I’ve been seeing this meme and wanted to try it. I’m sitting on 7 Beside Cabbage-san 😁 #Capiron 🧊🦇

【日本版ピンクタイ・パーティーを開催しました】 毎年桜の季節に米国ワシントンで開催されるピンクタイ・パーティーを、今年も日本で開催しました。 1912年に日本から米国に桜を贈った立役者の1人である尾崎幸雄氏の奥様のために建てられた旧尾崎テオドラ邸に、日米関係者が集まり、華やかでアットホームな会となりました。 国際関係の軸は、草の根外交にあるのだということを改めて実感することができました。 The Pink Tie Party in Japan 2026 We held the Pink Tie Party in Japan—an event traditionally held every year during cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. Relatives and friends from both Japan and the U.S. gathered at the former Theodora Ozaki House—built for the wife of Yukio Ozaki, one of the key figures behind Japan’s gift of cherry trees to the U.S. in 1912—for a festive yet intimate gathering. It reaffirmed our belief that grassroots diplomacy is the cornerstone of international relations. #日米関係　#NCBF #pinktieparty

桜の季節です。 私が以前仕事をしていた米国ワシントンＤＣでは、毎年日本から米国に贈られた桜が咲き誇ります。 日米親善のシンボルとしての桜の植樹の成就には、1912年当時の関係者の並々ならぬ努力があり、その経緯を次世代の子どもたちに伝えるために、数年前に絵本書きました。 「シドモアさんと百年の夢」 jbsg.org/wp-content/uploads/… 先週、ワシントンＤＣの桜は満開になったようですが、全米桜祭り協会で日米の親善大使を務めるアンバサダーたちが、桜の下でこの絵本の読み聞かせを実施してくださいました。 「自分1人では難しくても、人との出会いが道を開くことがある」 「あきらめなければ夢は叶う」 そんなメッセージが次世代に伝わると良いです。 アンバサダーの皆さん、ありがとうございます！ It’s cherry blossom season. In Washington, D.C., where I used to work, the cherry trees gifted to the United States by Japan bloom magnificently every year. The successful planting of these cherry trees as a symbol of friendship between Japan and the United States was made possible by the extraordinary efforts of those involved back in 1912. To pass on this story to the next generation of children, I wrote a picture book a few years ago. "Mr. Sidmore and the Hundred-Year Dream" jbsg.org/wp-content/uploads/… It seems the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., were in full bloom last week, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival Goodwill Ambassadors serving for the U.S.-Japan relationship held a reading of this picture book under the cherry blossoms. “Even if it’s difficult to do alone, meeting people can open up new paths.” “If you don’t give up, your dreams will come true.” I hope these messages reach the next generation. Thank you very much to all the ambassadors! #NCBF #桜　#日米関係

DAR・コンスティテューション・ホールという歴史ある大舞台に立てたことは、現実とは思えないほど夢のような時間でした。 #NationalCherryBlossomFestival #NCBF #WashingtonDC #ONIKENBAI

#国際交流基金 #JF #NY #山田重夫在アメリカ合衆国日本大使 #平原綾香さん #アメリカ合衆国 #ワシントンDC #WashingtonDC #CherryBlossom #Oni #kenbai #Onikenbai #Futago #NCBF #全米桜祭り

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is coming up this month! In the lead up to the festival and as a part of DSA’s Stop Fueling Genocide campaign, we are asking the NCBF organizers to drop Chevron as a festival sponsor - sign the petition here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

Harry was a great man and NCBF was honored to have our first Day of Greatness (DOG) allow him and his family time at the @Ravens facility. Coach Harbaugh was extremely involved with making sure this was a special day for Harry.

The event gave much needed respite to the communities especially the children, most of whom were affected by Hurricane Melissa. Special thanks to our sponsors: Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), National Commercial Bank Foundation (NCBF), Pure National Ice, Lin Family Foundation,

Y6 with their copies of #UnderFire ...day 1 of NCBF done 😀

🌟 It has been a fantastic day at the @NCBF_festival regionals in Croydon. CSB were delighted to win a platinum award, praised for our choice of programme, intonation, dynamic range and the emotion with which we played. Such an incredible feeling! 🌟 #windorchestra #music #ncbf

Thrilled to receive a Platinum award at today’s NCBF heats 🏆 Huge thanks to @NCBF_festival for organising, Paul Hornsby and Paul Speed for adjudicating, @TrinityCroydon for hosting, Tim Griffiths our MD, and congrats to all the other bands who have performed today!

The NCBF itself helped free 46 anti-Israel agitators arrested for blockading traffic into the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The partnership reflects the growing role that bail funds like the NCBF are playing in supporting the illegal actions of anti-Israel agitators. A similar organization, the Community Justice Exchange, provided bail money and legal support to scores of “Free Palestine” protesters who blocked major airports, highways, and bridges in dozens of U.S. cities last year, the Free Beacon reported.

While that fund explicitly goes toward "posting bail for protesters," the NCBF is better known for releasing monsters like Seattle homeless man Michael Sedejo, who stabbed a man to death at a local encampment one month after the fund posted his $5,000 bond.

When a group of current and former Microsoft employees were arrested for storming the office of the company's president, they spent just a few hours in jail. That appears to be due to the work of the Northwest Community Bail Fund (NCBF), a group that uses Democratic dark money to free criminals convicted of violent crimes. 🧵

So we checked out the First Ever Northallerton Craft Beer Festival #NCBF 2025 what did we think?.. well....#beeroclock #beerlovers #beerreviews theeternalhoptimists.co.uk/2… @vauxbrewery @TwiceBrewedCo @bayonetbrewing @brewyorkbeer

Very much looking forward to returning to #NCBF in November 25 with my new book #UnderFire ...I was last there a couple of years ago with #RosieRaja Churchill's Spy 🕵🏽‍♀️ #bookfestivals #remembrance