JASGA's 11th Aki Matsuri Japan Fall Festival was a success!
JASGA's 11th Aki Matsuri 秋祭り
2017 Japan Fall Festival was a success!
Thanks to all those who helped us to make JASGA's 11th Aki Matsuri - 2017 Japan Fall Festival - such a success!
The effort and dedication of all groups, including performers, demonstrators, vendors, exhibitors, volunteers, students from JASGA Japanese Calligraphy and Language classes, and Japanese class students from McCallum, LASA and St. Steven's high school as well as the generosity of our festival sponsors, auction and giveaways donors, are much appreciated.
Akimatsuri Photos: Click on each photo to view three photo albums.
Akimatsuri Highlight Video: Click here (videographer Takayuki Toyama)
1) Japaense Traditonal Dance 2) Okinawa Traditional Dance 3) Iaido & J-Fashion show (videographer Keiichi Yamamoto)
Performers and Presenters:
太鼓 Japanese Drums | Austin Taiko
居合道 Iaido Japanese Martial Arts | Shinshin-ryu Iai-jutsu Dojo
ジャパンファッションショー J-Fashion Show | ATX J-Fashion Club
日本舞踊 Japanese Traditional Dance | Amy and Tomoko Yamamoto
沖縄舞踊 Okinawa Traditional Dance | Okinawa Taiko San Antonio Yuunanokai
居合道 Iaido - Japanese Traditional Budo | Komei Jyuku Japanese Swordsmanship Dojo
剣道 Kendo Japanese Martial Arts | UT Kendo Club & Austin Kendo Doshikai
沖縄太鼓 Okinawa Eisa Taiko | Okinawa Dance & Taiko San Antonio
2017 Fall Festival Sponsors:
Food, Arts & Business Vendors:
Asahi Imports | Coco’s cafe | Kyoto Weddings | Sachi Creations | Animania | Tane-Koro House | ATX J-Fashion Market | IACE Travel
Exhibitor: Okashicon
Silent Auction and Giveaways Donors:
ANA (All Nippon Airways) | JAL (Japan Airlines) | Asahi Imports | Coco's Cafe | KOH-ITTEN | Yamasan Miyake | YAKULT USA | Musashino Sushi Dokoro | Kome Sushi Kitchen | Fukumoto Sushi & Yakitori Izakaya | Ramem Tatsu-Ya & Kemuri | Daruma Ramen | Sa-Ten | Dragon's Lair Comics and Fantasy | Okashicon | Alamo Drufthouse Cinema | Sun Dragon Martial Arts & Self Defense | BB&T BANK | Naomi Folsome | Christina Banta | Kako Ito | JASH | Sachi Creations | Kyoto Weddings
Thanks to the 2017 JASGA's 11th Aki Matsuril Volunteers!
William Groot | Mary Feng | Alex Ciccone | Lorraine Socia | Felix Rodriguez | Derric McGarrah | Richard Doranski | Michael Schaefer | Ken Segraves | Lisa Hummel | Cassandra Dixson | Juliann Krute | Brian Bettendorf | Lyles Kirk | Tsubasa Maruo | Karen Lewis | Aya Koga | Chika Endo | Shion Endo | Masumi Jones | Kai Jones | Kokoro Maruo | Masaki Maruo | Moet Sekler | Takayuki Toyama | Keiichi Yamamoto | Kenichi Ono | Yuri Shinoda | Shelby Guthrie | Sota Iwaku | Kazuko Maeda | Hiroko Miller | Atsuko Parker | Mutsuko Myslinski | Kimiyo Maruo | Toshio Nishida | Hiroko Karch | Kaori Kitta | Japanese language class students at McCallum, LASA & St. Steven's high school
Program edited by Cassandra Dixson; T-shirts design by Aya Koga
Aki Matsuri Program Chair: Kako Ito Japan-America Society of Greater Austin
Special thanks to give an opening speech for JASGA's 11th Aki Matsuri, Dr. Hiroshi Nishiyama at UT Autin and Autin Japanese Hoshuko
In corporation with:
We donated admission fees to help our friend, the JASH (Japan-America Society of Houston) community, who has been devoting their efforts to recovery of Hurricane Harvey flooding victims.
Thank you again and we'd love to see you all at 2018 Aki Matsuri ~ Japan Fall Festival!
