Toshihiro Nakayama of Keio University
Additional speakers and venue to be announced
Learn More
Congratulations Sendai Runners!
To honor the 20th anniversary of
the Dallas-Sendai friendshipcity relationship, the City ofSendai sent two runners tocompete in the BMW Dallas
Half Marathon. Chikage Aokiand Shota Akaotsu, students atTohoku University, made theirhometown proud! Out of 6500
participants, Ms. Chikage was
the 27th female to cross thefinish line, and Mr. Akaotsu was the 18th overall finisher of therace. Way to go!
JAL Foundation World Children's Haiku Contest

Lecturer in Japanese

Deadline: January 15, 2018

Details
The JAL Foundation presents the15th World Children's Haiku
Contest. This year's theme is"Living Things." Applicants must
submit their original English haiku
poem and accompanying artwork
by January 15, 2018; winning haiku
will be collected in next year's Haiku by World Childrenanthology. The contest is open to children age 15 and under.
Supported by the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth.
Learn MoreInvisible Cities: Moving Images from Asia
Through December 17
Dallas Contemporary (map) | Crow Collection of Asian Art (map)Invisible Cities brings installations and screenings to Dallas from morethan twenty-five artists from all over Asia. One such work is NonBurnable by Tokyo-based artist collective Chim^Pom, which is madeprimarily from paper cranes provided by the city of Hiroshima.
Dallas Contemporary Exhibitions | Crow Collection Exhibitions
Styled with Poise: Figures in Japanese Paintings and Prints
Through January 7, 2018
Crow Collection of Asian Art (map)This exhibition, exploring figural representation in Japanese art during the Edo period(1603-1868), features a variety of paintings and woodblock prints from the Minneapolis
Institute of Art and private collections in Boston and Dallas. Presented by the ORIX
Americas Miyauchi Charitable Foundation. More

Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony
Through January 7, 2018
Nasher Sculpture Center (map)Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony is a distinctive reworking of the traditional
Japanese tea ceremony. In the Nasher's indoor galleries, Sachs has createda tea house and garden from commonplace materials available through art
supply stores and hardware catalogs. On November 18-19 and December
9-10, visitors can register to participate in a tea ceremony and tour. MoreYayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

Through February 25, 2018 | $16
Dallas Museum of ArtPhoto(map)Gallery
Bonenkai Forget-the-Year Party | December 10 | Gallery
This new installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is the only Infinity Mirror
Room of its kind in a North American collection. The exhibition focuses thereflective chamber on collection of yellow acrylic gourds covered in black polka
dots, a hallmark of Kusama's work. More

Japan-Texas Business Forum | November 16

Upcoming Events and Activities
July 8 - Jan. 7, 2018

Styled with Poise: Figures in Japanese Paintings and Prints

Sep. 16 - Jan. 7, 2018 Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony
Sep. 29 - Dec. 17

Invisible Cities: Moving Images from Asia

Oct. 1 - Feb. 25, 2018 Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins
Jan. 14, 2018

Mochitsuki New Year's Celebration

Jan. 15, 2018

JAL Foundation World Children's Haiku Contest (Submission Deadline)

Feb. 27, 2018

Japan Update Symposium

WeeklyDallas Japanese Language and Culture Meetup (Meetup.com)

WeeklyDallas Japanese and English Language Exchange (Meetup.com)