Fundraiser for a local community choir in Japan: Utakkonokai 

11/22/14 Around this time last year, the executive director of KASA Steve Sato met with a local resident of Japan who frequents the...

A feature article from the local paper, “The Iwate Nippo,” which appeared on Sep. 19, 2012 One Saturday morning, in the heat of late...

While crossing the Pacific ocean I felt a sense of connection and strengthening of my cultural ties to Japan. The date was May 1st, 2005....

We arrived at the Tsunami Fukko Shien Center in the early morning to begin our day of cleaning Sendai’s land. We first filled out...

My first glimpse of the aftermath from the ravaging tsunami was by car on my first day in Sendai.   Feeling insulated by the luxury of a...