Date and Time: Wednesday, March 20 9:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Cooking Room, Abista
Instructor: Ms. Masayo Yamaguchi, a translator and announcer of IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) World Service, Radio Japanese
Participants: 15 people (2 AIRA members, 10 non-members and 3 staff members) No.23-24
Date and Time: Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Room 1 and Japanese Room, Abiko Civic Plaza
Instructor: Ms.Souga Kuroda (Urasenke)
Participants: 27 people (12 students, 11 volunteer Japanese teachers and 4 AIRA staff members) (No. 23-23)
We held a meeting of representatives (managers) of foreign language courses sponsored by AIRA (No. 23-19).
Date and time: Sunday, February 18, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Civic Plaza, Room 1
Attendants: 21 people (17 managers and 4 AIRA secretariat members)
The Cross-Cultural Lecture was held to promote multi-cultural understanding. The theme of the second session of this fiscal year was “Iran”. There is little and limited information about the people living in Iran, so that AIRA held this lecture to shed light on how Iranian people really live. (No 23-18)
The Japan Bird Festival (JBF), of which AIRA is one of the supporters, was held at the same site as in 2019, before the Corona pandemic, and AIRA dispatched interpreters to the booths for overseas participating organizations. (No.23-15)
Date : Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5, 2023
Venue and time : Ooban (coots) Square, 10:00～16:00 (～15:00 for Sunday)
Dispatched interpreters
a)Thailand Booth : Ms.HAMA Rie(Nov.4), Mr.OSAKI Hiroshi and Mr.NAKJIMA Katsumi
and Mr.SARUWATARI Hiroshi(Nov.5)
b)Shanghai Booth : Ms.Liu Peng (Nov. 4), Mr.Xing Kai Jun(Nov. 4 and 5)
The 31st Abiko International Festival took place for the purpose of promoting international friendship among people living in Abiko. This festival has been held every autumn except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to the pandemic. (No.23-16)
The second Board Meeting for FY 2023 was held for the purpose of reporting and briefing on the project progress for the fiscal year and the business details for the second half of FY 2023 (No. 23 -14).
Date and Time : Monday, October 30th, 2023 14:00 ~ 15:40
Venue : Abiko Civic Plaza Meeting Room #1
Participants : 17 Board members
A party was held to deepen mutual exchange and friendship among AIRA members, and look back on the passing year. (No.23-17)
The annual Autumn bus tour was organized by the Cultural Lectures for Foreigners and the Cross-Cultural Activities Department. (No.23-13)
Date & Time : Thursday, October 19, 2023 8:15 ~ 16:00
Venue : Abiko Clean Center & Tsukuba Ham Factory
Participants : 16 people (excluding 3 absentees on the day)