Learn to cook Japanese cuisine unique to the Spring Hina-Matsuri! The menu includes chirashi-zushi and light soups.  Not only can you learn the recipies, you can also learn about their cultural importance–all while enjoying a nice meal with some great people from around Saga City!

Time: February 7th (Sat), 2009   10:00AM – 2:00PM

Place: Avance Cooking Room

Instructor: Ms. Sachiko Yamasaki

Participation Fee: 200 yen

Attendance: 30 people (RSVPs work on a first-come, first-served basis, so act quickly!)

Brought to you by the Saga City International Relations Association. Contact me at b(dot)gesiak(at)gmail(dot)com in order to reserve a spot!

Chances are, you recognize the logo for Kuro Neko Yamato.  The black cat carrying its kitten is great branding.  But did you know that the delivery service has an English website that lets you do things like track packages?  Check it out!  http://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/english/index.html

Another helpful thing is an explanation of their attempted delivery notices, which you can find here:

http://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/english/support/attempted_delivery_notice.html

I wanted to write a quick announcement that one Monday my laptop died. The good news is that Saga JET is hosted in California, and not on my laptop. The other good news is that my hard drive is just fine–the failure was a mechanical thing elsewhere on the laptop. So all of my data and backups are okay.

The bad news is that I am not able to do much of anything for the site until I get a replacement computer shipped to me…which will be in 7-10 days, I’d guess. So right now, nothing on the site is getting done. That includes software updating, spam-fighting, approving new users, answering fan mail, generating content….

I promise that I will get my new laptop up and running ASAP and catch up during the winter break, if not sooner!