Last updated on 4/19

Mochi-Tsuki & Kodomo no Hi

"Kodomo no Hi" (Children's Day) is coming up soon! We will have Mochi-Tsuki (a mochi pounding gathering) to celebrate. Please have a look at our flier below.

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Mochi-Tsuki

Last updated on 2/15

The Shinnen-kai Pictures

We had a great time at the 2012 Shin-Nen-Kai on January 15th. About 140 participants (including 40 volunteers) enjoyed delicious Japanese cuisine, various fan events, and the atomosphere of the Japanese traditional new years. We are deeply greatful to the all the members of the groups in the Triangle area and individual volunteers who worked hard to prepare for this event. We hope everyone will have a wonderful year in 2012 !

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The Annual Year-end Mochi-Tsuki Pictures

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Donation Report of Ganbare Nippon Tsunami Relief

Ganbare Nippon

Our Tsunami Relief Funds will go to orphans affected by Tsunami disaster

It has been already 7 month passed since the disaster hit a North East part of Japan on March 11. We are still remembering the moment the black swell of Tsunami swallowed more than 20,000 people's life. The victims have been still suffering a lot while all kinds of restructuring efforts have taken place.

We have been looking for the appropriate organization to send the funds donated by you for months while our fund has reached to $4,900 including the recent donation gathered at the Raleigh International Festival. Since we had established the funds, we had decided that the fund should be used for the children affected by the Tsunami disaster, especially in the area of mental care such as PTSD. We believe that the children will be the key resource for the future and they will become powerful facilitators to rebuilding the region in near future.

Now we are pleased to inform you that the board of Nippon Club has finally selected a non-profit organization called ASHINAGA dedicated to support orphans of disasters as donee and that our funds will be specifically used for one of their project to build Tohoku Rainbow House which will aim to give psychosocial support to children who have lost one or both parents in 3.11 Tsunami disaster. Please find more detail about Ashinaga and Tohoku Rainbow House through clicking www.ashinaga.org/en/
The recent report says there are now 1,529 orphans of the Tsunami identified. We wish the happiness of these children and are glad to contribute with them.

Report and pictures of 2011 International Festival

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2011 Natsu-Matsuri/Bon Odori (Japanese Summer Festival)

Natsumatsuri

The 2011 Summer Festival was a great success!

In spite of the heavy rain in the morning, almost 1000 participants came and enjoyed traditional Japanese festival foods (such as Yakisoba, grilled corn and classic snowcones... all of them were so yummy!), fun events, and the traditional Bon dance. A lot of people in yukata garments made the atmosphere of the festival grow even livelier.

It was a great pleasure that we could share the feeling of a Japanese summer here in North Carolina.

We also had more than 100 volunteers who worked really hard throughout the festival. Since all the food was homemade and the events were planned on our own, obviously we could not carry it out without help of the volunteers. Thank you so much for your cooperation!

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