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Japantown Task Force

Please help us identify the right consultant to assist our efforts to guide Japantown’s future development by reviewing and forwarding the opportunity below by the Reimagine Japantown Committee!

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): Reimagine Japantown Framework, details here.

***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRI, 1/26/24***

The Reimagine Japantown Committee, composed of a group of Japantown community leaders, has partnered with the City to articulate a bold but realistic vision for the future of Japantown, while at the same time recognizing the critical role it has played in San Francisco for over 115 years. This vision will have a focus on the Japan Center Malls, and will engage representatives from the Japanese American, City, local business, development, cultural, historical and residential communities to ensure that Japantown thrives and successfully sustains its cultural and historic identity into the next century.

About the Reimagine Japantown Framework: The Reimagine Japantown Framework aims to produce a community vision statement for the future of the Japan Center Malls, site-specific goals, and an articulation of public benefits, derived from an analysis of community planning efforts to date, informed by financial feasibility. RFP details are available at this link.

Photo credit: Wally Gobetz.

 

This delicate and delicious hand-made mochi contains a full ripe strawberry!

Japanese Cultural Ambassador Miho Armacost is launching a new initiative “Pickled Plum is My Candy” to celebrate Japanese culture. Join her at a special event featuring strawberry mochi-making on Sat, 1/20, 3-5:30 pm in Oakland. Register here.

Miho is also hosting unique and tasty team-building through strawberry mochi-making!

Time: approximately 2 hours

Required: a microwave oven

Contact: Miho Armacost at 510.206.2653

Now booking through February 18, 2024

Fee: $400 (max 12 attendees)

 

January JTF MEETINGS: For agendas and Zoom links, go to the JTF website. All meetings are open to the public.  

JTF各委員会の1月定例ミーティングの開催日と時間のお知らせです。議題内容やZoomリンク等は、JTF website からどうぞ。

  • Thurs, 1/11, 6-8 pm: Land Use & Transportation Committee

  • Wed, 1/17, 6-8 pm: Full Board Meeting

  • Tues, 1/23, 5-6 pm: Peace Plaza Committee

  • Mon, 2/5, 5:30-7 pm: Cultural Heritage Sustainability Committee.

 

SAVE THE DATES FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:
下記のイベントにもぜひご参加ください:

  • Sat, 1/20, 3-5:30 pm: Pickled Plum is My Candy Launch Event with Strawberry Mochi-Making @ Oakland [Pickled Plum is My Candy] 

  • Sat, 1/20: New Year’s Party 2024 @ Westin St. Francis [Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California]

  • Sat, 2/17, 2-4 pm: Bay Area Day of Remembrance Program @ AMC Kabuki Theatre, Reception to follow @ The Center [Bay Area Day of Remembrance Coalition]

  • Sat, 2/24, 4 pm: Chinese New Year Parade interfaith, interracial parade contingent [We Are One]

  • Sat, 2/24: 13th Annual Films of Remembrance @ SF Japantown [Nichi Bei News]

  • Sun, 2/25: “Dowa No Omatsuri: A Festival of Children’s Stories” Fundraising Event @Palace of Fine Arts [Nihonmachi Little Friends]

  • Sat, 3/2, 4-7 pm: David Ono’s “Defining Courage - An Immersive Live Event” @ Palace of Fine Arts [The Center, NJAHS] 

  • Sat, 6/22: 12th Annual Soy & Tofu Festival @ Event Center, St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1111 Gough [Nichi Bei News]

 

Photo credits: JTF staff, official event, organization websites, social media sites.

 

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1765 Sutter Street, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
USA

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