Oshogatsu 2026
Oshogatsu 2026
JSFC Fall Festival (Aki Matsuri)
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Raindate September 20
The Japan Society of Fairfield County will hold its annual Aki Matsuri (fall festival) on Jesup Green in Westport, CT. The annual fall festival of the Japan Society of Fairfield County is a family-friendly event, open to the public for free. It features taiko drums and other performances, children's activities, packaged Japanese snacks and drinks, and a Japanese mini-market of artisans. Read more about it by clicking HERE.
THE WAY OF PRUNING
August 22 and 23
Jay Heritage Center
JSFC cosponsored two special events: with the New Canaan Beautification League at Lee Memorial Garden on August 22, and with the Jay Heritage Center at JHC on August 23. Both featured Japanese master gardener Seiho Umeno. In his talk The Way of Pruning: Reading Nature in the Japanese Garden Tradition Mr. Umeno explained and demonstrated how attentive pruning can feel meditative through careful observation, waiting, and sensing what the garden needs. Umeno is the President & CEO of Umebachien Co., Ltd. and the Founder of the Common Garden.
Selected YANKEES games
BASEBALL OPPORTUNITIES
Several Dates
There were both Yankees and Mets opportunities this summer. For the YANKEES:
Selected Yankee games June 5-7 & 16-18, & August 25 - 30
Japanese and Japanese American JERSEY WEEKEND July 17 - 19.
For the METS:
Japanese Heritage Night was held on July 24. Click HERE for a report on that event.
JSFC remembers Noboru and Junko Uezumi
Junko Uezumi, long-time member of the Japan Society of Fairfield County, passed away peacefully on December 6, 2025, in Stamford, Connecticut . Both Junko and her late husband Noburo were very active in active in promoting Japanese culture. Please read about Junko and Noburo HERE.
Membership dues are our prime source of funding.
Thank you for your support!
JSFC has a Corporate Supporter Program. This is a way for businesses, from small to large, to help us continue our programs. We thank Maruichi Japanese food and Deli Stamford, Obi Obi, Penguin Environmental Design, Wilton Language Academy, and Aikido of Norwalk/Kongoshinkan Dojo for being our 2026 Corporate Supporters. To learn about this program, and how it can aid your business as well as us, click HERE.
PLATINUM
WE ALSO THANK
for providing us with Google Workspace for Non-profits. Our free Google Workspace plan includes collaboration tools like Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, and more.
Japan Society of Fairfield County, Inc. is a private non-profit membership organization comprised of volunteers who are dedicated to building knowledge and mutual understanding between Japanese and Americans through educational, cultural and philanthropic programs. View more...