Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Upcoming Japan Events
December 3rd - 15th, 2019
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Plans for 2020 programming have been underway! Here's some programs to look forward to in the New Year!
1/8 Japanese English Language Exchange
1/17 JSB Jazz Club Series Inaugural Night
1/19 Oshogatsu at the Children's Museum
1/30 Film: Persona Non Grata
2/4 First day of Japanese Language Class
And More!
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Japanese Language School at JSB
Our winter program will officially launch in February 2020!
Offerings will include beginner level classes in Boston and Cambridge, as well as private lessons. The Cambridge class will be on Tuesdays in Kendall Sq from 6:30pm to 8pm and the Boston Class will be on Wednesdays at our 50 Milk St office from 6:30pm to 8pm. Intermediate and Advanced classes will start in the fall of 2020.
Registration opens January 6th, 2020
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Japanese of the week:
感謝 (Kansha)
Meaning: Thanks, Gratitude
Feelings of gratitude and thankfulness are important concepts in Japan. There are many ways to express "thanks", some of which are used more when speaking while others are more for writing. 感謝しております。(Kansha shiteorimasu) ありがとうございます。(Arigatou gozaimasu) すみません。(Sumimasen) 深謝致します。(Shinsha itashimasu) お礼申し上げます。（Orei moushiagemasu) are some ways of expressing gratitude in Japanese.
Yes, Japanese can be difficult but you can find a community of Japanese language learners at JSB. Come meet them at our monthly Japanese English Language Exchange or come learn with them at one of our Japanese Language programs starting soon!
Last but not least, JSB is here because of you, our audience. THANK YOU! 感謝しております。
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Keep up with JSB on social media!
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Join hundreds of Japan enthusiasts from Boston and beyond in supporting the Japan Society of Boston's mission to inspire curiosity, connection, and community during the month of December and
receive two years for the price of one year
of individual membership.
Members receive discounts to JSB events, J-Life International, Ogawa Coffee, Gray Mist Studio and Itadaki Restaurant and Bar
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Donate $25 or more during the week of Giving Tuesday and receive a limited edition print by
Artist Jeffrey H. Hayes that celebrates the six decades of friendship between Boston and Kyoto as Sister-Cities.
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Japan Society of Boston Events
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Wednesday, December 4th
6:00-8:00pm
at Pabu Boston
3 Franklin St. Boston, MA
JSB Members $40 per person | $50 General Admission
Come "forget the year" at JSB's Bōnenkai at Pabu
Boston!
Bōnenkai literally means "forget the year gathering."
In Japan, bōnenkai parties are held with friends, colleagues, and community members in December to celebrate the past year before we shift our focus to the next. Join us for Japanese food and enjoy some sake flights with your friends at the Japan Society of Boston!
Appetizers will be provided by our generous friends at Pabu Boston!
Alcohol will only be served to ages 21 and up.
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Save The Date
Persona Non Grata:
The Story of Chiune Sugihara
Thursday, January 30th
Dinner 5:30PM - Film 7:00PM
Vilna Shul: Boston's Center for Jewish Culture
18 Phillips St, Beacon Hill
$40 Japanese inspired Kosher Dinner, Film & Conversation
$10 Film & Conversation
Presented in collaboration with Vilna Shul,
Persona Non Grata
tells the previously unknown story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who issued over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania, saving the lives of over 6,000 people. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania. Film will be introduced by director Cellin Gluck and followed by an audience Q&A.
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Other Japan Events Around Boston
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Saturday, December 7
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Showa Boston Institute
420 Pond St, Jamaica Plain MA
Free Admission
Student led and student run festival with
authentic tea ceremonies, traditional festival activities, art, lantern making, and festival food tasting- $5 per ticket
Student performances from 4-5pm
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Sunday, December 8
8:00 pm
Regent Theatre
7 Medford St, Arlington MA
Early bird tickets are $20 ($15 for students). Tickets at the door will be $25 ($20 at the door.)
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December 7 to 28
10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Opening Reception: December 7th 3 - 5pm
Lacoste/Keane Gallery
25 Main St, Concord, MA 01742
Lacoste/Keane Gallery is proud to close the 2019 season with an all-female exhibition
Breaking The Ceiling: Japanese Women in Clay,
from December 7 to 28, 2019. Exhibiting artists include Ikuko Ando, Eri Dewa, Kiyoko Morioka, Aya Murata and Hiroko Nakazato who are all exhibiting in the USA for the first time.
In addition to the Opening December 7, there will be a Panel Discussion at Concord Academy Sunday December 8 to highlight the importance of the show. Participating will be 4 of the 5 artists, Louise Cort, renown expert in Japanese ceramics and Maya Nishi, the Curator.
This show underscores the exciting progress women have made in the field of clay in Japan where it is traditionally male dominated. A must see!
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Tuesday, December 10
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Simjang
72 Shrewsbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604
Atsuko Chiba works as a scientist by day and, under the code name "Paprika," is a dream detective at night. Atsuko and her colleagues are working on a device called the DC Mini, which is intended to help psychiatric patients, but in the wrong hands it could destroy people's minds. When a prototype is stolen, Atsuko/Paprika springs into action to recover it before damage is done.
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Friday, December 13
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Porté Room S250, Second Level, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St.
Love and desire: we experience them with such immediacy, even as we recognize that their contours are shaped by moment, representation, and cultural norms. They occupy a central place in Japanese literature from the earliest poetry, but over the centuries, their representation in various genres also challenged conceptions of literature, gender, and morality. This workshop examines the contentious centrality of emotion, desire, and love in Japanese literary writing across the early modern-modern divide, focusing on their capacity to generate critical debates and to inspire complex gendered representations.
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Wednesday, December 4
6:30 PM
One Silber Way
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Burdened with heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind aging woman after tasting her surprisingly delicious red bean paste. Because of her red bean paste, the dorayaki sales increase drastically. However, one day the owner of the shop comes and reveals the old woman’s secret…
Sweet Bean あん (2015) 113 min. Director: Kawase Naomi
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