NEJETAA members are invited to a sake tasting by Joto Sake at Fugakyu. Please mention you’re from NEJETAA when you RSVP!
Brewery Tour, 2012 Joto Sake
Please join us in welcoming the owners from three of the most prestigious breweries in Japan! Yuki No Bosha, Eiko Fuji and Shichi Hon Yari. Enjoy a Sake tasting and hors d’oeuvres complimentary of Joto Sake and Fugakyu Restaurant.
RSVP to adrienne at jotosake dot com
Wednesday, August 1st
5:30-7:30pm
Fugakyu Japanese Cuisine
1280 Beacon St.
Brookine, MA 02446
Kohtaro Saito
Founded in 1903, the Saiya Brewery, from the northern region of Akita, is one of the most awarded at Japan’s National New Sake Competiotion.
Kohdai Kato
Located in Yamagata in northern Japan, the Eiko Fuji brewery, founded in 1778 is now lead by the 13th generation of the Kato family.
Yasunobu Tomita
Founded in the 1540’s, the Tomita Brewery is one of the oldest and smallest in Japan, limiting production to just over 5,000 cases per year.
JQ Magazine Seeks Writers for Summer 2012!
As we slide into summer, JETAA New York’s JQ magazine continues to provide content with an ever-expanding array of articles, interviews and features (see our recent stories here). We’re now looking for new writers, including recent returnees and JET vets, from all JETAA chapters worldwide for posting stories via our host at the global JET alumni resource site JETwit. (Scribes are also encouraged to join the JET Alumni Writers group on LinkedIn.)
Below are story ideas grouped by JET participants and alumni (JET World) and those more on Japanese culture (Japan World). And if you’re a JET or JETWit contributor from anywhere in the world with a story idea of your own, let us know!
CLICK HERE for our summer 2012 ideas pitch package, and contact JQ editor Justin Tedaldi (magazine at jetaany dot org) to sign up for stories.
Thanks and yoroshiku,
Justin Tedaldi
Editor – JQ Magazine
Fukushima JET Alum, Darryl Wharton-Rigby has started a kickstarter fund to support his documentary project about the Fukushima youth taiko group’s story that you may have heard about. His letter is below and you can find more details at JETwit here.
I am a former JET (2005 – 2007, Kawamta-machi in Fukushima-ken). I am reaching out to let you know about my project, ‘Don Doko Don: The Yamkiya Taiko Club Story.’ This story is about a team of taiko drummers from the Yanagawa District of Kawamata, where I taught. They were evacuated because of radiation in their community. This week we launched a Kickstarter campaign for this special documentary and seeking the support of the JET community. I was wondering if there was anyway you could help us spread the word about this Kickstarter campaign?
This past April my senpai, Michelle Spezzacatena and I were able to bring the Yamakiya Taiko Club to the USA for National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC. The group spent 10 days between, my hometoen of Baltimore and DC. They participated in home stays, visited monuments and dignitaries, and performed. They trip was capped by a performance at the Kennedy Center.
I’ve been making films for more than 20 years. It has always been rewarding and challenging experience and this very well may be my most ambitious project. I never imagined my journey would bring me to project with such an international scope and profoundly personal on so many levels.
Please check out the link below and watch the video for more information. It’s less than four minutes. This is an all or nothing campaign. Every contribution brings us closer to our goal. I hope you can support and help spread the word. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Honto ni domo arigato gozaimasu.
Best
Darryl Wharton-Rigby