September 5, 2019

September Newsletter
JASDFW NEWSCORPORATE M EM BERSPLATINUM | $5,000

Otsukimi Moon-Viewing Festival 2019
Saturday, September 14 | 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Frisco Square (M ap)
Celebrate the Autumn moon with us at our largest
outdoor festival of the year, this time in scenic Frisco
Square in North Texas! This year's Otsukimi will feature avery special traditional Japanese Koto performance byrenowned performer Masayo Ishigure! Other activities
include a haiku contest, Japanese and Asian vendors,origami, and more!
You can learn more about Otsukimi by clicking
here.

The 6th Annual Sun & Star Golf Classic

Saturday, October 26
8:00 am Shotgun Start
Cowboys Golf Club, Grapevine TX (M ap)
A day of golf, networking, and U.S.-Japan friendship! The
6th Annual Sun & Star Golf Classic is your opportunity toenjoy a scramble-format tournament, connect withJapanese and American executives, and support
JASDFW’s ongoing business, cultural, and educational
programs.
Sponsorship packages and tickets are now
available for purchase! You can learn more about
tickets and sponsorship opportunities online byclicking here.

Trumpet Concertwith KanaMadarame
Friday, October 18
6:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Kawai Piano Gallery (M ap)
M embers: $25
General Public: $35
Renowned Japanese
Trumpet musician, Kana Madarame, is coming to Dallas
for an exclusive performance. As the star of Project
KANA ~harmonize with infinity~, Kana seeks to bridge
cultural gaps through synthesizing traditional Japaneseculture with western music. A special reception withappetizers and drinks will be held at 6:00 pm and theperformance will begin shortly after 7:00 pm.
You can learn more and register online by clicking
here.

A Thank-You to our Sendai Young
Ambassadors Host Families!
Recently, the 2019 Sendai Young Ambassadors arrived
in Dallas for an intensive cultural immersion program
where they participated in a homestay with a U.S. family,
visited multinational corporations like Toyota North
America, and even saw a Texas Rangers game.

“This program was a rare opportunity for me to be able
to change myself.” - Yuha Chiba (17)“Participating in the Young Ambassadors program
expanded my horizons about the greater world beyondJapan.” - Ken Yoshida (15)For the students, they had the courage to take their firststeps in creating lasting relationships between the U.S.
and Japan. They are also now a link in the unbreakablebond between the people of the DFW Metroplex andSendai in the Tohoku region. For the host families, theygraciously opened both their homes and hearts to ourvisitors from Japan and we will always remember theirkindness in support of people-to-people relations.
JASDFW would like to express our sincere gratitude to
the host families and students who participated in the2019 Dallas-Sendai Young Ambassadors Program.

Meet Ryan!
JASDFW Is growing as anorganization, and that
includes our team. RyanJames Barr has recently
joined as the society's firstever Programs andDevelopment Coordinator.
Ryan has been interested inJapanese since the 5th
grade and studied Japanese throughout high school.
With fundraising experience from political campaigning,
museums, and nonprofits like the Boy Scouts of America,
Ryan is happy to have his background in Japaneseculture and his experience merge.
Welcome aboard Ryan!

COMMUNITY EVENTSCORPORATE M EM BERSGOLD | $2,500

Help (Not) Wanted:Immigration Politics inJapanM onday, September 9 | 4:00
pm - 5:30 pm
Carr Collins Hall, Room 227,3300 University Blvd, Dallas,
TX 75205 (M ap)
Presented in partnership withthe SMU John G. Tower Center
for Political Studies, this lecture
looks at why has Japan’s
immigration policy remained so restrictive, especially inlight of economic, demographic, and international
political forces that are pushing Japan to admit more
immigrants? Michael Strausz will answer this questionby drawing on insights from nearly two years ofintensive field research in Japan. Ultimately, he will

argue that Japan’s immigration policy has remained
restrictive for two reasons.
You can RSVP online by emailing Bora Laci attower@smu.edu.

DJA: Akimatsuri Fall
FestivalSunday, September 22
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Dallas JapaneseAssociation (M ap)
4101 M cEwen Rd.
Dallas, TX 75224
FREE ADM ISSION
The Dallas Japanese
Association's Fall Festival isback again! Come and enjoy
Japanese food, cultural performances, and games as
the Japanese community of Dallas comes together for
their biggest festival yet. Be sure to stop by the JapanAmerica Society of Dallas/Fort Worth's table and sayhello to our team and try your hand at the art oforigami!
For more information online, please click here

Fort Worth BotanicalGarden: Japanese
Fall Festival
Saturday & Sunday,
November 23 - 24 |4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Fort Worth Japanese
Garden (M ap)
Enjoy traditional Japanese dance, music, martial arts,
demonstrations, and more at the beautiful Japanese
Garden at Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Presented byFort Worth Japanese Society.
More information is coming soon. You can checkback here on the Fort Worth Botanic Garden's
website for more information.

Job Posting:(Part-Time)InternationalCareer CoachREA, an international
industry leader in careertransition and acclimation islooking for a Part-TimeInternational Career
Coach, fluent in Japanese to join their team. Foundedin 1981, REA introduced to the concept of spousal
assistance to relocation and were the first to delivervirtual career transition services. This position isseeking someone with over two years of individualcareer transition coaching, assessment, anddeveloping experience.
To learn more about this opportunity and to learn how
to apply, you can click here.

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UPCOMING:
September 6 | Autumn Moon Festival - Asian Real Estate
Association of America (AREAA)
September 9 | Tower Center - Help (Not) Wanted:Immigration Politics in Japan
September 13 | Mid-Autumn Festival - Asia Times Square
September 14 | Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival
September 14 - January 19, 2020 | Asia Society Houston:
Tsuruya Kōkei: Modern Kabuki Prints Revised & Revisited
September 22 | Akimatsuri Japanese Fall Festival
September 29 - 30 | Ghibli Fest 2019 - The Secret World ofArrietty
October 18 | Trumpet Recital by Kana Madarame
October 26 | The 6th Annual Sun & Star Golf Classic
October 27 - 31 | 18th Ikebana International North andCentral American Regional Conference
November 3 - 15 | WAC Houston Travel to Japan
November 23 - 24 | Fort Worth Botanical Garden - Fall
FestivalONGOING:Now - November 10, 2019 | Dallas Museum of Art: The FiftyThree Stations of the Tōkaidō
Now - January 5, 2020 | Crow Museum of Asian Art: Hands
and Earth - Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

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