May 21st, 2014 AHAN built the Madrasa orphanage and school for girls and has supported this school with rice, educational and medical supplies since 2007. This year the Madrasa elders are planning to build a school for boys adjacent to the girl’s facility. This facility will accommodate from 300 to 700 boys in need. The scope for this new facility …
May 18th, 2014 Since 1991, Nippon Kan has been serving meals to the homeless on the 3rd Sunday of every month. In December 2013, we passed the milestone of funding, preparing and serving 70,000 meals. For decades, Nippon Kan served meals to the homeless at the Denver Rescue Mission in lower downtown Denver. Currently we are serving “lunches to go” …
May 18th, 2014 Joko Ninomiya Shihan, Founder of Enshin Karate, celebrated his sixtieth birthday with family and students in the Nippon Kan gardens on May 18th. The party was planned by generations of senior students, and the foods and drink were provided by Domo Restaurant. Over 70 of Ninomiya Shihan’s students from all over the world were in attendance to …
May 17th, 2014 The Japanese martial art of Kendo is popular in the United States, and the US Ito Cup Competition was held in Denver this year. After the competition a dinner reception was held at Nippon Kan General Headquarter dojo for about 150 competitors and guests. Kendo shares similarities with Kenjutsu which is the foundation for Nippon Kan Aikido. …
May 10th, 2014 On May 10th, 2014 a very special AHAN Milestone Celebration was held at Nippon Kan Headquarters to celebrate many of AHAN’s milestones over the years and Homma Kancho’s 50 years of practice. The celebration was attended by over 350 guests. The celebration began with the national anthems of Japan and the USA and reports on AHAN Milestones …
March 8th-9th, 2014 On March 8th-9th, 2014, I traveled to Princeton on the East coast to attend the “45th Anniversary of Bringing Aikido to Philadelphia” Celebration for Shudo (formerly Shuji) Maruyama Sensei. Maruyama Sensei was my first Aikido instructor when I was young in Japan. Originally Maruyama Sensei was an instructor for Aikikai Hombu founded by Founder Morihei Ueshiba. As …
April 20th, 2014 We had a late freeze this spring in Denver when all of the flowers in the Nippon Kan garden were just coming into bloom. The garden has crabapple, yellow cherry, forsythia and Japanese magnolia that bloom every year. This year the time to enjoy the new flowers of spring was cut short by the return of “old …
April 8th, 2014 An article was written by the Associated Press about Domo Restaurant and Nippon Kan titled, “Go for the Food; Feed Your Soul at Denver’s Domo” that was released on April 8th, 2014. The article was picked up by news outlet on line and in print around the country and the world. Link here to the Denver Post …
April 8th, 2014 The Nippon Kan Japanese gardens were created 19 years ago. With the budget we had to work with at the time, most of the plants were $10 plants we found in the “reduced for sale” bins at the local hardware store. The garden is decorated with a foundation of large Colorado boulders and has ponds and a …
April 4th, 2014 After finishing military service, I am now back to normal life. Military service was tough, but I really think my uchideshi training at Nippon Kan helped me to complete it. I am now a trainer at a gym and have started teaching Aikido again in my free time. I received an offer from an Aikido group in …
April 1st, 2014 Nippon Kan has changed its logo, officially adding AHAN to its name to become AHAN Nippon Kan. Please link here to read about the meaning of the new logo characters and more about AHAN Nippon Kan.
March 26, 2014 Not only uchideshi, Nippon Kan General Headquarters has other visitors from all over the world. International guest come to visit Nippon Kan to learn more about the United States with a hands-on approach. This past March, Mr. Shishikura came to visit Nippon Kan from Japan after graduating with a major in education from the university. Ms. Moriyama, …
March 21st, 2014 Cultural fieldtrips began in March this year for Elementary and Junior High School students in Denver. These special fieldtrips offer young visitors an authentic traditional Japanese experience with tours of the facility, museum and gardens, Aikido and calligraphy demonstrations and hands-on origami and Japanese games. To complete the experience, the tours end with a Japanese lunch at …
March 11th, 2014 Nippon Kan is a US Federal and State Non Profit organization (501(c)3) and all of the Nippon Kan Board Members are American. Therefore, since the beginning, we have flown the American flag in the Nippon Kan gardens every day. Every day that is with two exceptions. The Japanese flag is flown on December 23rd in honor of …
Illigan City Mindanao, Philippines March 5th, 2014 A deadly outbreak of measles struck the Badjao tribe outside of Illigan City and many of the children were gravely infected. AHAN Mindanao organized to bring aid and medical supplies supervised by the Red Cross. Although access was limited, AHAN Mindanao was able to assist by providing these supplies. The Badjao tribes do …
