JAS Event

JAS Event · 05. November 2024

Memories of the Cultural Festival

Back in 2014, I served as the webmaster for JAS. My role was to promote their event on the website, but I was restricted from advertising this cultural festival on their Japanese websites. For decades, this event took place, such as the high school cafeteria at the Iwakuni base, aimed at showcasing Japanese culture to the American community stationed there. Consequently, many Japanese people were unable to attend. Since 2017, several events have been organized in partnership with the Iwakuni...

Christmas party in Iwakuni base

Many people are becoming JAS members just so they can attend this event. Bobby, our president, often mentioned that "this year marks our 60th anniversary, so I wanted to make this Christmas party a great memorial event". He planned to invite special guests such as the commander of Iwakuni Base and representatives from the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka. We planned to project pictures and movies on a full wall. I borrowed many photos from students in the JAS English conversation class and spent...

Bowling tournament

The JAS has held a bowling tournament once. When I tried editing a video of this event, I found it wasn't easier than usual. Typically, when making a video, you use footage taken from the front or side. What I want to say is that we normally don't use footage that doesn't reveal who the person is. The problem was that most of my footage was taken from the back. It was impossible to take photos or videos from the front or side at the bowling alley. After a while, I got an idea. I categorized the...