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Circle of Tomodachi - $500
Tomodachi (Friend) - $100
Family - $60
Regular Individual - $40
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Platinum - $3,000
Gold - $2,000
Silver - $1,000
Bronze - $500
Entrepreneur - $250
School/Friends - $200
NPO & Friend - $150
Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law.
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EVENT FOLLOW-UP
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For our first cultural and educational program of 2019, we celebrated the first tea for new year with Linda Mosley of Chado Austin (a student of Dr. Sheila Fling (Tea name: Soshin). Many audience enjoyed the ceremonious, Japanese tea
demonstration.
@ Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
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JASGA helped and presented Japanese folk dance. Despite the very cold day, there were huge young crowds to enjoy various food, performance, and entertainment.with the Asian Food Fest
@H Mart Austin parking lot
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EVENT FOLLOW-UP
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Thank you for your help to keep Austin's authentic, beautiful Japanese garden clean today. It was pretty nice morning and we enjoyed working together.
We are sure that Taniguchi Isamu ojii-chan was happy to see us. We celebrated the 50th year of his garden with bamboo shoot rice.
@ Taniguchi Japanese Garden
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EVENT FOLLOW-UP
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A huge thank you to everyone who came out the Yukata & Summer Kimono Fashion Show on the 2019 Mother's Day. And a thank-you to the models, kids, teen, adults and mothers for the great performances.
Hope you enjoyed the show and will have your own Yukata at the fireworks festival on July 4th.
@ Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
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UPCOMING EVENT
6/4/2019
8:30 AM
U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange
AT&T Education and Conference Center
1900 University Ave
Amphitheater 204
Austin, TX 78705
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UPCOMING EVENT
7/7/2019
5:00 PM
Tanabata Star Festival
and
Koto Performance
Kinokuniya Austin
6929 Airport Blvd #121
Austin, TX 78752
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Renewed Corporate Members
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Thank you!
Tokyo Electron
Japan Airlines
Cole Chemical
All Nippon Airways
Asakura Robinson Company
Austin Komei Jyuku
Fukumoto Sushi & Yakitori Izakaya
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We greatly appreciate all of your support!
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JASGA Newsletter
Spring 2019
is compiled and edited by:
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Kako Ito
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Dear Friends,
Today is the last day of spring in the northern hemisphere (March, April, May) according the seasonal calendar.
Hello Hakusho- light summer!
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I had the chance to be in the audience to listen to Taiko music twice this spring. As I listened to the Taiko beat, I was reminded of a Japanese expression: Chi ga sawagu. It means "my blood is excited."
When I saw a performance by Kodo Taiko troop from Sado Island in Japan with my UT Kendo buddies, one of my Edokko (born & raised in Edo Tokyo) Friends said that whenever he hears Japanese Taiko music, "my Japanese blood thrills with excitement." These days I really understand what he meant by that feeling.
Then I thought that Northern Texans have had the same feeling when they go to a Texas Rangers or Dallas Cowboys game: their Texan blood tingles with excitement. Some cowboys or cowgirls might share that feeling at the rodeo.
JASGA would like to share that moment of the excitement with people of Austin, Central Texas, and Japan. We will try to offer you the programs and events to share the excitement, happy feelings with you. Of course, like Chanoyu teachers, meditators, or martial arts practitioners, we'd like to share and offer a very peaceful and quiet time with you.
We hope many of them deeply understand and fall in love with Japanese profound and exciting culture. We always appreciate your suggestions and comments and make it to a much, much better organization. We always thank you for your generosity and support.
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EVENT FOLLOW-UP
2019 Spring Award Dinner
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3/29/2019 6:00 PM
Many thanks to all those who helped us to make the JASGA's Third Spring Award Gala.
Thank you to everyone who attended our 2019 Spring Award Gala on March 29th. We are grateful for the generosity of our Gala guests, volunteers and local businesses for making this event a success.
We will continue to build on the year's successes with the support of our friends and community. There's so much more we can accomplish if we do it together, and the need within our community.
Thank you again for your commitment to this Japan-America Society of Greater Austin.
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Corporate Sponsors:
Single Speaker Award Shield Program Printing
Individual Contributors:
Mariko Hirai | Mary Feng | Sheila Fling
JAL | ANA | The LINE Austin | H Mart | KGS Studios | Misha's Beauty | Okashicon | Fukumoto | Kinokuniya Austin | Kome | Kokoro Care | JASGA | Alamo Drafthouse | Naomi Folsom | Ed Priest | Susan Dandal | Mineko Wilmore | Kako Ito | Gerlinda Leiding | Massage Sway | Asia Cafe | Lorraine Socia |
2019 Spring Award Gala Host Committee
Keiji Asakura (co-chair), Kako Ito (co-chair), Adela Uchida (Mistress of Ceremonies), Mary Feng, Matt Groot,Tony Parker, Norma Jean McVey, Lorraine Socia, Kazuko Maeda, Kimiyo Maruo, Kaori Kitta
Mistress of Ceremonies: Adela Uchida
Many thanks to all of your help and support for JASGA Spring Award Gala!
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JASGA Japanese Language and Shodo Calligraphy Program
The 2019 JASGA Summer Japanese program started on Wednesday, May 1 and will be end on July 24th. For more details, visit jasga.org
AUSTIN
St. Mathew's Episcopal Church
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JASGA CORPORATE MEMBER
Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management U.S.A., Inc.
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Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management U.S.A., Inc. (MSIG) has been supporting JASGA's activities for four years. We always appreciate their
generosity.
For any inquiries or questions, please contact Mr. Ichiro Kamezaki at MSIG - Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management U.S.A., Inc. Dallas Office
Ichiro Kamezaki
Vice President
Marketing & Client Coordination
Dallas Office
Ichiro Kamezaki 亀崎一郎
ikamezaki@msigusa.com
TEL (972)725-6218
Cell (848)702-4292
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We look forward to meeting you at our upcoming events and programs!
Best Wishes,
Japan-America Society of Greater Austin
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