Yosakoi and Dance Festival in Japantown
Sunday, August 29, 2010, 4:30 - 9:30 p.m.
to participate in the lantern festival, please download form here.
"Super Oldies Dance Party"
Saturday, October 2, 2010, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Buchanan YMCA
If you missed it last year, be sure to come this year! "All good things come to an end...."so says the song and the Buchanan YMCA dance committee agrees. The party's over, we're turning out the lights, dropping the final curtain and taking the last bow. We're bringing to a close seven fantastic, fun filled years of hosting what became the social event of the year for Bay Area baby boomers.
But we're not going away quietly. We're going out with a collision of sights and sounds that's gonna rock the world (at least the Bay Area).
We'll start with some Islands music along with traditional dances provided by the USF Hawaiian Club, and, of course, a 'broke the mouth' Hawaiian buffet. Then we'll dance to some 50's and 60's music and mix in some 70's and 80's sounds. So there you have it. We've saved the best for last.
For more information, please contact Rodney Chin, YMCA Associate Director at 415-292-3013 or RChin@ymcasf.org.
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Kristi Yamaguchi's dreamin' at zeum
(san francisco's children's museum)
Saturday, September 18, 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Zeum, Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco
Join Kristi Yamaguchi for a day of making your dreams come true, while helping to enrich the lives of Bay Area Children. Create your own clay animation, become a rock star or get into the studio and shoot your own news broadcast!
Other event highlights: Meet Bay Area celebrities, Ride the historic Zeum Carousel and each ticket purchased is automatically entered in to a fun-filled drawing for family-friendly prizes.
Proceed to benefit the Always Dream Foundation. So come on out, bring your friends and family!
$20 per person (children two years and under are free)
For additional information or to purchase tickets, visit www.alwaysdream.org
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Colon Cancer is a Pain in the Oshiri
A Japanese American Story of Living with Colon Cancer
Saturday, July 17, 2010, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
JCCCNC Nisei Community Hall (gym), 1840 Sutter Street, San Francisco
In 2005, Glenn was diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer. Five operations and 32 weeks of chemotherapy later, Glenn continues his fight with the disease.
The Friends of Glenn would like to invite you to a special musical documentary benefit which will include vocal performances by Colette Ikemi-Osaki and a video presentation of Glenn's story with interviews from famiy, friends and docotrs who have provided his care.
Fee: $20* (additional contributions welcome) Click here for event flyer
If you can not attend the event, but would like to contribute, click here.
*Funds raised from this benefit will be utilized for colon cancer education and awareness within the Japanese American community and to support alternative treatment methods for Glenn's ongoing battle with this disease.
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Help the Nikkei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) Nominate Kenichi Zenimura for the Buck O'Neil Achievement Award before July 31, 2010
The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is spearheading a campaign to nominate Kenichi Zenimura (1900-1968), the Father of Japanese American Baseball, for the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors an individual whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball's positive impact on society, broadened the game's appeal, and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O'Neil.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for the Awad which must be received by July 31, 2010. Please do your part and Help Nominate Zenimura...(click here to go to NBRP homepage for more info)
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150th Anniversary of the Kanrin Maru
JCCCNC scheduled events for the 2010 celebration include:
Jero in Concert - Sunday, March 28, 2010
Children's Day Festival in Japantown - Saturday, May 1, 2010
Nikkei Youth Cultural Heritage Program - July 2010
2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Kanrin Maru to San Francisco, the first official Japanese ship to land on American soil.
The Kanrin Maru’s arrival also signals an important chapter in the beginning of official relations between the United States and Japan, seven years after Commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Japan to end two centuries of Japan’s self-imposed isolation.
As a result of Perry’s trip, in 1860 Japan agreed to send its first delegation to the United States. Two official ships sailed to the United States from Japan: the USS Powhatan from America and the Kanrin Maru from Japan. The Kanrin Maru, with 96 Japanese sailors, arrived in San Francisco on March 17, 1860, followed by the USS Powhatan nearly two weeks later. Both ships had weathered heavy storms across the Pacific and the Powhatan was forced to stop for repairs in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) delaying its arrival to March 29, 1860.
The commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Kanrin Maru celebrates not only the event itself, but the 150 years of history between the United States and Japan and the roots of the Japanese American community.
Events and information on the 150th Anniversary celebration:
http://www.kanrin-maru150.com/
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PAST EVENTS
A Tribute to the Nisei Graduation
The Buddhist Church of San Francisco presents
A Grateful Crane Ensemble Production
Tickets: $60
Silent Auction, Dinner, Musical Revue
Saturday, May 8, 2010
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Buddhist Church of San Francisco Gymnasium
(1881 Pine Street at Octavia)
For tickets, tables and sponsorship please call (415) 776-3158 or e-mail nikkeihits@bcsfweb.org
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Luncheon with John V. Roos, US Ambassador to Japan - Hosted by the Japan Society
Wednesday, January 20, Noon to 1:30 p.m. (registration 11:45 a.m.)
The Japan Society is proud to host a luncheon with John V. Roos, United States Ambassador to Japan, at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. Please join us for this special event as Ambassador
Roos discusses the future of US-Japan relations.
John V. Roos is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Japan, nominated by President Barack Obama. Prior to his appointment as ambassador, Mr. Roos served as Chief Executive Officer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a law firm headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Mr. Roos helped lead the firm during the waves of innovation in Silicon Valley, from the growth of software and communications, to the Internet Age and the emergence of biotechnology, to today's focus on clean technology and renewable energy. Mr. Roos grew up in San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School in 1973 before attending college at Stanford University, from which he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction in 1977. He then went on to Stanford Law School, where he was a member of the Stanford Law Review and Order of the Coif, earning his Juris Doctor in 1980.
Fee: $80 for Japan Society and JCCCNC Members / $95 General
Location: Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco
For more information, contact the Japan Society at (415) 986-4383, visit their website at www.usajapan.org or download the flyer.
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“Preserve America Communities demonstrate that they are committed to preserving America’s heritage while ensuring a future filled with opportunities for learning and enjoyment,” Mrs. Bush said. “This community designation program, combined with the Preserve America Grant Program, Preserve America Presidential Awards, and other federal support, provides strong incentives for continued preservation of our cultural and natural heritage resources. I commend you for your commitment to preserving an important part of our nation’s historic past for visitors, neighbors, and, most importantly, for children.”
Paul Osaki, Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), received a letter dated March 27, 2008, and will also receive a certificate of designation signed by Mrs. Bush announcing San Francisco’s Japantown is now a Preserve America Community. “We are very proud to be one of the few neighborhoods in the nation and the first in San Francisco to be bestowed with this designation. The review committee was impressed with the JCCCNC’s past efforts and on-going community preservation programs such as the Japantown History Walk and the California Japantowns Landmark, as well as receiving many letters of support from community organizations, politicians and dignitaries including Ambassador Kato. The San Francisco’s Japantown community should be proud of its history and this special designation,” stated Osaki.
Along with San Francisco’s Japantown, Little Tokyo in Los Angeles was also awarded.
Communities designated through the program receive national recognition for their efforts in addition to benefits that include the right to use the Preserve America logo on signs and promotional materials; eligibility for Preserve America Grants; notification to state tourism offices; and listing in a web-based directory that showcases San Francisco’s Japantown preservation efforts and heritage tourism destinations. Preserve America Communities are also featured in National Register Travel Itineraries and in “Teaching with Historic Places” curricular materials created by the National Park Service.
In 2006, the San Francisco Japantown community celebrated its centennial in the Western Addition. Many community events were tied to this celebration throughout the year, including the "100 Years of Culture & Traditions Workshop Series." JCCCNC was proud to be part of this celebration as San Francisco's Japantown is one of three Japantowns remaining in California with the other two located in Los Angeles and San Jose. Visit www.sfjapantown100.org.
The California Japantown Landmark was unveiled at a public dedication ceremony on June 2, 2005 at San Francisco 's Japantown Peace Plaza. The three-sided 9' tall landmark is now stands proudly to the entrance of the Peace Plaza. The goal of the California Japantown historical landmark project entitled, " From Injustice to Redress, " is to create a powerful and emotional permanent outdoor historic exhibit in each of the three remaining historic Japantowns in the State of California (San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles), which will capture the hopes and struggles of the Japanese American community. These exhibits will provide the millions of visitors to these remaining Japantowns, the opportunity to learn about and gain a better understanding of the history and challenges of the Japanese American community in California by viewing the actual sites where such activities and tragedies such a such as the forced mass evacuation and government initiated redevelopment has taken place.
