Dear Members and Friends of JASH, Forgot to reserve your seat at Natsunoya for this year’s Natsumatsuri? We’ve got you covered! Natsunoya Tea House has kindly extended the deadline to register to JOIN US LIVE until NOON on Friday, July 23rd. This is your LAST CHANCE to join us behind-the-scenes for this year’s summer festival! LIVE at Natsunoya Tea House (1935 Makanani Dr) Thursday, July 29, 2021 Check-in: 5:00pm Program: 6:00pm-7:00pm Cost: $55/person (includes dinner and

Dear Members and Friends of JASH, It’s the LAST DAY to JOIN OUR GOLF BALL DROP FUNDRAISER! Golf Ball Drop Fundraiser Monday, July 19, 2021 11:10am Winners announced Thurs., July 22 With the help of Mauna Loa Helicopters, this fundraiser drops 1,000 golf balls from the sky over a designated hole at the Mid-Pacific Country Club. This fundraiser is open to EVERYONE---you don’t need to be part of the Golf Classic to participate! Winners will be announced at our virtual Awards Pa

Since their selection at the beginning of this year, our 2021 Asian-Pacific Children’s Convention (APCC) Junior Ambassadors (JAs) have been busily preparing for their Virtual BRIDGE Summer Camp. The virtual summer camp will be a series of international Zoom workshops which will run from August through October. Although they will not be travelling to Fukuoka this summer due to the pandemic, our JAs have had their hands full learning about Japanese culture, daily life, and lang

The Japan-America Society of Hawaii was honored to host a Zoom webinar panel discussion on “The Role of the U.S. and Japan in the China-Taiwan Relationship.” Broadcast on June 3, 2021 via Zoom, our esteemed panelists were Major General (Ret.) Suzanne Vares-Lum (Owner, Vares-Lum Indo-Pacific Consulting, LLC) and Dr. John Hemmings (Associate Professor, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies), with a special welcome by the Director of APCSS, Rear Admiral (Ret.

On Wednesday, June 2, 2021, JASH piloted the year’s first 5:01 Reconnected pau hana program exclusively for our JASH Board Directors. For the first time in over a year, our Directors safely gathered in-person at the Aloha Beer Company. As all meetings had been held virtually since last year, “Reconnect” is truly what everyone did, laughing, talking-story, and expressing how wonderful it was to see familiar faces outside of Zoom. Mr. Steve Sombrero, JASH Board Chair and owner

L Bottom: Delle Tanioka; Ryan Layman, Michelle Hirose, Steve Sombrero, Reyna Kaneko, Monchalee Ota, Rich Kiyabu, Jessica Ogasawara, Mika Morigawara On May 26, 2021, the JASH NexGen Advisory Committee safely gathered together at the Aloha Beer Company in Kakaako to catch up and begin tackling their major, NexGen-produced event: The Second Annual JASH NexGen Natsumatsuri! Our Natsumatsuri “summer festival” launched in 2020 as a social and fundraising event that calls on JASH’s