Category Archives: Kendo

2011 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival

Another year, another Japan Festival! This is definitely one of my favorite things to do in the year, something I always look forward to when the summer nights start to cool off and the campus bells remind me that it’s … Continue reading

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Ending the Summer of 2011

Having got into a rhythm of life again after settling down and squaring myself away, I found myself once again at the Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival, just like last year and the year before that. Once again the Kansas … Continue reading

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KENDO! A demo and a promotion!

15Oct10 I helped to put on a kendo demo at the Overland Park Convention Center. Apparently there is a branch in the Kansas City area for the Japanese corporation IHI. They were having some kind of big dinner party thing … Continue reading

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2010 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival

2Oct10 I attended, as is my custom, the Greater Kansas City Japan Festival, hosted by the Heart of America Japan-America Society with Johnson County Community College. They have this awesome torii that they bring out to the event. As I’ve mentioned … Continue reading

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K.C. Ethnic Enrichment Festival 2010

Sunday, 22Aug10, I returned to the Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival, to participate and enjoy myself like I did last year. Friday there had been a gully washer of a storm, but by Sunday it was a typical August day. … Continue reading

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