The 33rd Colorado/Wyoming Japanese Speech Contest

The 33rd Colorado/Wyoming Japanese Speech Contest took place last week! Congratulations to all of the participants who were in the Speech Contest!

There are many Speech Contest that takes place all over the United States to demonstrate and show the students' Japanese levels to not only their teachers but to others who are observing. Many students have their own individual topics and ideas they would like to share and speech contest is one of the ways to share!

More information/photos:
https://cjlea.weebly.com/

2019 AUSTIN AKI MATSURI 秋まつり

Austin, Texas is having an awesome akimatsuri this upcoming Sunday, November 17th from 1PM to 5PM at Zilker Botanical Garden. There will be many displays of Japanese culture/performances so it'll be a wonderful event to attend. It's free admission with regular garden admission.

More details:
https://do512.com/events/2019/11/17/2019-austin-aki-matsuri-jasga-s-13th-annual-japan-fall-festival-tickets

Japan in November!

Happy November and I hope everyone had a nice Halloween/October season. Although there was the typhoon in Kanto region and forest fires in Los Angeles, the weather is relatively nice/calm for November. JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) has a wonderful page that showcases weather changes and places to visit! It's a great resource for teachers to speak with their students on where they would like to visit in Japan, what's considered an important aspect of fall, and how to prepare for changing weather. https://www.japan.travel/en/guide/november/