UOP Nikkei Student Union

Come check out our first FOOD THEMED meeting! We will be teaching our members how to make handmade gyoza (potstickers)! It will take place on Oct 20th @7:00pm in the Calaveras Community Kitchen. See you tomorrow!

Come say hi at our FIRST general meeting! We will be on Oct 13th in DUC 217 @7:00pm. We hope to see you there!

Thank You to everyone who stopped by today! Keep and eye out for updates on future meetings and events!

This year, February 19th marks the 80th year since the signing Executive Order 9066. It’s existence was proof of an entire government system complicit in xenophobia and racism.

Rather than a product of wartime necessity, EO 9066 was the tangible product of decades of prejudice towards Japanese Americans. It’s vital that we continue to remember this day, especially in our current landscape.

Please use this day to educate yourself on both the history of incarceration and the legacy it leaves behind. Use today to engage with contemporary issues that bear the same spectre of fear and prejudice that led to the injustice imprisonment of those who came before us.

🧋Join us for our 1st General Meeting of the semester for boba and games!

❗️We’re meeting in the McCaffrey ISS space (across from the grove) at 7 PM tonight! Can’t wait to see you all there!

🐯 NSU members, make sure to DM us your boba orders by 5 PM today! The boba is coming from ShareTea!

Hi Guys! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our gyoza party! We had an awesome time eating and making gyoza and playing some icebreakers :) We hope to see more of you at our future events!

Hey guys!

We’d love to see you at our 3rd General Meeting this Thursday at the Calaveras kitchen! We’ll be learning how to make handmade udon!

Hey Everyone! We have our 1st General Meeting this Wednesday, September 29 at 8pm at the APID Lounge!

🌸We hope to see you there!🌸

Our first gen body meeting of Fall 2021 will be this Wednesday at 8:00 PM in DUC 214!

We’ll be playing games and getting to know our new and returning members! We can’t wait to see you all there! 🌸

We’ll be tabling at Club Fair this Wednesday from 4-6PM on the DUC Lawn! Stop by to meet our members and learn more about our club!

Kimono are the older, more traditional, and more expensive garment. They’re usually made of silk or brocade, have an inner layer and an outer layer, and are worn with at least two collars. Both men and women wear kimono. They can be worn year-round and have different seasonal styles – unlined in summer, lined in autumn and spring, and padded in winter. There are also different types of kimono depending on the occasion as well as the wearer’s social status.

Yukata are the more casual and inexpensive garment. They’re typically made of cotton and are meant for wearing in the summer. Yukata are mostly worn by women; however, it’s becoming more popular for young men to also wear them during the summer. Because yukata are less formal, people often experiment with colors, patterns, and accessories. Yukata are also worn as bathrobes in places such as hot springs or onsen.

The Hakama are traditional Japanese pants, originally worn over a kimono by members of the higher classes of society. During the Kamakura period, the warrior class began to wear Hakama commonly, mostly as protection during horseback riding. The Hakama then became a symbol of power as the standard outfit for nobles and Samurai. Various forms appeared and the Hakama became one of the most common types of pants for the whole population.

Kimono are the older, more traditional, and more expensive garment. They’re usually made of silk or brocade, have an inner layer and an outer layer, and are worn with at least two collars. Both men and women wear kimono. They can be worn year-round and have different seasonal styles – unlined in summer, lined in autumn and spring, and padded in winter. There are also different types of kimono depending on the occasion as well as the wearer’s social status.

Yukata are the more casual and inexpensive garment. They’re typically made of cotton and are meant for wearing in the summer. Yukata are mostly worn by women; however, it’s becoming more popular for young men to also wear them during the summer. Because yukata are less formal, people often experiment with colors, patterns, and accessories. Yukata are also worn as bathrobes in places such as hot springs or onsen.

The Hakama are traditional Japanese pants, originally worn over a kimono by members of the higher classes of society. During the Kamakura period, the warrior class began to wear Hakama commonly, mostly as protection during horseback riding.
The Hakama then became a symbol of power as the standard outfit for nobles and Samurai. Various forms appeared and the Hakama became one of the most common types of pants for the whole population.

What is Ikebana?

Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging. The name comes from the Japanese ike, meaning ‘alive’ or ‘arrange’ and bana meaning ‘flower.’ The practice of using flowers as offerings in temples originated in the seventh century when Buddhism was first introduced to Japan from China and Korea, but the formalized version of Ikebana didn’t begin until the Muromachi period around the 15th or 16th century. These arrangements have since become more secular, displayed as art forms in people’s homes. However, Ikebana is seen as more than just decorative, it is a spiritual process that helps one develop a closeness with nature and merge the indoors and outdoors.

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