Celebrate Girls Day with us. We will have many activities for the kids and adults alike.

Our menu will consist of gomokoshirashi and suimono.

Come join us for some fun with bingo and great food! We will be having gyudon, miso soup, and we can’t forget the valentines’ chocolates! After eating, we’ll enjoy a relaxing (and competitive) time playing bingo with prizes.

Registration is now open for our first-ever Youth Movie Night!

On Friday, February 8, 2024, kids and teens aged 10-17 are invited to join us to watch Howl's Moving Castle together. Registration is just $10/person. Food will be provided.

Drop-off opens at 6pm and we plan to start the movie around 6:30. …

Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/240075832948059

Come join us for our annual Oshogatsu party. It will be a pot luck so be sure to bring your favorite dish that will feed at least 15-20 people. There will be a raffle and the grand prize will be a $250 gift certificate as long as other great prizes.

We will be entertained by the Fort Worth Suzuki School while we enjoy Tempera Udon, Kakiage, and Yakiimo (roasted sweet potatoes). Last year, about 20 students came with their various musical instruments and their talent to envelop us in fine music.

September is officially NTX Giving Day season but you can still donate at any time. Last year, the generosity of our community helped raise a record breaking $66 million in support of North Texas nonprofits! Every year, this event helps more than 3,300 nonprofits continue their work to make our community a healthier, happier, and safer place to live and thrive.

Please go to the link below to donate to the Fort Worth Japanese Society – and have your donation go further with the additional sums that are added from the group that administers NTGD.

https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/FortWorthJapaneseSociety

We will celebrate “Keiro no Hi”Hi”(Respect the Elderly Day) which will be observed in Japan this year on Sept 18 th. The elderly members of our Society have contributed in many ways over the years since our founding in 1985 so we certainly want to recognize and thank them Traditionally, obento is served on this day, so our Wakabakai group (ladies group) will prepare the obento to this luncheon.

For this luncheon, we will celebrate Tanabata, the Japanese Star Festival. We will bring back our “Izakaya” style food booths serving okonomiyaki, yakisoba, yakitori, takoyaki, and red bean popsicles.

For June, we will enjoy a relaxing luncheon. Our program for the day will be watching the movie Jiro Dreams of Sushi, while eating sushi!

Tango no Sekku (端午の節句), or Boys Day is celebrated in early May, but considering everyone’s busy schedule, we will observe this day on Sunday, May 21st. We will have various activities related to Boys Day such as demonstrating origami, walking on stilts and fashioning koi. We will also enjoy a seasonal obento.

Patricia (Topic to be Decided)
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Come celebrate the Setsubun Festival and learn about oden and takigomi gohan.

Oden is a style of japanese hot pot typically consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon, konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth.

Takigomi gohan is japanese mixed rice with seasonal ingredients.

Setsubun Festival, or the bean-throwing festival, celebrates the beginning of spring by ridding evil spirits that bring sickness and prevent good fortune.

Chabana Demo and WS—Lynn
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Our most heavily attended luncheon each year is our Oshogatsu luncheon.

This is probably because it is potluck and everyone brings in their favorite dish.

If that’s not the reason, it’s because of our prized filled raffle where nearly everyone goes home with a prize! There is no charge for this luncheon – except your potluck contribution.

Dishes do not need to be Japanese, all food is welcome.

Christmas party, Japanese/Asian Fusian Potluck!
Christmas Craft or entertainment (No gift exchange)

Come and enjoy our annual bazaar filled with great food and Japanese inspired gift items.

Branches (preparing them for arrangements)!
George—Demo
Bring your own materials, container and tools

Workshop & flowers; Unusual, Strange shape container
Bring your own materials, container and tools

FW Suzuki School of Music will do another demonstration this year. Food will be shoyu ramen.

Keiro no Hi is a day to honor older adults, to express appreciation and gratitude for their contribution to society, and to celebrate their longevity and vitality.
Food will be obento and there will be an obento contests.

Celebration! Exhibit by members using white flowers;
Ginza Sale; History of Fort Worth Chapter—Panel and Q&A;
Luncheon, Bento Boxes from Tokyo Café (no msg; limited vegetarian or vegan)

For this luncheon, we will celebrate Tanabata, the Japanese Star Festival. We will bring back our “Izakaya” style food booths serving okonomiyaki, yakisoba, yakitori, takoyaki, and red bean popsicles.

Food: Miso Soup

The most popular soups of Japan are suimono (clear soup) and misoshiru (bean curd soup). William Winston will lead this cooking club session and show all of us how to make misoshiru and at the same time, illustrate how the Japanese like to reflect the seasons when they prepare food – by showing us how to make four types of misoshiru –one for each season. A separate email will be sent out later announcing this session.