Dear Members and Friends of JASH, Have you checked out our list of Silent Auction donors on our website? We have some awesome packages coming in, so we hope you’re getting excited for our annual Silent Auction which will be held ONLINE this year from November 12-16! Some of this year’s items include giftcards to popular stores like Home Depot, Starbucks, and Amazon; certificates for local restaurants like Ichiriki and Doraku; a variety of wines and spirits; and a number of vacation packages both local and abroad. We encourage you to click here to pre-register on our Silent Auction Website to make bidding on our fabulous items quick and easy. CALL FOR AUCTION DONATIONS: We are still co
Dear Members and Friends of JASH, Have you registered to be part of our 2020 Annual Gala Reimagined & Online Silent Auction? This is one of JASH’s BIGGEST annual events and it’s already less than one month away! This year, JASH is going virtual and our Gala will be televised on Saturday, November 14, at 8:00pm HST on KHNL. The event features great guest speakers and incredible entertainment, and it’s the best way you can catch up with everything the JASH community has accomplished over the year. Members (and non-members!) can support our Annual Gala by purchasing Individual Sponsorships for $95 ($125 for non-members), which includes a signature take-out dinner prepared by Chef Kevin Ca
Dear Members and Friends of JASH, This week, we bring you an exciting announcement regarding our upcoming Annual Friendship Golf Classic! First is the launch of our Golf Classic’s Golf Ball Drop fundraiser on November 2, 2020. This event will be great fun for everyone (not just golfers!), and you do not need to be registered for the Friendship Golf Classic to participate and win. With the help of Mauna Loa Helicopter, we’ll be dropping 1,000 golf balls from the sky over a target hole. The five balls that enter or are closest to the hole will win prizes! Proceeds from this fun event will go directly to JASH so that we can continue bringing you educational, cultural, and business-minded progra
Dear Members and Friends of JASH, This week, the Japan-America Society of Hawaii celebrated our 44th birthday. On September 28, 1976, the Japan-America Society of Hawaii held its inaugural meeting at the Ilikai Hotel. The meeting was attended by about 200 people, including Hawaii Governor George R. Ariyoshi and Japanese Consul General Masao Tsukamoto. The officers elected that night were Frank E. Midkiff, president; former US Ambassador to Japan John M. Allison, vice president; Masaji Marumoto, vice president; Ralph Honda, secretary; and Sydney Kosasa, treasurer. Image credit: JASH inauguration covered by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, published Sept. 29, 1976. PLEASE consider making a tax-dedu
