Friends of Aomori

Friends of Aomori In close conjunction with the Maine-Aomori Sister-State Advisory Council, Friends of Aomori helps host yearly delegations between Maine and Aomori.

Friends of Aomori is a volunteer nonprofit organization that specializes in facilitating and encouraging educational, cultural, business/trade, and people to people relationships between the State of Maine and Aomori Prefecture, Japan. MASSAC is currently planning a delegation consisting of representatives and researchers from education/ arts & culture, energy and fisheries industries, and the Uni

versity of Maine to travel to Aomori, Japan in the 2014! If you would like to learn more about the Maine-Aomori relationship or get involved, please contact us! Also, please visit our website at http://www.maine-aomori.org/

Thank you to everyone who attended Japan Day at the Sea Dogs. Thank you for all of your interest in Maines sister relati...
08/23/2026

Thank you to everyone who attended Japan Day at the Sea Dogs. Thank you for all of your interest in Maines sister relationships with Japan. Special thanks to my expert baseball advisor.

08/19/2026

GORHAM — Theo Balcomb was 12 when she learned her family’s farm was part of Japanese history.Her dad was milking the cows when a group of serious Japanese baseball men arrived one summer day in 2000. The group included a newspaper reporter, a historian and a translator.They wanted to meet the de...

Maines connections to Japan are deep. Meet Horace Wilson who introduced baseball to Japan.
08/19/2026

Maines connections to Japan are deep. Meet Horace Wilson who introduced baseball to Japan.

GORHAM — Theo Balcomb was 12 when she learned her family’s farm was part of Japanese history.Her dad was milking the cows when a group of serious Japanese baseball men arrived one summer day in 2000. The group included a newspaper reporter, a historian and a translator.They wanted to meet the de...

Consider following the Consulate General of Japan in Boston on Eventbrite. A range of cultural presentations are offered...
07/14/2026

Consider following the Consulate General of Japan in Boston on Eventbrite. A range of cultural presentations are offered. They are very close to South Station.

If you are looking for your next beach read. This book is a surprising delight. Marie Kondo explains many aspects of Jap...
06/29/2026

If you are looking for your next beach read. This book is a surprising delight. Marie Kondo explains many aspects of Japanese culture in hopes of sharing the culture intrinsic to her tidying method. Especially helpful if you are preparing for travel to Japan. The cover is especially pleasing.

06/13/2026

One week until you can hear us play Spitfire live at Live at Madrid's, and listen to it forever! A huge thank you from all of us here on team Shank Painters for your enthusiasm, for making us part of your lives, and for making it possible to do what we love. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Tickets here:
https://www.tixr.com/e/187903

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