List of Community Events
Japanese Garden Volunteer Orientation
September 26, 10:30-Noon Garden Pavilion Free, Reservations requested – contact: smoss@japanesegarden.com or (503) 223-9233 Do you want to learn more about how you can become involved at the Garden? Veteran volunteers and Volunteer Coordinator Stephanie Moss will join you at the Volunteer Orientation where they will share their experiences, answer questions, and advise you on [...]
Taiko Unleashed – Fall tickets on Sale Now!
Feel the beats resonate from the top of your head to the soles of your feet in this year’s season finale concert Taiko Unleased on October 2-3. The entire performing group will roll out the big drums to rumble the Newmark Theatre with our honored guest artists Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko [...]
SakeOne Pacific Rim Festival 2010
August 28, 2010 11:00am – 7:00pm Cost: $5.00 Location: Forest Grove, OR 97116 Great music, food, fun and fantastic sake await your arrival at SakeOne brewery, Oregon’s home to premium craft sake. Indulge your senses in the cultures and cuisines of the Pacific Rim while shaking your saketini’s to the great local sounds of “The [...]
20th Anniversary of the Japanese-American Plaza
Oregon Nikkei Endowment continues celebrating its 20th year in 2010 with a rededication of the Japanese American Historical Plaza in Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Friday, July 30th. The poetry of Lawson Inada, Hisako Saito, Masaki Kinoshita, and Shizue Iwatsuki combines with the stunning and thoughtful design of landscape designer Robert Murase and sculpture of [...]
Obon at the Portland Japanese Garden – Volunteers Needed
No more volunteers needed. Wednesday, August 11, 7:30-9:30pm O-Bon is the name of the Buddhist memorial festival that dates back more than a thousand years. Over a three-day period in mid-August in Japan, families gather to pray for the spirits of their ancestors. The Garden celebrates this festival with obon dancing and later Reverend Kodachi [...]
Lecture and Workshop on Furoshiki (Reservation is required)
The Japan Foundation and Consulate-General of Japan in Portland present FUROSHIKI: Boundless curiosity from the world of square-cloth Lecture and Workshop on Furoshiki Dating back to the Edo Period furoshiki, literally meaning bath mat, is a square cloth dyed in a striking array of colors and patterns from subtle to vibrant. Originally used to wrap [...]
Okinawan High School Student Exchange: Volunteer Home-Stay Families Needed
From July 21st to August 18th, Clackamas will play host to nearly 25 Okinawan students eager to improve their English and learn about American culture. This group of young girls and boys (ages 13-17) will spend their four weeks in the Portland area both participating in academic classes and enjoying weekday fieldtrips around the community, [...]
YMCA Camp Collins-Saitama YMCA: Volunteer Home-Stay Families Needed
Each summer YMCA Camp Collins proudly partners with the Saitama YMCA in Japan to offer a dynamic, cultural opportunity for youth. Japanese children ranging in ages from 8 to 13 journey across the Pacific to Oregon and participate in a week of resident camp at YMCA Camp Collins, just outside Gresham. During this week, campers [...]
J-Kaiwa June 2010
WHEN: Friday, June 4th, 7-9:00 p.m. WHERE: Hawthorne Lucky Lab (915 SE Hawthorne Blvd) NIJIKAI: 9:30 pm – ?? at karaoke at Voicebox (2112 NW Hoyt) We’ve been having record numbers these days, so come on down and make some new friends–in Japanese. Whether you are pera pera or your Nihongo knowledge is sukoshi dake, all [...]
Portland Taiko – Ten Tiny Taiko Dances
PORTLAND TAIKO’S SUMMER CONCERT What: Ten Tiny Taiko Dances Where: Dolores Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway, Portland) When: Saturday, June 19th at 3pm and 8pm Sunday, June 20th at 2pm Cost: Adults $20 | Youth, Students, and Seniors $18 Although the special JETAA discount has ended, regular price tickets for Ten Tiny Taiko Dances are still [...]
The Portland Chapter of JETAA (The JET Program Alumni Association) was created to serve the bonds of friendship developed by the program participants. JETAA’s purpose is to achieve, through its activities, a broader and deeper understanding between Japan and the other countries participating in the program.
