If you are interested in hosting a Japanese exchange student from Aomori please see below! This is an extraordinary opportunity to learn more about Aomori and expand your horizons. Not only will your help support a student’s dream, but you will benefit greatly from the experience.
Please come and support Friends of Aomori and the Maine-Aomori school exchanges at the Saco River Market (110 Main St. Saco) on May 2, 2015 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Join us in making your own Japanese helmet, decorating your own fish lantern, and taking “selfies” in traditional Japanese clothing. There will be live Taiko Drumming and and you can learn to play the Japanese board game Go and partake in a raffle!
More precise information about the schedule and events will come soon!
Please continue to check back.
Thank you for your continued support of the Maine-Aomori Relationship!
The Maine Scallop Aquaculture Development Initiative was presented to the public by Hugh Cowperthwaite on February 10, 2015. The event was PechaKucha Portland #30. The video is informative and entertaining. It is exciting to see this initiative growing. Please stay tuned for more presentations and events like this!
Friends of Aomori would like to introduce the new officers of the Board of Directors,
Thomas Bahun, President 取締役会長
Erin Gosselin, Vice President
Don Nicoll, Treasurer
Don Ferrara, Secretary
We would also like to announce that Karen Baldacci and Philip Rotolo have joined the Board.
In addition, we have been hard at work since the beginning of the year. We are looking forward to an eventful and exciting year! More information about upcoming events and the delegation to Aomori in the Fall of 2015 will follow.
Thank you!
Support Maine-Japan school exchanges at the Saco River Winter Market on March 29th, 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.! Join us to learn the Japanese food art decoration called Mukimono, and participate in sushi roll making, creating Japanese handcrafts such as origami and fish lanterns, and see all the Japanese-related items vendors will have on display!
Event Schedule:
9:00 -9:45 Japanese Handcrafts for Spring – Origami, kirigami, kumihimo and fish lanterns! $5 drop in fee
10:00 – 10:45 The Ancient Art of Mukimono – Learn to make cute Japanese garnishes for your Spring brunch! $10 drop in fee (1st ten participants receive a toolkit!)
11:00 -11:45 Sushi Making demo with Sushi connoisseur, Eric – Learn how to roll your own! $25 drop in fee
All workshops will take place in the Market’s Teaching Space!
For the last 20 years Maine students from five public schools have traveled to Aomori bi-annually and hosted Aomori students in Maine. We will celebrate this enduring international friendship in November, 2014. You can ensure the continuation of these valuable exchanges!
Cannot attend the event, but would like to donate? Please visit https://maine-aomori.org/donate/ to help! Select “Educational Exchange Scholarship Fund” to directly help the exchange programs!
Hello Friends!
We will be having a Friends of Aomori Board Meeting this coming Thursday, March 27 from 4:30 – 6:00PM at Don Nicoll’s personal residence! Thank you, Don! Meeting minutes will be posted here shortly thereafter.
Due to conflicting schedules of several board members, the Friends of Aomori Board Meeting will be postponed to a later date.
Hello Friends!
We will be having a Friends of Aomori Board Meeting this coming Tuesday, March 4 from 4:00 – 5:30PM at Don Nicoll’s personal residence! Thank you, Don! Meeting minutes will be posted here shortly thereafter.
The Friends of Aomori would like to thank the recent donors to our organization! Your contribution helps support the several student exchanges between the State of Maine and Aomori Prefecture (learn more) and the annual state delegations (read about past delegations). We truly appreciate it!
Learn on how you can donate to Friends of Aomori:
https://maine-aomori.org/donate/
Thank you very much!
こんにちは!
MASSAC and Friends of Aomori would like to bring you exciting news! The Aomori Delegation will be visiting the State of Maine from November 10 – 14, 2014 to celebrate 20 years of the sister-state relationship between Maine and Aomori Prefecture!
We are in the process of planning the events and schedule of the delegation activities, which will be updated on the website and our Facebook page!
We would like to sincerely thank the Aomori Prefecture’s Tourism and International Affairs Strategic Bureau for their understanding of our cancellation of the Maine Delegation to Aomori last year. The Maine-Aomori relationship is very important to us, and we are deeply honored to host Aomori delegates this November!
2014 celebrates the close people-to-people relationships we have created over the years. Let’s make it one of the best delegation visits yet!
Friends of Aomori 
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