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Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival

Otsukimi Moon Viewing FestivalOctober 15 | 6:30 - 9:30 PMCultural Activities: 6:30 PMStage Show: 7:00 PMKlyde Warren ParkFree Admission!

Celebrate the full autumn moon at Klyde Warren Park with anevening picnic, calligraphy, tea ceremony, Ikebana, and haikupoetry. Enjoy music by violinist Kazuhiro Takagi, Dallas KiyariDaiko drummers, and shakuhachi master Stan Richardson, plusmoon activities and a rabbit-petting zoo with The Bunny BurrowRabbit Rescue.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on and a picnic supper -or pre-order a bento box.

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Congratulations, Sun & Star Golf Classic Winners!

Champions: Ernst & Young LLPBryan Chance, Michael Clinton, Mark Halliwell, Tom Hever

2nd Place: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Fred Mau, Simon Nagata, Julie Takahashi, Koichi Takikawa

3rd Place: NEC Corporation of AmericaJackson Chen, Jason Reyes, Stephen Spencer, Craig Steiwig

Putting Contest:Mike Kiname, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.

Closest to the Pin Contests: Fred Mau, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Koichi Takikawa, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.Kunio Takakuwa, Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management (U.S.A.),Inc.Jared Chaffin, KPMG LLP

Longest Drive Contests: Sheila Natho

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North Texas Giving Day - Thank you!

Thank you to everyone whodonated to Japan-AmericaSociety on North Texas GivingDay! Your gift will support theDallas-Sendai YoungAmbassadors Program. Thank

you for helping us nurture young leaders and deepen therelationship between Dallas and Sendai!

Japan-USA Goodwill Ocarina Concerts - Free!

Thursday, October 6 | 7:00 PMFirst Presbyterian Church of Richardson (map)Saturday, October 8 | 7:00 PMAllen Public Library (map) | More

Musicians Kazumi Sato of Tochigi City, Japan, and Cris Gale ofDallas will perform two free concerts on the ocarina, an ancientwind instrument.

An Evening with Sam Mihara

October 6 | 7:15 PMSMU, McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall (map)

Educator and activist Sam Mihara will share his personalexperience in a Wyoming prison camp for Japanese Americansduring World War II, and discuss lessons from the experience forcontemporary human rights struggles. More

JETRO Technology Seminar:

Successfully Entering Japan's IoT MarketOctober 26 | 8:00 - 9:30 AMHosts: Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and Dallas Regional Chamber500 N. Akard Street, Suite 2600, Dallas Free Admission! | Register | RSVP by October 18 | Flyer Is your company ready to reap the benefits of expanding into theworld's second largest technology market? Join a discussion ofJapan's IoT (internet of things) industry. Keynote speaker EisukeTsuyuzaki, JETRO Japan Technology Advisor, will provide anoverview of current market trends and discuss which industrysectors have the greatest growth potential for U.S. companies.

A limited number of free, individual consultations with Mr.Tsuyuzaki will be available after the seminar for companiesplanning to establish a corporate presence in Japan. For moreinformation contact JETRO at Keith_Sanders@jetro.go.jp.

Fort Worth Japanese Garden Fall Festival

November 5 & 6 | 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM$8 Adults | $5 Children (4 - 12 yrs.)Fort Worth Japanese Garden (map)

Enjoy traditional Japanese dance, music,martial arts, sword demonstrations, raku,tea ceremonies, and more. More

Ikebana Ikenobo Master: Emiko Suzuki

November 10 & 11 Texas Star Golf Club, Euless | Flyer

Ikebana International Dallas Chapter #13and Fort Worth Chapter #38 will present anikebana demonstration and workshops withIkenobo master Emiko Suzuki. Contact

ikebanadallas@gmail.com or fort-worth@ikebanahq.org.

Thank You, Volunteers!

Irving Main Street EventYukie ImanagaMarina Kurioka

Takeshi ShirakawaAmanda White

Sun & Star Golf ClassicDavid Ball

Keiko HarrisRobin & Kyoko Mallon

Tomoko MillerKeiko NagataAliya Qureshi

Sam & Rie ShichijoReiko Shinde

Akimatsuri Fall FestivalSara Castor

Tyler ChoyenimTaisei HirakawaSarah Ishikawa

Grace & Ruth MitsunariTeru Nii

Junka TanadaLeila Wyatt

Photo Gallery

Sun & Star Golf ClassicSaturday, September 17 at Cowboys Golf Club

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Akimatsuri Fall Festival

Sunday, September 25 hosted by the Dallas Japanese Association

Now Showing: Japanese Films

Kenshin Part III: The Legend EndsOctober 3 & 5Angelika Film CenterDallasMore

Shin GodzillaOctober 11Angelika Film CenterPlano & DallasMore

Miss HokusaiOctober 21Angelika Film CenterDallas More

KIZUMONOGATARI PART II: NEKKETSUOctober 22Angelika Film CenterDallasMore

Upcoming Events and Activities

Ongoing Inside the Armor (The Samurai Collection)October 6 An Evening with Sam Mihara (SMU Dedman College)October 6 & 8 Japan-US Goodwill Ocarina Concert (Allen Public Library)October 10-12 26th Japan-America Grassroots Summit, Post-Summit Visit to DallasOctober 15 Otsukimi Moon Viewing FestivalOctober 23 October Luncheon: Bingo (Fort Worth Japanese Society)October 26 JETRO Technology Seminar: Successfully Entering Japan's IoT Market

(JETRO and Dallas Regional Chamber)November 5 & 6 Japanese Garden Fall Festival (Fort Worth Japanese Garden)November 10 & 11Ikebana Ikenobo Master: Emiko Suzuki (Ikebana International)Weekly Dallas Japanese Language and Culture Meetup (Meetup.com)Weekly Dallas Japanese and English Language Exchange (Meetup.com)