East Haddam Historical Society and Museum Event November 20th – 3:00 PM: Garrett Groesbeck is an ethnomusicologist, koto player, and PhD student at Wesleyan University. The koto, a 74-inch, 13-stringed instrument, has been popular from the earliest periods of Japanese musical history to the present day. Garrett lived and studied in Japan and is a Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) scholar. From 2017 to 2019 he worked at the arts organization Japan Folk Festival, arranging >>Read More...
Fall Bus Trip to New York City
Saturday, December 3rd Deadline for the registration: November 22nd or when full capacity Rockefeller Center to Stroll on the Fifth Avenue Mitsuwa Shopping Plaza – Japanese Grocery Store, Bakery, Restaurants, Book Store, Home Goods, Kitchen wares, Toys, Cosmetics, and more! English Registration Form Japanese Registration Form 7:30 am Leave Manchester Commuter Lot (Buckland Street & Pleasant Valley Road) 8:00 am Leave New Britain Commuter Lot(Across from Target, Village Square Rd. near West Farms Mall) >>Read More...
Nihongo Night
Saturday, October 8th, 2022 3D Printing: An Increasingly Accessible ‘Future’ Technology By Peter Watson (President, Japan Society of Greater Hartford) Join us for the post-pandemic return of JSGH Nihongo Nights! It’s a great chance to meet, enjoy a delicious potluck dinner, and learn something new from our speaker. Presentation Description: 3D Printing’s ability to generate detailed and useful objects from seemingly nothing, like the Replicators from Star Trek, can make it feel both magical and futuristic. >>Read More...
End of Summer Picnic
J.B.Williams Park in Glastonbury September 18, 2022 (SUN) Address: 705 Neipsic Rd, Glastonbury CT 06033 Time: 11am ~ 3pm (rain or shine) Fee: Members : $10 Non-members : $15 Children 12yrs old and under : Free! Food: Hamburgers, Hot dogs, Yaki-onigiri, Yakisoba, Bura-jiru, bottled water, etc will be provided. Feel free to bring a dish to share. Activities: Taiko Experience, Obon-dance, Radio-Taiso, Soap bubbles, Volleyball, badminton, Wanage. Welcome to bring yours. Tag Sale: We are >>Read More...
JSGH Newsletter – August 2022
June 2022 Issue: August 10th, 2022 Message from the President Hello JSGH Members and Friends, I hope you’re all enjoying your summer and that this message finds you well. Despite it being about a month ago, I think many of us may still be in shock from the tragic assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It still seems like something from a horrible dream, something that could only be imagined, but could never >>Read More...