Nippon Club of the Triangle
Last updated: 12/18/2009
Upcoming Events 2009
- January 24th:
- Shin-Nen-Kai (New Year's Celebration)
Shin-Nen-Kai (New Year's Celebration)
We will celebrate the Japanese New Year festivities on January 24th.
New Years is an especially spiritual time of the year for Japanese, when individuals, families, relatives, and friends get together to part with the previous year and welcome the fortunes of the New Year.
Please join in our celebrations: All are welcome to participate.
Date & Time: 1/24 (Sun), 1:00 - 4:00pm
Place: Doris Duke Center at Sara P. Duke Garden
Fee: $20/person
RSVP: Pre-Registration requested. Please see the brochure
for the details.
Please check the PDF brochure for more details in Japanese or English.
Thank you for your hard work: the 24th International Festival of Raleigh, 2009
Congratulations on a wonderful International Festival this year. There
were 140 volunteers involved in many festival activities, including
Cultural Booth, Mochitsuki Demonstration and Taiko/Bon-dance performances
on Stage for three days 10/2,3,and 4.
Yoisho! Yoisho! 400 Kinako-mochi were served for two days at the Demonstration Booth; 3,000 participants got their names in Fude; presenters wearing Happi caputured people on ‘Learning Japanese is FUN’ through the PowerPoint screen.
We thank the High School students from Japanese Language School of Raleigh, College students from UNC Japan Club and NCSU Japan Club, and all the people who offered their skills and time. Also, a special thank you to Triangle Taiko, Nippon Club Bon-dance, and East Millbrook Middle School Taiko Ensemble for their performances. Thank you so much for your dedication and hard work to make this event so successful.
Japanese Chair: Yoko Iwashima
Cultural Booth: Yuichi Watanabe
Demonstration: Toshikazu Mizobuchi
Center Stage: Rocky Iwashima
2009 Natsu Matsuri, July 11th - Thanks to everyone for a great time!
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Long green bamboo pole Fishing for dreams" |
Thank you all for coming! Over 700 people participated in this year's 'Nippon Club Summer Festival'.
What did you wish for?
Many Tanzaku wish cards decorated the two bamboo poles set by the front stage. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka for bringing the bamboo poles from their back yard.
Here are some sample Tanzaku:
| He finds a job XXXX's cooking skills get better We are happy and get a $100 million Grandparents come to the US and live with us |
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Thanks to RTP Rock Group and women's singing group for their music, Mr. Mike Watson and his group for the Kendo demonstration, and Special Olympics athletes and Triangle Taiko for the Taiko Performances. In addition, we were all charmed by Ken's electric organ, and we all will look forward to what he does with his talent. He's a rising Senior at Green Hope High School, Cary.
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Adults and children dressed up in Yukata and Jinbei, and swayed to the music in the 'Bon Dance' led by Ms. Sadako Calkagno. Everyone's arms were probably still swinging on the next day to the tune of "Tsubaki ondo deee... Tokyooo Ondooooo..."
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Organizers
Nippon Club is an all volunteer group, and more than ninety volunteers helped make 2009 Summer Festival happen. We thank the students from Japanese Language School of Raleigh, people who offered their skills and time, and participants who decided to help out with the food stands.
* Many people signed up via pre-registration this year, so we were successfully able to avoid long lines at the food counter. Also, all children were able to get water yo-yos as free gifts.
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See you at next year's Tanabata/Obon festival!
-- Nippon Club of the Triangle --
* The Festival was supported by:
| The North Carolina Japan Center Duke University, APSI Japanese Restaurant Waraji |
* Write to triangle_nippon_club@yahoo.com and tell us what we can improve for future Nippon Club's activities better.
Monthly Director's Meeting (the first Wednesday)
Location: North Carolina Japan Center (Map)
Address: Spring Hill House 705 Barbour Dr. Raleigh, NC 27603