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  • Summer 2025 Open House

    Werqwise 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, United States

    Summer 2025 Open House Please join us to learn more about the Japan Society of Northern California’s Japanese Language Program! Our language coordinator will be available to answer questions about Japanese classes and registration, and you will also be able to sign up for a free language assessment check with some of our qualified teachers to…

  • Building a US-Japan Healthcare Conference from Scratch: 10 Years of Driving Healthcare Innovation

    Virtual Event

    *Online program Join us as Japan Society of Northern California President Steve Pollock and Progressive Neuro President and Co-Founder Kirk Zeller provide an overview of the history of the US-Japan Healthcare Conference and an update on this year’s Japan Conference that will take place in Tokyo and Osaka from September 16-19. ​The US-Japan Healthcare Connection…

    Free

  • Kobo Sessions #1 Del Sol Quartet x Sake Masters

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Barbro Osher Hall 200 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In cooperation with Nippon Kobo, the Japan Society of Northern California invites you to join us on May 17 for Kobo Sessions #1 Del Sol Quartet x Sake Masters, accompanied by bento box. Kobo Sessions is Nippon Kobo’s premier event series, held in an intimate venue with a limited audience to offer a deeply immersive experience of contemporary Japanese music and culture. This inaugural Kobo Sessions event blends chamber music, sake tasting with the masters, and a bento box dinner offering a dynamic and interactive exploration of the sounds and tastes of Japan.

    $125

  • Tokyo Event: シリコンバレー最前線・AIで変わる日本企業のビジネス戦略

    Tokyo Venture Capital Hub 5-9-1 Toranomon, Azabudai Hill Garden, Plaza B, 5th Floor, Lounge 1, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    *Japanese Program in Tokyo *Innovation Salon Event AIの進化は、もはや一部のIT企業だけでなく、リテール、EC、サプライチェーン、フィンテックなど幅広い分野に影響を与え、ビジネスの在り方を根本から変えつつあります。 ​シリコンバレーでのネットワークや事例を通じて、日本の大企業がどのようにこうしたAIの潮流を取り込み、競争優位性を確立していくべきか、シリコンバレー在住者、元駐在員が実務レベルで解説します。

    Free

  • Intermediate Speaking Workshop – Level up your 日本語

    Virtual Event

    Do you have a solid foundation of essential Japanese? Have you completed your JLPT N4 test and are studying for JLPT N3?  Let’s help you level up your pre-intermediate Japanese skills! 

    $300

  • VIP Dinner with Evan Felsing, Economic Minister-Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo

    The Japan Society of Northern California would like to invite you to an exclusive dinner on May 27th at 5PM to meet Evan Felsing, Minister Counselor for Economic and Scientific Affairs at the US Embassy in Japan. Evan is a career Foreign Service Officer who has served in a number of posts around the world, including India and…

    $100

  • VIP Dinner with Jake Adelstein

    Teakwood 399 Grove St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Japan Society of Northern California would like to invite you to an exclusive dinner on May 28th at 7:30 PM to meet Jake Adelstein, who has been an investigative journalist in Japan since 1993, writing in Japanese and English.

    $100

  • Movie Chat: Watch and Discuss!

    Virtual Event

    *For Students at an Intermediate High Level **This is a conversation workshop — you’ll watch movies and discuss them in Japanese with your classmates.  Do you like watching "Japanese" related movies? Do you find yourself enjoying analyzing movies with others? Then this discussion class is for you! We are now accepting students for an exciting 7-week Japanese conversation…

    $230

  • Inside the Akiya Market: Opportunities in Japan’s Abandoned Houses

    Virtual Event

    *Online program Have you ever imagined buying a traditional Japanese home—complete with tatami mats, a deep ofuro, and a serene garden? Are you handy with tools and tempted by the idea of restoring an old Japanese house? Maybe you’ve come across an akiya (abandoned house) listing online at an unbelievably low price and thought, “What’s…

    Free

  • Canceled *Cancelled* Learn Japanese with Manga! — Summer Workshop for Ages 10–18

    *This workshop is cancelled.* *Hybrid Workshop! Join in-person in San Mateo or on Zoom! Do you love manga? Interested in learning Japanese? Join us this summer to learn the language through your favorite stories! In this fun and interactive workshop, you will:  Learn basic Japanese using a manga book  (The manga book is TBD, but…

    $300