PRESS RELEASE: GUAM NIKKEI APPRECIATION NIGHT

A Guam Nikkei Appreciation Night sponsored by the Guam Nikkei Association will be held on Friday, October 4, 2013 from 4pm to 8pm at the GCC Multi-Purpose Auditorium.  Chicken karaage, varieties of sushi, ramen bowls and chicken yakitori are being prepared by the GCC Culinary class with table displays of Chamorro-Japanese and Guamanian families spread throughout the auditorium festooned in Japanese decorations, photographs and memorabilia.  Members of the association with assistance of staff from the Japan Consulate Office will also be attired in kimonos, yucatas, hapi coats and other accessories.  Tickets are on sale in Nikkei Dollar booklets starting at $1 per coupon by members of the association or from project chair David Okada who can be contacted at 688-6627 or at his e-mail at dsokada@uguam.uog.edu.  A membership drive for those wishing to join the association and who are supporters or have Japanese ancestry will also take place at the event.  For further information, please contact Peter R. Onedera, president at 477-4234 (home);  486-3210 (cell) or at e-mail address peteronedera@gmail.com.