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DESCRIPTION:Nibei Foundation\nJapan Study Club Dinner/Lecture series:\n&nbs
 p\;\n"The true story of the last samurai who were the first to colonize Am
 erica"\nMr. Brian T. Maeda\, Film Director of "Samurai of Gold Hill"\n\nBr
 ian Tadashi Maeda\, film director\, will be speaking about his current fil
 m project: "<a href="http://www.j-townpictures.com/SOGH/index.html" target
 ="_blank">Samurai of Gold Hill</a>"\n&nbsp\;\nIt is the fascinating sage o
 f the "Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony\," first Japanese colony to establish
  itself in California.&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\nThe last samurai group of Aizu-Wak
 amatsu during the Bakumatsu (the End of Tokugawa Shogunate) period\, escap
 ed from Japan with a lead of a German to settling in Gold Hill\, Californi
 a.\n&nbsp\;\nThe year was 1869\, the second year of the Meiji when they fi
 nally arrived at California.&nbsp\;\n&nbsp\;\nReception and dinner at 6:30
  pm\nFollowed by presentation at 7:30 pm\n&nbsp\;\nAdmission including din
 ner: $10 per person\n&nbsp\;\nMake RSVP by January 16 (Saturday) by regist
 er online&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.nibei.org/" target="_blank">www.nibei.
 org</a>\, email&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:japanstudies@nibei.org" target="_bla
 nk">japanstudies@nibei.org</a>\, or call (310) 479-6101 ext 134
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SUMMARY:Nichibei Foundation Japan Study Club Dinner & Lecture on the Wakama
 tsu Tea & Silk Colony
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