JSGH 2020 Cool Mask Photo Contest

The Cool Face Mask/Covering is the theme of Japan Society of Greater Hartford’s next photo contest. It’s open for the submissions via pinned contest post on our Facebook page (Look for the post with the same image on https://www.facebook.com/JSofGH/). Read the detail and participate! Theme: Cool Face Mask and Face CoveringSchedule: Entries open: June 11, 2020 Entries close: 11:55 pm ET, July 3, 2020 Winners announcement: July 15, 2020 on our Facebook page Cost: Free Prizes: >>Read More...

Informational Sites Related to Covid-19

Here’s a list of links to informational sites related to Covid-19. 外務省海外安全ホームページ: https://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/ Consulate General of Japan in New York: https://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.html Connecticut’s Official State – Coronavirus Page: https://portal.ct.gov/Coronavirus Connecticut Office of Early Childhood – Covid-19 OEC’s Response: https://www.ctoec.org/covid-19/ Foodshare: http://site.foodshare.org/site/PageServer?pagename=index Connecticut Food Bank – Mobile Pantries: http://www.ctfoodbank.org/get-help/connecticut-food-banks-mobile-pantry-schedule/ Meals of Wheels: http://www.crtct.org/en/need-help/senior-services/meals-on-wheels Stay Home, Save Lives!   >>Read More...

Sakura Fundraising Campaign

JSGH has kicked off the fundraising campaign for the cherry tree planting at the Gillette Castle State Park. Please see the campaign page at GoFundMe site for the details. Please share the campaign and donate what you can. Hope you support us! >>Read More...

Hiroshima Memory in Imagination – CCSU

3/12: Update – This event has been postponed to a future date. ———————————————————————- We received event information from CCSU. Please see below. Hiroshima Memory in Imagination Art Exhibition of Atomic Bomb drawings March 30, 2020 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. March 31, 2020 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Talk and Panel March 31, 2020 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. At CCSU Student Center Bellin Gallery Open to public The >>Read More...

Japanese Ambassador to USA to visit Connecticut

On Wednesday, February 12, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Shinsuke Sugiyama, will be visiting Connecticut. He will deliver a speech on International Law and Security at Yale at 4:30 PM. We would like to see many of you attend that very important speech. It will be given at the GM Room, Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, 55 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06520. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, see https://ceas.yale.edu/events/japans-foreign-policy-and-international-law. >>Read More...