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  "description": "HOPE’s annual charity dinner returns to the Hilton Nagoya, marking 25 years since the organization began here.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T11:08:20.000Z",
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  "textContent": "## It Began 25 Years Ago In Nagoya\n\nTwenty-five years ago, **HOPE International Development Agency** was founded at a meeting in Nagoya. Now 25 years later, the organization returns to where it began — the **Hilton Nagoya** — for the **24th Annual HOPE Nagoya Charity Dinner** on **Friday, March 6.**\n\nWhat started here has grown into an annual three-city series, with parallel dinners in Kansai and Tokyo.\n\nBut like a lot of things that last, it _began_ in Nagoya.\n\nLast year, 62 people attended the Nagoya dinner, raising just under ¥2.5 million for HOPE’s projects. The Kansai and Tokyo events each drew 99 participants, raising ¥4.6 million and ¥7.1 million respectively.\n\nIn an anniversary year, _Nagoya has room to grow._\n\n## What HOPE Does\n\n**HOPE International Development Agency Japan** (HOPE-JP) is a Nagoya-based Nintei NPO, meaning donations are tax deductible and the organization qualifies for direct grants from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. That designation takes years to earn and isn’t common.\n\nHOPE’s base is here, and its work reaches well beyond it. After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, members were vital to the Nagoya supported relief and recovery efforts in Tohoku.\n\nInternationally, the work is practical. In Ethiopia, gravity-fed water systems bring clean water into rural communities. In Cambodia’s Pursat Province, wells, agricultural support, and a livestock lending program help families build income. In the Philippines, scholarships through the **Pamulaan Center** send indigenous students through higher education and back to their communities as teachers and leaders.\n\nPast dinner sponsors have included major hotel groups, international companies, and long-standing civic organizations across Japan. The event at the Hilton Nagoya reflects that mix; corporate tables, long-term residents, and people who have been showing up for years. It’s a warm and friendly crowd of people who care and want to contribute in a tangible way.\n\n### This Year’s Focus:\nSouthern Ethiopia\n\n**The 2026 Nagoya dinner highlights southern Ethiopia** , where HOPE is expanding gravity-flow water systems while supporting women’s savings groups and small business training. The current project also includes planting 2,000 fruit trees and organizing local environmental committees to reduce landslide risk.\n\nExecutive Director Jeffrey Behr in Southern Ethiopia\n\nExecutive Director **Jeffrey Behr** recently visited communities still walking hours for water from streams shared with livestock. That field report will be part of the evening’s program.\n\n### What to Expect\n\nReception begins at 18:15, with the program starting around 19:00.\n\nThe evening includes a video report from the field, updates from HOPE leadership, silent and live auctions featuring donated items and experiences, and a raffle. A full-course dinner is served in the Hilton Nagoya ballroom.\n\nThe Hilton Nagoya\n\nSome attend as a company table. Others come individually. Individual tickets are ¥35,000, which includes a full-course dinner and drinks. Sponsorship tiers range from two-seat packages to larger event partnerships, and prize donations are welcomed, with auction proceeds going directly to field projects.\nFor those who aren’t attending, learning about HOPE’s work, sharing the event, or volunteering are also ways to be involved.\n\nNagoya helped start this dinner.\n_A quarter century later, it still returns here each year._\n\n\n\n\n## The Details\n\n**24th Annual HOPE Nagoya Charity Dinner\n\nVenue:**\nHilton Nagoya\n\n**Date:**\nFri, Mar. 6, 2026\n\n**Times:**\nReception: 18:15\nProgram start: Around 19:00\n\n**Price:**\n¥35,000 per person\n(dinner and drinks included).\nSponsorship packages from ¥69,000\n(Tax deductible.)\n\n**Address:**\nHilton Nagoya\n5F Ginsennoma Room\n1-3-3 Sakae, Naka-ku\nNagoya\n\n**Charity Dinner Website**\n\n**Register:**\n**Sign up via Google Form**\n\n**HOPE International Japan Website**\n**Contact:**\n**email:**dinners@hope.or.jp\nTel: (052) 204-0530\n\n### Access\n\n**By Subway:**\nTake the **Higashiyama Line (H08)** or **Tsurumai Line (T07)** to **Fushimi Station**. Use **Exit 6** and walk west along Hirokoji-dori toward **Hilton Nagoya.** The hotel is approximately 3–5 minutes on foot.\n\n### Nagoya Subway Map\n\nCheck out our handy guide to using the Nagoya Subway:\nhttps://www.nagoyabuzz.com/using-the-nagoya-subway/\n\n## MAP\n\n****What else is going on in Nagoya?****\n\nNagoya Buzz publishes weekly guides to events, exhibitions, food, and local things that make living here easier and connects communities.\n\nIf you enjoyed this, our ****Events Page**** highlights other small, seasonal things happening around Nagoya right now.\n\n→ ****See what’s happening in Nagoya this week****!",
  "title": "HOPE Dinner in Nagoya",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-23T10:10:04.750Z"
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