Our culture is filled with many traditions, especially around New Year\u2019s. In Japan, all the items related to toshigami such as the New Year Decorations or the lucky charms are never thrown away but are collected at shrines and burned at the beginning of January, in a ritual fire. Households with children decorate Bamboo grass with colorful strip of paper. They burn Bamboo around their community from the evening of Jan. 14th through the morning of Jan. 15th. They make Adzuki-Bean gruel with Bamboo charcoal and eat\u3000it to wish a safe and healthy new year. Please take some time to talk with your children about New Year Traditions and fun games of your hometown.
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For 16th Towa Essay Contest, 29 applicants from Middle School Students and 25 applicants from High School students submitted their Essays. Congratulations to all
\nAwards Winners.<\/p>\n
Best Essay Award<\/b>
\nHigh School: Daniel Sparks (Washington DC JLSP) \u201cSpread The Message For Peace\u201d
\nMiddle School: Yui Matsuda (Pittsburg JLSP) \u201cThe Bridge Of The Language\u201d
\nJapanese Consulate General in NY Award<\/b>
\nHigh School: Yuka Mogi (Indiana JLSO) \u201cMake A Dream Come True\u201d
\nMiddle School: Kano Hiraizumi (Washington DC JLSP) \u201cAvoiding Misunderstanding\u201d
\n< b>Kohdansha USA Award<\/b>
\nHigh School: Sota Masuda (Philadelphia JLSP) \u201cThe Challenge to Establish a World Free of Nuclear Weapons\u201d
\nMiddle School: Leon Kato (Washington DC JLSP) \u201cFriendship through Social Network\u201d
\n< b>Japan-America Society Friendship Award<\/b>
\nHigh School: Shouryu Aoyama (Philadelphia JLSP) \u201cSmile Over The Generation Gap\u201d
\nMiddle School: Fumi Noda (Philadelphia JLSP) \u201cIrreplaceable Smile\u201d
\n< b>Asakura Award<\/b>
\nHigh School: Riki Widodo (Philadelphia JLSP) \u201cCan the World Be Nuclear Weapons Free?\u201d
\nMiddle School: Hirobumi Yasue (Philadelphia JLSP) \u201cTornado of My Life\u201d<\/p>\nReading Award \u201cYokozuna\u201d <\/h2>\n
Congratulations to those of you who put in the effort to earn the rank of \u201cYokozuna.\u201d Job Well Done! I hope you were filled with courage, adventure, kindness, and sympathy from your reading.<\/p>\n
Kindergarten:<\/b>
\nK \u2013 Hikaru Noguchi (6)
\nK \u2013 Karina Benjamin (2)
\nElementary Grades<\/b>
\n1st \u2013 Yayoi Izumi (1)
\n4th \u2013 Marina Noguchi (1)
\nMiddle School<\/b>
\n3rd \u2013 Misato Shimizu (1)<\/p>\n2017 Mochi Making<\/h2>\n
The Parents Association would like to thank all of you who helped the association sponsor the Mochi Making event last week. Teachers, class parents, parents who volunteered the materials necessary and all of you who volunteered on the day \u2013 thank you. Also, many thanks to the Middle School, High School students and Adult Course students helped clean after the event. We couldn\u2019t have possibly pulled off this event without everyone\u2019s help. The children\u2019s happy faces and voices, \u201cMore, please!\u201d could be heard all morning.
\n We would especially like to thank these groups in our community for helping – the Bryn Mawr Japanese Church for loaning us the mocha mortar and pestles, Maido for providing us with all the ingredients for the event, and Nippon Express (Nittsu) for providing us with all the cardboard boxes we used to line the floor.
\nWe look forward to providing more fun learning experiences for the children with your help. Thank you.
\n(Gratefully Submitted, Parents Association of JLSP)<\/p>\n
We are grateful to those who support us: <\/b>
\nNippon Express for Cardboard boxes
\nMaido for mochi rice, kinako powder and all the ingredients
\nBryn Mawr Japanese Church for mortar and pestles
\nMS, HS, Adult Course students for Clean-up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sagicho, Dondo-yaki, Dondon-yaki<\/h1>\n
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