What is JCC?

JCC was originally founded as Japanese Cooking Club, catering to those interested in Japanese cuisine and for the international Japanese students that could not eat Japanese food on a regular basis in Geneseo.

As the club grew, we have expanded our goals and became a cultural club. JCC's goals are to provide the campus community of Geneseo with activities and entertainment reflecting Japanese culture, for a better understanding of Japanese culture.

In 2005, we have ventured and held our first cultural dinner show Japan Knight. We have increased our events on campus in the past few years and we are planning to increase them in the coming years! So come to our meetings, find out what we're about, have fun, meet new people (we have diverse members), and help us make our events possible!

 

 

What does JCC do?

These are some of JCC's events held in the past years...
(Please also look at the pictures page to see the photos from these events!)

Watermelon Crushing

This staple summer event of Japan is held in Geneseo every year by JCC! We gather our members and other students to crush watermelons and enjoy good old rice balls.

 

Japan Knight

Our biggest event on campus. We hold a dinner show in the Union Ballroom for about 250 people. There is a lot of Japanese food cooked by our members! After the dinner, we have about an hour or so of performances like traditional Japanese dance, J-pop songs, martial arts, etc.

 

Sakura Matsuri Volunteer Trip

In April, JCC members go to Washington, D.C. to help out the Cherry Blossom Street Festival which is part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. 2007 was the first year we went down as a group to help the festival organizers and take surveys for them. There were many performances to be enjoyed and tons of Japanese food that were delicious. JCC members also toured around D.C.