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• Kwaidan Book Club: If Cats Disappeared from the World

  • When
    Sun, March 16, 2025
  •  
    14:00 - 15:00
  • Location
    Zoom

  Now that all of our holidays are over, we will start the JSNO book club back up with Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World.

  UPDATE: This event will be online via the JSNO Discord (link: https://discord.gg/tBtmSW). Please join the Discord channel on the date and time of the meeting. Discord can be accessed through computer or phone app.

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  About the Book

  Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . .

  Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate out what you can do without from what you hold dear? In dealing with the Devil our narrator will take himself – and his beloved cat – to the brink. Genki Kawamura's If Cats Disappeared from the World is a story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters in modern life.

  About the Author

  Genki Kawamura is an internationally bestselling author. If Cats Disappeared from the World was his first novel and has sold over two million copies in Japan and has been translated into over fourteen different languages. His other novels are Million Dollar Man and April Come She Will. He has also written children's picture books including Tinny & The Balloon, MOOM, and Patissier Monster. Kawamura occasionally produces, directs, and writes movies, and is a showrunner. He was a producer of the blockbuster anime film Your Name, which is currently being developed into an live-action film by J. J. Abrams.
  

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• JSNO Japanese Cinema Series Screening: "Perfect Days”

  • When
    Mon, March 31, 2025
  •  
    18:00 - 20:00
  • Location
    Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

  PERFECT DAYS IS BACK ON THE CALENDAR!

  In Partnership with The Shop, Japan Society of New Orleans' Japanese Cinema Series presents a free screening of the Wim Wenders' film... Perfect Days!

  • Date: Monday, March 31st 
  • Time: Doors open @ 5:30pm, Screening starts @ 6pm
  • Place: Contemporary Arts Center (3rd Floor), 900 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
  • Cost: FREE! Open to the public!

  Screening will take place on the third floor of the CAC building where The Shop is located. All ages welcome! Tell your friends, and hope to see you there!

  Movie Summary: 

  Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo.  He seems content with his simple life.  He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books.  Hirayama also has a fondness for trees and photographs them.  More of his past is gradually revealed through a series of unexpected encounters. -- Directed by Wim Wenders; Rated PG for some language, partial nudity and smoking.

  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/

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• GiveNOLA Day 2025

  • When
    Tue, May 06, 2025
  •  
    00:01 - 23:59
  • Location
    https://www.givenola.org/

  
  

  GiveNOLA Day is back on Tuesday, May 6th!  Sponsored by the Greater New Orleans Foundation, GiveNOLA Day is the community’s one-day, online giving event to inspire people to give generously to the nonprofit organizations who make our region a stronger and thriving community for all.

  JSNO GiveNOLA Day Donation Page
  

  We hope you find yourself in the position to make a donation (minimum donation is only $10). If so, please consider making a donation to the Japan Society of New Orleans!  Every dollar donated from 12:00am to 11:59pm on May 6th will be increased with additional “lagniappe” dollars provided by the Greater New Orleans Foundation and our generous GiveNOLA Day sponsors. 

  In addition, there is a Rock Around the Clock Prize of $500.  Any non-profit receiving at least one unique donation of $10 or more in an hour is eligible for the drawing.  To sign up for an hour to make JSNO eligible for the $500 prize, use this link: 

  Rock Around the Clock Sign Up

  With your support and contribution, JSNO will continue providing a cultural bridge between New Orleans and Japan through our ongoing programs and events with our Krewe of Japan Podcast, Japan Cinema Series, Nihongo Bin, Nihongo Renshuu, Kwaidan Book Club, Cultural Exchange Programs, and more. Additionally, your donation will assist in funding some of your favorite annual events like Japan Fest, sake tastings, dinner gatherings and more.

  Use the link below to donate and thank you for your support!

  Link to JSNO GiveNOLA Day Page
  

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• Japan Fest 2025

  • When
    Sat, October 11, 2025
  •  
    10:00 - 16:00
  • Location
    New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Cir., City Park New Orleans, LA 70124

  This is the single largest Japanese cultural event of the year for the New Orleans Metro area.  JSNO will have tables to spread the word about the Society, raffle off traditional and pop Japanese items, and try on Samurai armor courtesy of Japan Foundation, New York.  In addition. there will be Japanese arts and crafts for sale, taiko drums performance, Japanese dance & tea ceremonies, along with plenty of food and drink.  This is an all ages Festival with something for everyone. 

  Admission is $10, but if you sign up for a slot to volunteer through JSNO, you get a wrist band for free admission. Interested in working one or a couple of the tables at Japan Fest? Sign up today using the link below!

  Japan Fest JSNO Sign Up
  

  Come out and help support your local Japan Society by joining in on this great event!

  
  

  
  

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