Korean Home Cooking – Culture Class

Date and Time: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:00a.m.~1:00p.m.

Place: Cooking Room, Abista

Instructor: Ms. Kwon Haejin

Participants: 9 AIRA members and 13 non- AIRA members Staff: Ms. Matsuki and 5 other AIRA staff members Special guest: Ms. Kwon’s mother (30 people in total)

“Tanabata-matsuri” by Tuesday Japanese language class

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 10:30-12:00

Venue: Civic Plaza Grand Hall

Participants: 47 (students 22, volunteer teachers 21, volunteer children carers 4)

Welcome Party for Northern Arizona University (NAU) Students Held

Date and Time: Saturday, June 13, 2015 12:00p.m. －3:30p.m.

Venue: Classroom No.132, Main Building, Chuogakuin University (CGU)

Participants: 64 people in total (18 people from NAU, 17 from host families, 15 from AIRA, 11 CGU students and 6 music players)

 Ms. Mary Elizabeth Adachi, who used to teach at the AIRA English classes and is now Japanese language instructor at the university, is visiting Japan, leading her 15 students from the States. They are here on the study-abroad program to learn Japanese language and culture. During their one-month stay in Japan they are planning to visit many places. Here in Abiko they are going to attend Japanese language classes and experience a variety of Japanese culture such as tea ceremony, calligraphy, kendo, wearing kimono and staying with Japanese families.

 Since Abiko was the first place of their visit, AIRA held a welcome party for them with a great cooperation of CGU.　　　　　　（ＮＯ．15-5）

2015 AIRA General Meeting

Date/Time: Thursday, April 30, 015 1:00p.m. to 3:00p.m.

Venue: Multi-purpose Hall, Abiko Civic Plaza

 The meeting was started by an opening message in Japanese by Ms. Liu Peng, and followed by today’s emcee Ms. N. Adachi, manager of Administration Department.

Volunteer Interpreters Assist Lithuanian Ambassador’s Visit

Date/Time: April 21, 2015 11:20a.m. to 12:00noon

Place: Mayor’s Guest Room, Abiko City Hall

Visitors: Mr. Egidijus Meilunas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Lithuania, Mr. Murofushi, Director, and Mr. E. Okayasu, Manager of Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds (JSPB) Delegates from Abiko City: Mr. J. Hoshino, Mayor, Mr. A. Aoki, Vice Mayor, Mr. Y. Ebihara, General Manager, Environmental and Economics Division Volunteer interpreters: Mr. Y. Hesaki, Mr. M. Sato