Welcome to the Denver Takayama Sister City Committee
activities page
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Galleries and Past Activities
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==> The Yatai project
Pictures from 2018 events
Pictures from 2017 events
Pictures from 2016 events
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Other organization's activities
LGBTQ Japanese Americans
Ikebana exhibition
Being mixed race
Volunteer opportunities
While many committee activities are on hiatus due to the coronavirus, we have a web page that encourages you to share thoughts and creations with the committee.
Steve Comstock, previous chairman of the committee, accepts an award on behalf
of the committee from Midori Takeuchi, the Consul General of Japan
in Denver. The award is a special commendation to our committee,
jointly with the Takayama Denver Friendship Association, "for outstanding
contributions to strengthen US-Japan relations through their joint
activities over the last 60 years", awarded on July 29, 2020.
If you are planning on traveling to Japan, with our group or on your own, it would help to have some background information. Here is some useful information about traveling to, and within, Japan
Got that craving for Japanese food? Want to support your favorite Japanese restaurant? Hakken Denver and the Japanese Arts Network maintain an excellent spreadsheet listing our favorite Japanese restaurants (some you may not even know about) including name, location, phone, hours of operation, web - as well as describing their takeout and delivery options. A great resource!
Click here to get coronavirus information for Takayama
Events and Upcoming Activities
Virtual book club meeting
Tuesday April 6: 7:00-8:30-ish; location: online via Zoom.
Informal get together to discuss the book "Tokyo Ueno Station" by Yu Miri.
From GoodReads: "...a novel of utmost importance to this moment, a powerful
rebuke to the Imperial system and a sensitive, deeply felt depiction of the
lives of Japan’s most vulnerable people."
Information and availability via
Good Reads Website.
Wikipedia has an article about the book.
Email Steve Comstock
to request the Zoom meeting info (If you have trouble, simply send an email to steve@trainersfriend.com.)
All are welcome, but please let Steve know you wish to attend so he can send you the link
for the Zoom session
Click here to see who has already signed up to come
Regular monthly meeting
(Our monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of each month)
Tuesday April 20th: 6:00-7:00-ish; location: online via Zoom.
Click here to request the Zoom meeting info (If you have trouble, simply send an email to gilasakawa@gmail.com.)
Find out about the Committee calendar, budgets, and so on ...
A look back at activities and
involvement of members and friends during 2019 - a retrospective
(.pdf document) (Last updated 11 January, 2020)
And a look at the impact of our committee in the
community in 2019 - (.pdf document) volunteer hours and dollars spent doing our work.
(Last updated 11 January, 2020
Why Denver Takayama is relevant to the larger community - Japanese, Japanese-American, all interested in Japan - in Denver and Colorado (.pdf document) (Last revised 1 February, 2017)
Denver / Takayama: the first 50 Years an historical record in English and Japanese. (.pdf document) (Last revised 23 August, 2010)
Technical paper on emails
(.pdf document - Some thoughts on how to make email safer from hackers and more effective)
(Written 26 March, 2015)
Getting a gun in Japan
(.pdf document) - No matter where you fall on the gun control issue, this article
I found on Facebook has some intriguing ideas.
(Uploaded 11 March, 2018)
Other Organization's Activities
LGBTQ Japanese Americans Online Gathering
April 11, 2021 - 5pm MT - 90 minutes
Okaeri is a Los Angeles based group that provides opportunity for you to connect
with LGBTQ Japanese Americans and allies.
At this gathering we will discuss and examine the Japanese tradition of Girls' Day
(Hinamatsuri) and Boys' Day (Kodomo no Hi)
and how they may be reframed for today. Free, but registration required.
Meeting
info and registration
Appreciating the art form of Japanese Ikebana
Fri April 23rd 1-5pm; / Sat April 24th 9-5pm; /
Sun April 25th 9-3pm -
Gates Hall at Denver Botanic Gardens.
An exhibition of works by the students of Midori Allmeyer. Free with admission to the gardens.
Discussion about Being Mixed Race
April 29, 2021 - 6:30-8pm MT
Sakura Foundation is presenting "Being Mixed Race: A Dialogue to Build Bridges & Understanding".
Free, but registration required.
Meeting
info and registration