Year of the Rabbit! New Year’S a Complete Recap of ‘Ohana Festival the Past Fiscal Year Sunday, January 9, 2011 Inside
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NOVEMBER 2010 | VOL. 16, NO. 6 LEGACIES Honoring our heritage. Embracing our diversity. Sharing our future. LEGACIES IS A BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAI`I, 2454 SOUTH BERETANIA STREET, HONOLULU, HI 96826 Ready to Celebrate the Annual Report 2009–2010 Year of the Rabbit! New Year’s A complete recap of ‘Ohana Festival the past fiscal year Sunday, January 9, 2011 insidE. 2454 South Beretania Street 10:00 am–4:00 pm Honolulu, HI 96826 Japanese Cultural Center tel: (808) 945-7633 of Hawai‘i/Mo¯‘ili‘ili Field fax: (808) 944-1123 Osho¯gatsu/ email: [email protected] Save New Year website: www.jcch.com the date! Follow us on Workshops Facebook and Twitter OFFICE HOURS Monday–Saturday Parking: A complimentary shuttle 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. service will run between the parking structure at the University GALLERY HOURS of Hawai‘i at Ma¯noa on Dole Tuesday–Saturday Street and the Cultural Center. 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for continuous updates RESOURCE CENTER HOURS on the event or call 945-7633, Wednesday–Friday email [email protected] for more 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. information. Check out page 7 to reserve your spot Saturday for this year’s 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. kimono dressing. Join uS for a new series Free of workshops highlighting GIFT SHOP HOURS traditional local Japanese Tuesday–Saturday admission! practices for the New 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Year. Learn the meaning of visiting the Mission Statement: shrine, make your own To be a vibrant resource, ceramic ema strengthening our diverse community (small plaques or by educating present and votive tablets on future generations in the evolving which worshippers Japanese American experience write their prayers in Hawai‘i. We do this through or wishes), and learn relevant programming, meaningful the secrets of local style kadomatsu community service and (bamboo and innovative partnerships that pine New Year’s enhance the understanding and display) making! celebration of our heritage, See page 6 culture and love of the land. for details. To guide us in this work we draw This festival is made possible in large part from the values found in our through a generous grant from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority—City and County of Honolulu Japanese American traditions and County Product Enrichment Program. the spirit of Aloha. Aloha! As we approach the end of 2010, I’d like to take the opportunity to thank all of our hard working staff and volunteers who have given so much of their time and effort to make our Cultural Center a constant success. 2010 proved to be a year of many challenges, yet dear JCCH ‘Ohana, we had an outstanding year in our programs, membership outreach, special events and financial stability. We have new The holidays are here and we have much to be thankful for! leadership in government and have been very fortunate to have Your support as volunteers, members, donors, patrons of had their support over the years. We look forward to working our Gift Shop and two galleries; students of our cultural with the new administrations at the state and county levels. classes; and participants in our many workshops and events, We had the privilege of participating in the film debut of a new enables us to offer an array of documentary, 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity. We also programming that appeals TODAY’S THOUGHT: continued to make great strides with our Hawai‘i Confinement to our visitors and entire TRUE FRIENDS Sites Committee and Monsanto Hawaii to preserve the multicultural community. It is easy to make fair-weather Honouliuli detention camp site. The Celebration of Leadership As Reverend Osumi writes, friends who flock to you when and Achievement Dinner (CLAD) was a resounding success as each of us is fortunate for prosperity is your portion. we honored five outstanding individuals who exemplified what friends who stand by us In adversity the line of friendship it means to be Kakushin no Tatsujin—Masters of Innovation. through thick and thin. We are becomes thin. When your prestige My heartfelt thanks to our CLAD CoChairs Mark Yamada also fortunate that in Hawai‘i slackens or your money fails, and Lisa Shozuya for their outstanding leadership and hard our sense of community is then your so-called friends will work planning this event as well as all of the many volunteers strong and the leaves of our drop away like leaves from a tree who worked behind the scenes to make things happen! Cultural Center tree cling on in autumn. You are fortunate Our capital campaign efforts are off to a good start as so many even during the toughest times. if you have friends who stand by you through thick and thin. of our friends and supporters have come forth to reinforce I‘d like to remind you of the their support and commitment to the Cultural Center and our —The Reverend Paul S. Osumi story of community spirit that mission to preserve the legacy of our forefathers in Hawai‘i. saved our Cultural Center: Thank you to everyone for their continued support and financial contributions. In late 2002, the Cultural Center was on the verge of being sold due to insurmountable debt. A group of former chairmen, Your board of governors led by Deborah Nakagawa has been board members and volunteers came together to form hard at work planning our favorite New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival a committee to “Save the Center.” The Makiki Language scheduled for January 9, 2011. It is a wonderful event which School announced a significant gift towards this effort, and enables our community to gather together to celebrate the with that the campaign to Save the Center was launched. New Year and experience some of our local culture. It certainly is my favorite time of the year. The committee knew the fundraising would have to be grass roots and they appealed to the community. By the following Lastly, I would be remiss if I didn’t thank our president, June, most of the funding had been secured, and the Cultural Lenny Yajima Andrew, and chief operating officer, Allicyn Center was saved. Hikida Tasaka, for their ongoing commitment to lead our wonderful staff. We are fortunate to have such dedicated and This example, and the recent campaigns to save Hawai‘i talented individuals that support the daytoday activities high school athletics and to provide financial relief to the and operations. Mahalo to Caroline, Brian, Denise, Christy, families of our Little League U.S. Champions remind us of Jennifer, Derrick, Suann, Lei, Michelle, Nicki, and Audrey – how fortunate we are that in times of need, our community you are all very special individuals and we appreciate all that is ready to give. The value of this sense of community is you do for the Cultural Center and our community. something we at the Cultural Center hope you will share with each other and future generations. On behalf of your board of directors, I’d like to wish you and your family happy holidays from the Japanese Cultural Center Happy Holidays! of Hawai‘i. Aloha, Lenny Yajima Andrew President & Executive Director Curt Otaguro Chairman of the Board 2 Please welcome our new volunteers! Natasha Arakaki, Office Assistant OF THEriends JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAI‘I Cheryl diCello, Receptionist/ f Special Projects tomodachi Scott Morita, Special Events and Projects VOLUNTEERS COORDINATOR’S MESSAGE Jeff Moses, Special Events and Projects Aloha Volunteers! Graffiti Paint Out and Community Cleanup in October. Our outreach and community As the end of 2010 approaches, we have volunteer events are a valuable way for us had the opportunity to welcome many to interact with the community and share “changing Leaves” new volunteers to the Cultural Center as our culture! dorian Nakamichi, well as see some move on to new ventures and pursuits. This ongoing flux of new and On December 9, our volunteers and members Gift Shop and Gallery >> Special Events familiar faces reminds me of the changing will be participating in the KapahuluMoiliili Frank Seki, Gallery >> Gardener colors of autumn leaves (kōyō) in Japan. Christmas Parade again this year from 5:30– As temperatures cool, kakigori (shave ice) 8:00 pm. Please RSVP to me by December 1 gives way to kaki (persimmons), and momiji at 9457633, Ext. 35 if you would like to join us. (maple) leaves transition from green to Lately I have been addicted to the daily orange to vibrant red. The chill in the air crossword puzzle in the newspaper, so I mark your calendars! is greeted by bright scarves accenting dark thought it might be fun to challenge our January 24, 2011 winter clothes; kuri (chestnuts) and yakiimo Legacies readers with a little Japanese culture (sweet potatoes) baking on hot stones on puzzle to mull over as they cozy up to a mug The annual Volunteer Holiday Party will street corners; and bōnenkai (end of year of hot chocolate or apple cider. Please send be our first ever Shinnenkai or Shinnen parties). Speaking of parties, our Volunteer your completed puzzle to me by December 1. Enkai (New Year’s Party) hosted by the Holiday Party will for the first time be a Entries with all correct answers will be entered New Year’s Party (shinnenkai or shinnen enkai) into a drawing for a prize so be sure to fill in Resource Center volunteers. Invitations on Monday, January 24, 2011.