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Japan-America Society

Upcoming events

    • Saturday, April 19, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center
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    Saturday, April 19th, 2025 at 10 am - 12 pm

    Loose Park Garden Center

    Uehira Baikei

    Master Calligrapher and Teacher

    Calligraphy Workshop

    REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

    No Fee / Request Ages 18 and over

    Supplies will be provided

    Join Us for a Calligraphy Workshop!

    We are excited to invite you to a special calligraphy workshop led by Uehira Baikei, along with three other talented calligraphers, all teaching the clerical style. During this hands-on session, you will have the chance to practice and create a beautiful piece to take home with you.

    If you would like to attend but prefer not to participate in the workshop, feel free to join us and watch the demonstration. No registration is required to watch!


    Uehira Baikei, is a master calligrapher and teacher, renown for his live calligraphy demonstrations resulting in dramatic artworks. At age 29, Uehira established and became president of the Seisho Calligraphy Association in Osaka, Japan. Uehira is an accomplished studio artist versed in classical calligraphy styles and an innovator in the field who experiments with new materials, forms, and brush styles. With over 30 years of calligraphy instruction to his credit, Uehira has travelled the world teaching Japanese calligraphy to students of all nationalities. He has developed new pathways and styles of traditional Japanese calligraphy through collaborations, art shodō and live performances. Uehira currently lives with his wife (also a calligraphy teacher) and three children in the Kansai area. As of 2011, more than 2,000 students study under him.


    We look forward to seeing you there!



    • Saturday, April 19, 2025
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    • Loose Park, KCMO

    Join us Saturday, April 19, 2025

    1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

    at Loose Park, KCMO

    (southwest corner of the park near the big cannon).

    Parking is at 55th Street & Summit.

    Bring your picnic lunch and something to share.

    Guests are welcome!

    Celebrate the cherry blossoms donated by our Sister City - Kurashiki.


    • Saturday, May 03, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO. 64112

    The HAJAS Garden Committee meets monthly 10 am - noon at the Japanese Garden located next to the Loose Park Garden Center.  

    For more information:

    hoa.japanamericasociety@gmail.com

    • Saturday, June 07, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO. 64112

    The HAJAS Garden Committee meets monthly 10 am - noon at the Japanese Garden located next to the Loose Park Garden Center.  

    For more information:

    hoa.japanamericasociety@gmail.com

    • Saturday, July 12, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO. 64112

    The HAJAS Garden Committee meets monthly 10 am - noon at the Japanese Garden located next to the Loose Park Garden Center.  

    For more information:

    hoa.japanamericasociety@gmail.com

    • Saturday, September 06, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO. 64112

    The HAJAS Garden Committee meets monthly 10 am - noon at the Japanese Garden located next to the Loose Park Garden Center.  

    For more information:

    hoa.japanamericasociety@gmail.com

    • Saturday, October 11, 2025
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Loose Park Garden Center, 5200 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO. 64112

    The HAJAS Garden Committee meets monthly 10 am - noon at the Japanese Garden located next to the Loose Park Garden Center.  

    For more information:

    hoa.japanamericasociety@gmail.com

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