Sake Day: The Party That Is All Things Sake!

Saturday, October 6, 2012, 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Love sake and want to experience new ones?  Want a place a hang out with friends and taste some wonderful sakes?  This is the place to be!

This year, True Sake's annual "Nihonshu no Hi," the day of sake in Japan, wil showcase over 100 sakes to taste!  There will be great izakaya-style foods, a live okinawan band, sake edu-drinking stations and special sake brewers tables! 

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: Early Bird - $65 (91-9/30)

          Regular - $75 (10/1-10/5)

          Door - $80 (10/6)

Presented by True Sake, Nombe and JCCCNC.  100% of the proceeds go directly to the JCCCNC.

More info: Please call True Sake at (415) 355-9555

How do I sign up?

Click here to purchase tickets online.

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Halloween Carnival

Friday, October 26, 2012, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Games and prizes, tricks and treats, arts and crafts and goodies to eat!  On October 26 there is only one place to be: the Halloween Carnival at the JCCCNC!

Join us for our Early Bat Dinner from 5:00-6:00 p.m.  Salad, Spaghetti and Garlic Bread will be served (vegetarian available upon request).  Reservations are required.  Please click here to download the form.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $5 per person at the door.  Early Bat Dinner: $7 Adults, $4 Youth

More info: Please call (415) 567-5505 for more information.

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Dodging for Dollars Dodgeball Tournament

Saturday, October 27, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Looking for collegiate groups/organizations to play in our first ever Dodging for Dollars Dodgeball Tournament! The winning team will receive $500 prize which must be used to promote growth and development for their organization and to support community growth.  There's also a $150 prizes for the Best Team Costume!

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $50 per team

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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AARP Senior Driving Refresher Course

Friday, November 9, 2012, 12:30 - 5:00 p.m.

The four hour class is for those who have taken the eight hour class and are in need of updating their certificate (every three years).

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: Free and open to the public

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org or inquire with our online form.

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AARP Senior Driving Certification Workshop

Wednesday and Friday, November 14 and 16, 2012, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

AARP's 8-hour course for drivers age 50+ has been updated. New information and lively illustrations help you learn how to improve driving skills, reduce your traffic violations, crashes, and chances for injuries and to drive more safely. Graduates may be able to qualify for a discount on auto insurance. (*Please check with your insurance agent before taking the class.)

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $12 JCCCNC/AARP Members / $14 Non-Members

          AARP Special: AARP is offering this class for FREE for Veterans and their dependents!

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Saturday Night Sushi

Saturday, November 17, 2012, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Join us to learn how to roll sushi and prepare nigiri sushi from professional Chef Alan Hirahara. Learn the basics of preparing sushi rice, slicing fish, creating Hosomaki roll (rice on the inside), Uramaki (rice on the outside) and Nigiri sushi.

Recipes will be given out at the end of the class. 

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $45 members/$70 Non-members

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Hip Hop Dance Workshop

Sunday, November 18, 2012, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Chaz from Groovemekanix will lead the 1.5 hour free hip hop dancing workshop. The workshop will be open to people of all ages. The class structure will be…

Rhythm dance warm up

Soul funk dancing

Technique breakdown

Cool down

The class will focus on helping dancers get over their anxiety of performing and letting their minds free.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: Free and open to all ages

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Holiday Online Gift Auction

November 19-December 5, 2012

Did you miss our Fall Auction and all the exciting items we had for you?  Well, you're in luck!  We have an equally exciting special Holiday Online Gift Auction coming your way from November 19 to December 5.

The auction will feature great gift items and thanks to the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, we have tickets and, are you ready?...field visit passes to 2013 regular season games!  This rare opportunity to see the 2010 and 2012 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants up close and personal and sitting in an owner's seats can be yours if the price is right!

Location: https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionid=181278227

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org .

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Samurai Movie Night 2 Featuring Twilight Samurai

Friday, November 30, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

From Rottentomatoes.com
8.2/ 10 Rating - 92% Liked it!
Unrated 2 hr. 9 min.
http:// www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ twilight_samurai/

Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada -- who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series -- directs this good-natured drama set in the waning years of the Edo period (1600-1867). Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-level samurai struggling to get by on stipend of 50 rice bales a year while working as a clerk at the clan office. While his co-workers spend their evenings sucking down sake at the local pub, Seibei, whose wife has passed away, heads straight home to care for his two young daughters and doddering mother. One day, his friend Michinojo (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) tells him that his boyhood friend Tomoe (Rie Miyazawa), is leaving her thuggish husband and returning home. Tomoe soon starts to frequent Seibei's house, taking care of his daughters, while Seibei quietly falls in love with the attractive young lass. After defeating Tomoe's husband in a duel, armed with only a pointed stick, Seibei is asked by Michinojo if he wants to marry Tomoe. Seibei declines, too embarrassed by his poverty to accept. Later, as he prepares to perform the distasteful task of killing a fellow samurai, he learns that Tomoe is engaged to another man. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi 

Presented by:Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, Nakayoshi, & Nihonmachi Roots.

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: Free and open to the public

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Holiday Card Screen Printing Workshop

Saturday, December 1, 2012, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Tired of those cookie cutter holiday cards that everyone gives out?  Create your own personalized screen printed holiday cards at the JCCCNC's Holiday Card Screen Printing Workshop led by Japantown's very own art Rich Tokeshi.

Learn basic screen printing techniques as you design and print your own line of customized holday cards!

Location: JCCCNC Art Room
Fees: $45 members/$60 non-members.  Space is limited so RSVP by calling (415) 567-5505 or email programsevents@jcccnc.org

More info: download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Holiday Shopping Party and Happy Hour

Thursday, December 6, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

10% OFF EVERYTHING!

On December 6th the Sports Basement Presidio location will be hosting a JCCCNC holiday shopping party and happy hour.

What does this mean?  It means that from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. JCCCNC guests and their friends and families will receive 10% off anything and everything in the store and Sports Basement will then take 10% of the total purchase spent and donate it back to JCCCNC.  WOW!

Location: Sports Basement (Presidio Location)

                  610 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94129 (415) 437-0100
Fees: Free and open to the public

More info: Download flyer

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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33rd Annual Nikkei and Retirement Holiday Luncheon

Saturday, December 15, 2012, 12:00 p.m.

Tong Palace Restaurant

933 Clement Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)

San Francisco

Join Nikkei and Retirement as they hold their 33rd Annual Holiday Luncheon at Tong Palace Restaurant.  There will be great food, entertainment, prizes and company!

Location: Tong Palace Restaurant, 939 Clement Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
Fees: $16 Reservations are required.  Deadline to RSVP is December 7, 2012.

More info: Download form

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Nikkei Youth Scholarship Raffle

Saturday, December 15, 2012

We hope you can support our annual Children's Day Festival, School Visits Program and the Takahashi Youth Ambassador Fellowship Program by purchasing Nikkei Youth Scholarship Raffle tickets today!

As part of the JCCCNC's goal of preserving and cultivating Japanese American culture, the Center coordinates an annual Children's Day Festival and School Visits program.  The School Visits progarm held at the JCCCNC introduces elementary students to tthe tradition of Children's Day through craft projects as well as a Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day) doll exhibit.  The week-long School Visits are complimentary and is a service provided bythe JCCCNC staff and volunteers for over 800 students throughout San Francisco.

In its second year, the Takahashi Youth Ambassador Fellowship program gives high school students the opportunity to travel to Japan as a U.S. cultural ambassador.  During this 14-month program culminating with a trip to Japan in the summer of 2013, through their participation, fellows will gain an appreciation and understanding of cross-cultural exchange and develop lifelong leadership skills empowering them to become the next generation of leaders in our community.  Funds from this scholarship raffle will help subsidize a portion of the fee each student is required to pay to participate in the program.

Fees: $5 each or 6 tickets for $25.

GRAND PRIZE is two roundtrip coach tickets to anywhere in the continental United States and many more great prizes.  The drawing will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012.

Please contact Yumi Yukawa at (415) 567-5505 or email her to purchase tickets.  Tickets must be received by 12:00 p.m. on December 15.

How do I sign up?

Call us at 415-567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Winter Bulldog Basketball Camp

Wednesday-Friday, December 26-28, 2012, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Sharpen your basketball fundamentals at the Winter Bulldog Basketball Camp this winter where you’ll work on shooting, dribbling, passing, rebounding and defense.  Our camp is great for first timers and also to those that have prior team experience.

The Bulldog Basketball Camp is directed by Pat Mulligan.  Pat has been the boys varsity coach at Raoul Wallenberg High School since 1991.  In 2011, Pat was nationally recognized by the Positive Coaching Alliance as a winner of the Double-Goal Coach Award..

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $85 members/$105 non-members and includes a t-shirt and basketball.

More info:. Download form

How do I sign up?

Call us at (415) 567-5505, email programsevents@jcccnc.org.

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Mochitsuki Workshops

Saturday, December 29, 2012

11:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (1/2 hour shifts)

Ever want to make your very own mochi?  Learn from one of Japantown’s manju makers, Mr. George Yamada, owner of the Yamada Seika manju-ya, which served the community for 36 years and closed its doors in 1999.  Mr. Yamada not only generously donated his mochi making machine to the JCCCNC, but has shared his talents and joy of this New Year's tradition with the community.  Watch Mr. Yamada transform hot rice into mochi, and learn how to make your own mochi plain, with kinako, anko, and other sweets.  A fun filled cultural workshop you will not want to miss, and your friends will love you when you bring home all the extra mochi!

Location: JCCCNC
Fees: $12 JCCCNC members/$17 non-members,

Children under 5 years of age are FREE.

Please click here to download flyer/form.

More info: Please call Jennifer Hamamoto at (415) 567-5505 for more information.

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