The Japan-America Society of Kentucky (aka JASK, a non-profit organization promoting business and cultural interactions between Kentucky and Japan over the past 25 years or so) will host an annual summer festival  -- please see http://www.jask.org/festival -- on this coming Saturday, September 7, from 11 am to 7 pm at Downtown Courthouse Plaza.  The UK Japan studies program will collaborate with Lafayette High School to run a booth, with the help of volunteer students from both schools.  We hope you will be able to come and enjoy a day of Japanese cultural activities, foods, etc.