Field Day
Sunday, September 28 ||| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
@Event Lawn (behind the Alumnae Hall Amphitheater)
Join Wellesley College Japan Club, Brandeis JSA, Babson Japan International Circle, and Olin Japanese Club for a Japanese-style fall field day! Win prizes, engage in some friendly competition, meet new people and stick around for an early dinner.
First General Meeting
Tuesday, September 9 ||| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
@Campus Center Room 104 (Cow chair room)
Come learn about Japan Club's events this year and find out how you can get involved! We'll be playing our annual "Fruits Basket" Japanese ice-breaker game. Snacks provided!
Hanami Picnic
Tuesday, May 6 ||| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
@Academic Quad Courtyard
Enjoy a light picnic lunch outside for the last Japan Table of the year!
Taiko Sessions with Aiko Club
EVERY TUESDAY ||| 10:00 - 11:30 p.m.
@Keohane Sports Center Room 202
Anyone with an interest in learning about taiko is invited to participate in Aiko's weekly practices. No experience necessary. Contact Marie Ayabe for more information!
Japan Table 2007-2008
EVERY TUESDAY ||| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
@Stone-Davis Dining Hall
Dine with other students interested in Japan / Japanese as well as with
Japanese faculty! Have fun practicing your Japanese.
Chinatown with Japan Club
Saturday, April 19 ||| 6:30 p.m.
@Hei La Moon Restaurant in Chinatown
Come for dinner and karaoke with Japan Club and Japan Club members from various other Boston-area universities. Contact Catherine Simes with any questions.
Living Kabuki
Friday, April 18 ||| 7:30 p.m.
@Jewett Auditorium
Mark Akira Oshima of the Kabuki-za will be presenting a lecture/demonstration on Kabuki. Sponsored by the Japanese Department.
Spring Open Campus Organizations Fair
Wednesday, April 9 ||| 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
@Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center 4th Floor
Bring your prospies to the organizations fair! Japan Club will have a table to answer questions and sell origami earrings!
Spring General Meeting
Wednesday, April 9 ||| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
@Stone-Davis Living Room
Join Japan Club for home-made okonomiyaki and learn about how you can get involved with e-board next year!
For
more information on e-board member positions: http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/japancl/eboard.html
Asian Awareness Month Girls' Day Celebration
Wednesday, April 2 ||| 6:00 p.m.
@Anderson Forum
Join the Japanese Department's Professor Maeno in a lecture/showing of a traditional Japanese Hinamatsuri doll set. Refreshments will be served.
Fumito Nunoya Marimba Concert
Sunday, March 16 ||| 4:00 p.m.
@Jewett Auditorium
Sponsored by the Japanese Program, award-winning marimbist Fumito Nunoya will perform on campus. He is accompanied by Eliko Akahori.
Pan-Asian Cultural Show
Saturday, March 15 ||| 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
@Jewett Auditorium
Support Aiko and come see performances from all of the other Asian organizations in one night!
Yuki
Matsuri 2007 (Winter Festival)
Saturday, February 23, 2007 ||| 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
@Tishman Commons
The Yuki Matsuri is a huge cultural event Japan Club holds featuring performances
and workshops that celebrate the Japanese culture. Activities include DDR, writing
calligraphing, making sushi, and much more. Performances this year will include
taiko, chorus, modern and traditional dances, koto, Aikido demonstration, and a live band!
Japanese food will be served.
Admission: Free with Wellesley
ID, $3 off-campus
Open to all. If you will need accomodations due to a disability or health-related
need, please contact Jim Wice, Director of Disability Services (jwice@wellesley.edu)
Sponsored by: Wellesley College Japan Club, CLCE, History Department, Religion Department, Office of Advisor to Students of Asian Descent, Mayling Soong Foundation, CLIO, Slater International, CSA, Anime Club
Directions: Get directions to the college here.
Off-campus guests can park in the Davis Parking Facility located directly
across from the campus center.
Winter General Meeting
December 11, 2007 ||| 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
@Pendleton West 212
Celebrate the Emperor's birthday at our final general meeting of the year! We'll be serving dinner and watching Happy Feet in Japanese (with English subtitles). Join us for a well-deserved break before finals. RSVP required.
Origami Earrings Fundraiser
December 5-7, 2007 ||| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
@Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center
Look for our table in the campus center on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We are selling handmade origami earrings -- cranes, flowers, and stars -- for $6 a pair or $10 for two. They make great gifts! Our table is on the fourth floor for Wed and Thursday, and on the 2nd floor on Friday.
The Supernatural in Japanese Culture
October 24, 2007 ||| 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
@Science Center 277
Get into the Halloween spirit by watching Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko! Professor Eve Zimmerman will also be joining us to introduce and lead a discussion on the Japanese fascination with the supernatural.
Porter Square Outing
October 20, 2007 ||| 11:00 a.m.
@Chapel Bus Stop
Come out to shop for Japanese groceries and eat lunch at Porter Square in Boston! Transportation on the bus will be paid for those traveling with us. RSVP by Thursday, October 18 to the "RSVP Porter Sq" conference.
Incense Appreciation Event
October 2, 2007 ||| 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
@Slater International Center
Japanese koudou (incense) masters will be holding an incense appreciation ceremony. A limited number of students will be allowed to participate in an interactive incense identification game. For more information, please contact Laura Corser.
First General Meeting
September 23, 2007 ||| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
@Stone-Davis Living Room
Join us for food and find out about fall elections and upcoming events!
Japan Table 2006-2007
EVERY TUESDAY ||| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
@Tower Private Dining Room
Dine with other students interested in Japan / Japanese as well as with Japanese
faculty! Have fun practicing your Japanese.
Kendo Practice 2006-2007
EVERY MONDAY ||| 7 - 9 p.m.
@Alumnae Hall Ballroom (check the Kendo FirstClass conference
for schedule)
Learn Japanese fencing, a great way to discipline your mind, body, and spirit
as well as have fun!
Movie Night
MAY 9, 2007 || 9 p.m.
@ SCI 277
Come celebrate the last day of classes
with a movie!
Japan Meets Jazz [e-flyer: JPG
format]
APRIL 21, 2007 ||| 7 p.m.
@Houghton Memorial Chapel
Mr. Makoto Takenaka, a renown Jazz pianist from Berklee College, will be holding
a concert for us, playing various Japanese traditional pieces in a Jazz arrangement.
We are pleased to invite him and the rest of his trio to Wellesley College for
this special concert. To find out more about Takenaka-sama, please visit his
site: http://takenakajazz.web.infoseek.co.jp/.
Sponsored by: Wellesley College Japan Club, SOFC, East
Asian Languages and Literature Department: Japanese program, Office of
the Advisor to Students of Asian Descent
Directions: Get directions to the college here.
Off-campus guests can park in the Davis Parking Facility located directly across
from the campus center.
Harvard-Wellesley Nomikai
April 20, 2007
@TBA
Hang out with the Harvard Japan Society and Wellesley Japan Club.
Japanese-Style Resume Seminar
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007 ||| 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
@Center for Government and International Studies South Building,
S250 (Harvard University)
A speaker from Mynavi Kokusaiha Shushoku (formerly Mainichi Global Career) will
talk about the A to Zs of Japanese-style resumes. The seminar will be conducted
in JAPANESE, but questions can be answered in both English and Japanese. The
seminar will focus on the differences between English and Japanese Resumes (Pictures,
Experiences, Self PR, Marital Status, etc). If you have specific questions, please
bring your resume to the seminar.
Sponsored by: Wellesley College Japan Club, Harvard Japan
Society, and Mynavi Kokusaiha Shushoku
Japan Club Candidate's Night
SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2007 || 6:30 p.m.
@Stone-D Living Room
Want to get more involved in Japan Club? Well, here's your chance? Come
find out about all spring-elect executive board member positions at Candidate's
Night.
Okonomiyaki will be served.
For
more information on e-board member positions: http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/japancl/eboard.html
Boston University-Wellesley College Dim Sum
in Chinatown
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2007 ||| 10 a.m.
@Houghton Memorial Chapel bus stop
Join BU JSA and the Wellesley College Japan Club for Dim Sum at China Pearl in
Chinatown.
Pan-Asian
Cultural Show
FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2007 ||| 7 p.m.
@Jewett Auditorium
Part of Asian-Awareness Month, this show celebrates Asian / Asian-American cultures
through performance. Acts include singing, dancing, spoken word, skits, instrumental
music, and much more.
Yuki
Matsuri 2007 (Winter Festival) [Program: PDF
version]
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2007 ||| 5 - 9:30 p.m.
@Pendleton Atrium
The Yuki Matsuri is a huge cultural event Japan Club holds featuring performances
and workshops that celebrate the Japanese culture. Activities include DDR, writing
calligraphing, making sushi, and much more. Performances this year will include
a noh performance, chorus, modern and traditional dances, kendo, and a live band!
Japanese food will be served.
Admission: Free with Wellesley
ID, $3 off-campus
Open to all. If you will need accomodations due to a disability or health-related
need, please contact Jim Wice, Director of Disability Services (jwice@wellesley.edu)
Sponsored by: Wellesley College Japan Club, CLCE, EALL
Japanese Program
Directions: Get directions to the college here.
Off-campus guests can park in the Davis Parking Facility located directly
across from the campus center.
How to Wear a Yukata Workshop
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007 ||| 4:30 - 5:30
p.m.
@Freeman Living Room
Come learn how to properly wear a yukata with Ozawa-sensei of the Japanese department.
She will be demonstrating how to wear a yukata, tie the inner strings and obis,
and fold yukata -- and allow us to practice afterwards.
Japan-related
Courses Tea
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2007 ||| 4 p.m.
@Pendleton Atrium
Join us for tea & snacks. Come and get to know your professors, and learn
about Japan-related course offerings in History, Religion, Language,
etc.
MIT-Wellesley College Dinner in Chinatown
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006 ||| 5 p.m.
@Houghton Memorial Chapel bus stop
October General Meeting
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006 ||| 8:30 p.m.
@Cazenove Green Room (basement kitchen)
Come join us for onigiri, and see how you can get involved in this year's
yuki matsuri!
Porter
Square Outing
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 ||| 11 a.m.
@Houghton Memorial Chapel bus stop
Join us on a trip to Porter Square to see what Japanese restaurants and markets
are in the area!
September General Meeting
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 ||| 7 - 8 p.m.
@Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center Room 104
Come to find out about our events and meet other events!
Fall
Fling (Org Night)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 ||| 7 - 9 p.m.
@Outside Houghton Memorial Chapel
