Japan America Society of Vermont

Announcements:

JASV Office has a New Address

Please notice that we have a new address - same office, same location, new street number:
JASV, 123 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 203. Colchester VT 05446

2012 Dues Due

Just a reminder - JASV dues run on an annual basis. If you haven’t sent in your dues for 2012, please remit them to JASV. The membership fee schedule is $25 individual/family, $10 for senior or student, $50 for Sponsor, and $100 Patron and Corporate.

Otasuke Club.

Several members of the JASV have formed an "otasuke karabu" to provide information sharing and mutual assistance opportunities. For more information, visit the OtasukeVT page on the JASV website, or write to OtasukeVT@gmail.com .

Calendar of Upcoming Events

March 11: Japanese Tea Tasting and Ceremony
Dobrá, 80 Church Street, Burlington, Vermont

Dobrá Tea's supplier, master and friend, Mr. Masahiro Takadasan is visiting from Japan. He has created a new type of Japanese Tea Ceremony - Chakabuki that he would like to share with you. More information can be found at the Dobrá web site.
 http://www.dobrateame.com/home/special-japanese-tea-tasting-with-our-tea-supplier-from-japan/

March 11: Shinsai: Theaters for Japan
Middlebury College, Mahaney Center for the Arts Dance Theater, 2 – 3:30pm

An afternoon of staged readings presented by Middlebury College's Theatre Program and Potomac Theatre Project, performed on the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Japan. The title of the performance, "Shinsai," means "great quake" in Japanese. Running time: 70-80 minutes. A short reception with the artists will follow the performance
http://www.middlebury.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20120311#/?i=1

March 13: Japan One Year Out
Middlebury College Robert A. Jones Conference Room, 4:30 – 6pm

Middlebury College will be hosting a panel discussion with Q & A regarding Japan one year after the earthquake 2011. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs.

http://www.middlebury.edu/events?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20120313#/?i=1

March 19: Grave of the Fireflies (Film)
at Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, 7 PM.

Grave of the fireflies, to be shown as part of the Green Mountain Film Festival, is a 1988 Japanese animated war tragedy film written and directed by Isao Takahata. This is the first film produced by Shinchosha, who hired Studio Ghibli to do the animation production work. Roger Ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful war movies ever made and, in 2000, included it on his Great Movies list. For more information, see http://www.greenmountainfilmfestival.org/

April 21: Aikido of Champlain Valley Matsuri Festival
Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington Vermont

Aikido of Champlain Valley will be celebrating Matsuri festival at their dojo . This special event will include workshops and demonstrations of traditional Japanese arts (aikido, taiko, ikebana, origami, bonsai, food, etc.) More information coming soon on workshop times and schedule at their website, http://www.aikidovt.org.

March 20 – April 27, The National Cherry Blossom Festival Centennial Celebration

The National Cherry Blossom Festival will commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the gift of trees from Tokyo to Washington, DC with a five week 2012 Centennial Celebration, March 20 – April 27. For more information and opportunities to participate, visit their website at http://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/

The Third GATP-Tottori-Vermont Youth Environmental Exchange

This spring "Green Across the Pacific" (GATP) and JASV will be celebrating our third Tottori-Vermont Youth Environmental Exchange. This year, Mount Abaham Union high school is the home-stay host. In addition, Burlington High School will be hosting several programs in preparation for full participation next year.

Activities at Burlington High School:

Activities at Burlington High School include Tottori Mingei Art Craft Show at Burlington High School, March 7th - April 7th and a Torn Paper Collage Workshop at Burlington High School, March 13th. Maggie Conant's art students learn traditional hand made paper collage

Tottori Students visit Vermont (March 16 - March 24).

Seventeen Tottori students and five chaperons arrive Burlington Friday, March 16. Mt.Abe Union HS is going to host the Tottori friends. After a week long exchange program, they will attend the farewell dinner on Friday, March 23, and leave Saturday 24. They 'll visit BHS on Friday 23 to warm up friendship. BHS is planning to be a part of the host school next year.

Vermont Student Trip to Tottori April 21 - April29 (tentative date)

7-8 Vermont students from Mt.Abe, BHS, and Middlebury HS visit Tottori for the first time. Last year's trip was cancelled by the earth quake/tsunami/nuclear leaks. Peter Lynch, either Bruce Babbit or Gabe Hamilton, and Reiko Kida will be chaperons.

The students participating in the program are preparing for the visits by sharing information on a blog .. Tottori-Vermont Youth Environmental Exchange. You can view their preparations at
http://gatp-tottori-vermont.blogspot.com/

For additional information about the exchange, contact http://gatp.org/

Membership Reminder

A
maneki neko reminds us to renew our membership.

JASV memberships are on a calendar year basis and expire on December 31! Please renew now! Let us know if you've left Vermont and we'll refer you to the local Japan America Society chapter.

Recent Resources: Books on Japan

Elizabeth Andoh, Kibo: "Brimming with Hope", 2012.

IElizabeth Andoh's new book, Kibo: "Brimming with Hope", is a collection of recipes & stories from Japan's Tohoku region written to both preserve and restore the culture of the area most heavily hit by the March 11, 2011 disaster. Currently, the book is available as a Kindle book from Amazon, with a portions of the sales donated to ongoing relief efforts. A 25 page excerpt is also available on the web at Scribd … http://goo.gl/iHxEL

The JASV Board Meetings: Second Wednesday of the month - 7:00 pm. The JASV board meetings are in the JASV office at 123 Ethan Allen Avenuem Suite 203. Colchester. All are welcome.

The JASV Facebook page is a community space for JASV members and friends. If you are a participant in Facebook, visit our page at http://facebook.com/jasv.org; click "like" to include our postings on your Facebook wall.

If you would like to receive updates on the JASV calendar by email, you can join our Yahoo mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jasv/ or by sending email to info@jasv.org. If you find computers and Yahoo difficult, you can subscribe very simply, by sending a request to info@jasv.org

The JASV Office has a collection of forms useful for Japanese citizens residing in the United States; these include

Zairyutodoke : 在留届
Zairyuhennkoutodoke : 在留変更届
Passport Application for 5 Year use：パスポート申請用紙（５年用）
Passport Application for 10 year use：パスポート申請用紙（１０年用）

If you know of any Japan-related events in Vermont, please send them to JASV at info@jasv.org.