April 2018 Newsletter
Corporate Members

Platinum | $5,000

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner 2018
Thursday, May 10
6:00 - 9:30 PMOmni Frisco Hotel (map)
Register Now
We will honor outstanding
supporters of the U.S.-Japan
relationship.
Sun & Star Legacy Award
The Honorable Hideaki Ohmura
Governor, Aichi Prefecture
Bridges-to-Friendship Award
Shinsuke Takahashi
Chairman of the Board and Headof Government Relations, NEC Corporation of America
Honorary Host:
Tetsuo Ogawa
Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Donate an Auction Item to the Award Dinner!
Every year, the silent auction at the Sun & Star Legacy Award
Dinner includes airline tickets, hotel packages, restaurant giftcards, sports tickets, and Japanese artifacts.

Auction proceeds support cultural, educational, and businessprograms that strengthen ties between Japanese and Americans
in the DFW community.
We are also seeking items with a Japan or Texas theme. If you
are able to contribute ($50 minimum value), please contact
Madoka Leonetti at madoka@jasdfw.org | Donation Form
World Premiere from Japanese Choreographer

Gold | $2,500

DBDT: Encore!
April 6 - 7 | 7:30 PM
Moody Performance Hall (map)
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre
presents Takehiro Ueyama's In
the Sea of Heaven, created as
an ode to the victims of the 2011
tsunami and the recent 2017
hurricanes. This will be a
powerful performance featuring
Encore! dancers exploringa variety of global cultural aesthetics. Tickets
Tao: Drum Heart at AT&T Performing Arts Center

Welcome, New Members!
Regular Individual/Family
Jessica Dean
Angela Tsutsui Myers-Rackleff
Chandra Usry
Corporate
The City of Plano
Taiyo America, Inc.

JASDFW Membership
Join or renew online now!
Individual Membership
Hatamoto - $1,000
Samurai - $500
Tomodachi (Friend) - $100
Regular Individual/Family - $40
Student/Educator - $25

Sunday, April 15 | 7:30 PM
AT&T Performing Arts Center's Strauss Square (map)Special ticket discount for JASDFW
The world-renowned Japanese percussion group TAO will delivera modern, high-energy performance showcasing the ancient artof Japanese drumming that has transfixed audiences worldwide.
Tao: Drum Heart combines highly physical, large-scale
drumming with contemporary costumes. As a community
partner of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, JASDFW is able tooffer discounted lawn seats at $20 using the code HEART.
Tickets
Japanese Spring Food Festival in Deep Ellum
Sunday, April 22 | 5:00 - 9:00 PMNiwa Japanese BBQ (map)Come experience a Japanese spring
festival (Haru Matsuri) and try yakitori
skewers, sushi, and ramen as you
enjoy a taiko drum performance byDallas Kiyari Daiko. Ticket Info

Corporate Membership
Platinum - $5,000
Gold - $2,500
Silver - $1,000
Bronze - $500
Friend - $100
Contributions are tax-deductible to theFort Worth Japanese Garden Spring Festival

full extent allow able by law .

JASDFW Online

www.jasdfw.org

Saturday, April 28 Sunday, April 29Fort Worth Japanese Gardenmap | details
The annual event will feature
traditional Japanese musicalperformances, children's
activities, handicrafts, and a food court. The Fort WorthJapanese Society is also looking for volunteers for the festival.
Study Abroad Opportunity

JASDFW Job Bank
University of North Texas
Lecturer in JapaneseDetails
2nd Annual IP Strategy
Conference in Kyoto

Ojiya Study Abroad
The program is for individuals
who are interested in studying
the Japanese language andexperiencing traditional
Japanese culture in a beautiful
country town. Stay for a few
weeks or up to a year.
All ages are welcome. More
Ghibli Fest 2018 Ticket Raffle!

Monday, May 14
Unified Patents, Kyoto Universityand Osaka Institute ofTechnology co-host the strategy
conference at the Graduate
School of Intellectual Property ofOsaka Institute ofTechnology. Speakers include
top global in-house intellectual
property executives fromacademia, corporate and law
firms. MoreGhibli Fest is back! After asmashingly successful Fest lastyear, GKIDS and Fathom Eventsare excited to announce Ghibli
Fest 2018. See nine of yourfavorite films in nine months,
each playing for three days only.
The film festival continues thismonth with The Cat Returns intheaters April 22, 23, and 25.
Sign up for theticket raffle before April 18!
MoreThe Japan-Texas Economic Summit in Houston
Monday, May 7 - Wednesday,May 9
Marriot Marquis Houston(map)
The U.S.-Japan Council ispleased to host the Japan-Texas
Economic Summit, bringing together business leaders,investors, state and local officials, and economic development
organizations from across Texas as well as Japan. Information
and Tickets

Special Exhibit Manzanar:
The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams
Through August 14, 2018
Dalllas Holocaust Museum Center for Education

andTolerance (map)Museum Information
Experience a special exhibit on the internment of JapaneseAmericans during World War II featuring a photographic journey by
the renowned photographer Ansel Adams. Organized by the Dallas
Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance.
Dallas-Sendai Friendship Spotlight

Exchange programs with Dallas' friendship city, Sendai,
continue to change people's lives and create lifelong
friendships. Below is a heartwarming note from a Dallas hostfamily who has again welcomed visitors from Sendai into
their home:"We had a wonderful time visiting our extended family thisweek end. We spent time at the Ft. Worth Water Gardens,enjoyed a Texas-sized meal at Babe's Chick en and took thetrain into Dallas. We also practiced our Kanji writing sk ills.
Thank you for accepting us into the society. We have truly
been enriched by the organization." - Marlys Diggles
Congratulations Brent!
Our Sendai half marathoner from 2016, Brent Woodle, completed theTokyo Marathon on February 24 with an outstanding finish time of 2:34.
Brent continues to run at jaw-dropping speeds while always being an
enthusiastic representative of Dallas. Way to go, Brent!

Photo Gallery
JASDFW Board Meeting at Toyota Headquarters | March 8

Japanese Movie Night at UTD | March 26 | Gallery

Upcoming Events and Activities
April 6 - 7, 2018

DBDT: Encore! Rising Excellence Dance Performance

April 15, 2018

Tao: Drum Heart at the AT&T Performing Arts Center

April 22, 2018

Japanese Spring Food Festival in Deep Ellum

April 28 - 29, 2018

Spring Festival at the Fort Worth Japanese Garden

May 10, 2018

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner

May 7 - 9, 2018

Japan-Texas Economic Summit in Houston

WeeklyDallas Japanese Language and Culture Meetup (Meetup.com)

WeeklyDallas Japanese and English Language Exchange (Meetup.com)