This year's #EdamameChamp campaign was a major success! 🟢 🥢 We hosted 81 events with participants across the United States which allows us to provide our Wa-Sho Japanese inspired food education to 2,616 children and community members!
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Join us TOMORROW (5/16) from 6 PM ET for our next #Ouchigohan family-friendly online cooking class.
Register Today: https://t.co/xNcuqnZHoU (link in bio)
Led by @USJETAA, this month's menu will finish our #EdamameChamp theme with Kei-chan Yaki, a specialty of Gifu Pefecture!
📣 ✨ Applications are open thru 6/5 for our Wa-Sho Online On-Demand Course! We are currently seeking 30 teachers to collaborate with us for the 2026–27 academic year.
The program will be provided *FREE* of charge to selected schools.
Apply Today!: https://t.co/r42tLdj2Iu
We were so impressed by the display made by a library in San Diego!
Students prepared dishes from 3 of our Wa-Sho lessons & recipes you can find in our cookbook, Japanese Cooking with Kids: anmitsu (Japanese parfait), sushi & onigiri!🍣🍙
Learn more: https://t.co/rtslMU5inm
Join us on 4/25 from 5 PM for an #EdamameChamp Ouchigohan where we will be making Salmon Takikomi Gohan, Broccolini w/ Miso Dressing & Mitarashi Dango. 🥦🍡
Register: https://t.co/AbbSQ58QLG
Let’s cook, taste, & celebrate spring!
#Ouchigohan#LearnCookEatJapanese#Washo
Our spring campaign,#EdamameChamp, runs through May 17! 🌱 It celebrates healthy eating through Japanese cuisine with a focus on edamame and soy while helping raise funds to bring food education to more children.💚🌸
Learn more about the campaign: https://t.co/ncMtnT1ONd
Join us on 3/21 from 5:30 PM for Miso Madness Ouchigohan! 🏀🔥
Register: https://t.co/qL97Q72zy4
Vote on our Insta Stories or through links to be provided for each round tournament-style on Insta on Wednesdays & Fridays up to the event.
#MisoMadness#Ouchigohan#EdamameChamp
Our cookbook, Japanese Cooking with Kids, was recognized in 6 categories for the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards!
Get your copy of our cookbook today @tuttlepublishing: https://t.co/4gBo9lEoB6 (link in bio)
#WaSho#LearnCookEatJapanese#JapaneseCookingWithKids#FoodEducation
Join us on 2/22 at 5 PM for Ouchigohan to make ehomaki, an uncut sushi roll traditionally eaten on Setsubun. We’ll finish the meal with a cozy soy milk matcha latte.
Register today: https://t.co/cS0iuR7dmc
#Ouchigohan#JapaneseCookingwithKids#WaShokuiku#Ehomaki
Students in one of our Wa-Sho classes had their families come cook with them for a special “Show and Tell” lesson! The students helped their families make kawaii onigiri. All had fun together🍙🍅
Learn more about Wa-Sho: https://t.co/rtslMU5inm
#WaSho#JapaneseCookingWithKids
Year-end giving ❤️
As we approach the year end, we truly appreciate your ongoing support for our Wa-Sho food education programs!
Please consider a donation today to help us bring our food education classes to more students.
Donation: https://t.co/LbV3XBjxYV
We are excited to announce that our cookbook, “Japanese Cooking with Kids” with @TuttleBooks won the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2025 —often called “the Oscars of the cookbook world”— in the Children (Asia) category! Check the Award ceremony video: https://t.co/GwGM8BqUHy
Onigiri Action 2025 Results! We enjoyed celebrating 11 years of #OnigiriAction with you🍙✨
This year we had posts from 47 countries! Thank you very much for all your posts and support.
📸Number of photos posted: 233,321
🥣 Number of meals delivered: 1,166,605 meals
🎉 It’s Giving Tuesday! 🍱
Today, you can help spark a lifetime of healthy habits.
Let’s make sure every child has access to the skills that nourish brighter futures. Donate, share, and spread the word!
https://t.co/LbV3XBk5Ot
#GivingTuesday#WaSho#WaShokuiku#Shokuiku
We are Recruiting Partner Instructors for the 2026 Wa-Sho Seeds Partnership Program!
*Apply by Jan 12th! 🌱✨
Learn more and apply: https://t.co/f8Afv3L3el
We are seeking 20+ partner instructors to collaborate with us from January through December 2026.
Join us @JF_LosAngeles online lecture with Dr. Gavin H. Whitelaw, sociocultural anthropologist and Executive Director of Harvard’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies on Thu, November 13 @ 7-8:15 PM PT. #OnigiriAction
Register for this free event: https://t.co/MF9GpcIh36
Stop by the @jiccdc to see our special #OnigiriAction display now through 11/15! Visit the space to learn more about Onigiri Action as a global movement.
While you are there, take pictures with props & other fun items then post your photos to help children in need. 🍙🌍
Onigiri Action is underway through 11/15! Post your photos on our campaign website or social media
1 post with #OnigiriAction will provide 5 school meals to children in need. 🍙❤️
Thank you so much, U.S. partners, for your generous support to make this campaign possible:
Today #OnigiriAction begins! We look forward to celebrating 11 YEARS of Onigiri Action with you! 🍙1️⃣1️⃣
Onigiri Action is an annual social good campaign connecting the simple act of taking a photo to help feed school children in need.
Join the cause: https://t.co/uDXfF2snfr