AIRA Bus Tour to Naritasan and its vicinity
A bus tour named “The tour for experiencing Samurai houses and townscape in Edo era- appreciating autumn at Boso-no-Mura Village” was held on the Culture Day, Nov. 3rd 2016, as part of “Culture Seminar for foreign residents” organized by the AIRA Culture and Study Section.
Lecture on “Germany 2016” – Cultural Study Class
As one of “Learning about Foreign Culture” study series, a lecture was held on the theme “German culture and recent living environment in Germany” by Mr. Joerg Roth from Germany, instructor of AIRA German Conversation Salon.
Mr. Roth gave his speech in Japanese as follows.
The 19th AIOE-Abiko International Open-Air Art Exhibition was kicked off by an opening ceremony at the ex-Inoue residence on October 22, 2016. Following an opening address by Mr. Komaba, chief of the executive committee, congratulatory speeches were given by Mr. Aoki, vice mayor and Mr. Imai, prefectural assembly member. Then art creators including several foreign artists were also introduced. Mr. Hesaki and Mr. Sato interpreted these speeches on the spot.
September 25.2016：In the 18th Abiko International Speech Contest eight people made speeches: two native Japanese speakers expressed in English and six non-native Japanese speakers in Japanese.
Friday, April 1：The AIRA Japanese language evening class is usually held at Civic Plaza every Friday evening. However, we thought it would be fun to hold the class outside for the first time.