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.Fall 2011 U of M Welcome Event
by NDJ and JASM
Flyer
日時：
平成２３年８月２６日（金）午後４時 - 午後５時３０分
場所：
Room 205, Blegen Hall, University of Minnesota
269 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455
http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/BlegH/
スケジュール:
4:00 - 4:10: NDJとJASMの紹介
4:10 - 4:30: 「ミネソタサバイバルマニュアル」(NDJ)
4:30 - 4:50: 「ミネソタ生活ガイド」(JASM)
4:50 - 5:30: 交流タイム
資料:
Recommended Restaurants in Twin Cities
「ミネソタ生活ガイド」は直接JASMまでお問い合わせ下さい。
This event is open to everyone! If you want to know new Japanese people, join us!
Como Park
Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival 2011
Date: Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: 1225 Estabrook Dr St. Paul, MN 55103 (MAP)
Details:
NDJ will participate in this event. Please visit our booth!
"Learn and experience Japanese Culture through food, entertainment, gardens, vendors and a traditional lantern lighting ceremony at dusk."(Como Park Zoo & Conservatory)
Also see JASM's page.
Japanese Summer Cinema
Joint Events with MCAD Japanese Conversation Society
Flyer: [1] (Movie titles and schedules are listed.)
Date: Every Saturday Night (June 8 - August 20, 2011)
Time: 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Location: Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404. (Map)
Details:
A series of film screenings in the Twin Cities that celebrates the long tradition of the Japanese motion picture. Every Saturday, during the months of June, July, and August, will feature two Japanese films, blending the classic and the contemporary.
Screenings are free and open to the public. All films will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Event Facebook
Link: MCAD Japanese Conversation Society
Charity T-shirts Sales at U of Minnesota
For Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
We sold our original "STAND WITH JAPAN" charity T-shirts at the University of Minnesota.
Dates:
[Part 1] Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
[Part 2] Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Time:
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location:
Table 3 (just by the main entrance of the University bookstore) at Ground floor, the Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota Minneapolis East Bank Campus
【SILENT AUCTION】 Big news for Twins fun!
Our original charity T-shirt with the autograph of Tsuyoshi Nishioka (西岡剛選手), a Japanese baseball player at the Minnesota Twins, will be put up for silent auction at our booth.
For more information, please visit the Facebook page.
J-Qiuz 2011
Date: Saturday, February 19th 2011
Time: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location:
Description:
NDJ Officers' Presentations at J-Quiz 2011 organized by the Japan-Minnesota Society of Minnesota (JASM)
Presentation 1: Bullet Train by Takuhiro Suganuma
Presentation 2: Godzilla by Yuki Yokoyama
Presentation 3: JET Program by Cindy-Ann Padilla
Presentation 4: Whaling Controversy by Go Matsumori
Details
JASM Shinnenkai 2011
Date: Sunday, January 16th
Time:
Location:
Description:
Details
Paint the Bridge
by NDJ and JASM
Flyer
日時：
平成２３年８月２６日（金）午後４時 - 午後５時３０分
場所：
Room 205, Blegen Hall, University of Minnesota
269 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455
http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/BlegH/
スケジュール:
4:00 - 4:10: NDJとJASMの紹介
4:10 - 4:30: 「ミネソタサバイバルマニュアル」(NDJ)
4:30 - 4:50: 「ミネソタ生活ガイド」(JASM)
4:50 - 5:30: 交流タイム
資料:
「ミネソタ生活ガイド」は直接JASMまでお問い合わせ下さい。
This event is open to everyone! If you want to know new Japanese people, join us!
Como Park
Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival 2011
Time: 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: 1225 Estabrook Dr St. Paul, MN 55103 (MAP)
Details:
NDJ will participate in this event. Please visit our booth!
"Learn and experience Japanese Culture through food, entertainment, gardens, vendors and a traditional lantern lighting ceremony at dusk."(Como Park Zoo & Conservatory)
Also see JASM's page.
This year, at our booth at the Como Park Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival:
・NDJ will explain [or present about] "Obon," the Japanese traditional festival for ancestors' souls.
・Origami Plaza: You can learn and practice the art of Japanese traditional paper folding.
・We will hold a photo exhibition of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
・A donation box for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief will be available. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
・There will also be donation box for Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb relief. Proceeds will go to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.
・NDJ will explain [or present about] "Obon," the Japanese traditional festival for ancestors' souls.
・Origami Plaza: You can learn and practice the art of Japanese traditional paper folding.
・We will hold a photo exhibition of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
・A donation box for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief will be available. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
・There will also be donation box for Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb relief. Proceeds will go to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.
Japanese Summer Cinema
Joint Events with MCAD Japanese Conversation Society
Date: Every Saturday Night (June 8 - August 20, 2011)
Time: 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Location: Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404. (Map)
Details:
A series of film screenings in the Twin Cities that celebrates the long tradition of the Japanese motion picture. Every Saturday, during the months of June, July, and August, will feature two Japanese films, blending the classic and the contemporary.
Screenings are free and open to the public. All films will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Event Facebook
Link: MCAD Japanese Conversation Society
Charity T-shirts Sales at U of Minnesota
For Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
We sold our original "STAND WITH JAPAN" charity T-shirts at the University of Minnesota.
Dates:
[Part 1] Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
[Part 2] Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Time:
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location:
Table 3 (just by the main entrance of the University bookstore) at Ground floor, the Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota Minneapolis East Bank Campus
【SILENT AUCTION】 Big news for Twins fun!
Our original charity T-shirt with the autograph of Tsuyoshi Nishioka (西岡剛選手), a Japanese baseball player at the Minnesota Twins, will be put up for silent auction at our booth.
For more information, please visit the Facebook page.
J-Qiuz 2011
Date: Saturday, February 19th 2011
Time: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Location:
Normandale Community College
France Avenue South and 98th Street in Bloomington
Description:
NDJ Officers' Presentations at J-Quiz 2011 organized by the Japan-Minnesota Society of Minnesota (JASM)
Presentation 1: Bullet Train by Takuhiro Suganuma
Presentation 2: Godzilla by Yuki Yokoyama
Presentation 3: JET Program by Cindy-Ann Padilla
Presentation 4: Whaling Controversy by Go Matsumori
Details
JASM Shinnenkai 2011
Date: Sunday, January 16th
Time:
Location:
Description:
Details
Paint the Bridge
Date: September 9th, 2010 (Thursday) - September 10th, 2010 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Washington Avenue Bridge, University of Minnesota, Twin City Campus
Description:
An annual panel painting on the Washington avenue bridge on the Minneapolis campus at the University of Minnesota by student organizations.
Details
Como Park
Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival 2010
Date: August 15th, 2010 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00pm - 8:00pm (Lantern Lighting begins at 8:00pm)
Location: Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
Details
Class Room Program
Organized by the Minnesota International Center (MIC)
Website (Class Room Program)
http://www.micglobe.org/program_icc/index.php
We participate in the class room program as international speaker.
Time: 3:00pm - 8:00pm (Lantern Lighting begins at 8:00pm)
Location: Como Park Zoo and Conservatory
Details
Class Room Program
Organized by the Minnesota International Center (MIC)
http://www.micglobe.org/program_icc/index.php
We participate in the class room program as international speaker.
Volunteering
■ Culture/Language WorkshopPlace: Tomodachi, Rosedale Center
Volunteer: Go Matsumori
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■ Disability Services
Place: University of Minnesota
Volunteer: Takeshi Arashiro
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■ Research Data Collection
Place: Fairview Medical Center
Volunteer: Takeshi Arashiro
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■ Collectors' Corner Neighborhood Trading Post
(Managed by the Science Museum of Minnesota)
Place: Rice Street Library
Volunteer: Takuhiro Suganuma
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Volunteer: Taisaku Nogi
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Place: R.H Stafford Branch (Washington County Library)
Volunteer: Yuki Yokoyama
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■ Visitor Hospitality
Place: Sicence Museum of Minnesota
Volunteer: Masao Shimada
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