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Activities in Heisei 20 (2008)

〔 April 1st, 2008〜 March 31th,2009 〕   Back  「Activities 2007 」

DateEventActivity
March 2ndWeekday Japanese classWeekday Japanese class started. The class will last until the end of July.
March 1st Potluck PartyAnnual potluck party was held. 112 foreigners and 87 Japanese people participated. All participants enjoyed the party.
Feb. 17Operation committeeThe 4th operation committee was held at Kura-city from 2 pm. The status of the projects and the present accounting result were reported. The budget and projects in the next fiscal year were reviewed as well.
Feb. 2AuditThe audit was conducted by the city audit committee since Handa International Association receives a subsidiary from Handa city.
Jan. 29IT & Public Relations committeeA meeting was held to edit the 31st KonnichiWorld bulletin.
Jan. 16Portuguese class (middle course)Portuguese class (middle course) started. The purpose of the class is to train volunteers for culture diversity. Ms. Elena Mayumi Ando teaches the class.
 

Jan. 14

Portuguese class (beginners course)Portuguese class (beginners course) started. The purpose of the class is to train volunteers for culture diversity. Ms. Elena Mayumi Ando teaches the class.
Jan. 11Calligraphy for The New Year at Japanese class

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The Japanese class students challenged to write the calligraphy for The New year. More than 70 people participated. The class room was packed with people.

Dec. 27Year End PartyA year end party was held at Handa Kura City. The association thanked to the association members and volunteers and appreciated their usual cooperation and support.
Dec. 12SeminarA sminar of Italian food culture and wine was held at Handa Kura City. 38 people attended.
Dec. 7Japanese class salon committeeJapanese class students observed Japanese "Sencha" tea ceremony after the class. 30 people attended.
Dec. 3Operation committeeThe 3rd operation committee was held. Reviewed the past and future activities and accounting status of each committee.
Nov. 30Outdoor class 〔Pictures〕Japanese class salon committee conducted an outdoor class at Minami Chita Beach Land. 85 people attended.
Nov. 26Administration officeMr. Tomoyuki Matsuishi, the chairman of Handa International Association, gave a lecture on culture diversity in Chita city.
Nov. 30IT & Public Relations committeeIssued the 30th KonnichiWorld bulletin.
Oct. 28IT & Public Relations committeeA meeting was held to edit the 30th KonnichiWorld bulletin.
Oct. 26Japanese class salon committee

An outdoor class in Tokoname
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The japanese class students went to Tokoname ceramic walking street and experienced to make ceramics. 65 people attended.
Oct. 25The official delegation to Xuzhou cityThe Handa official delegation including the mayor and the chairman of Handa International Association left for Xuzhou to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the friendship city relation.
Oct. 23IT & Public Relations committeeA meeting was held for the preparation of the issue of the 30th KonnichiWorld bulletin.
Oct. 13A seminar

World cooking class

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Ms. Monica Akimoto from Brazil taught Brazilian cooking at Handa Youth House. 25 people attended the class. They made 5 kinds of Brazilian dishes and enjoyed to taste those dishes after cooking.
Oct. 12Japanese class salon committee

Japanese class volunteer's meeting

Japanese class volunteers had a meeting after Japanese class. They actively exchanged their opinions. Those discussions will help to improve the operation of Japanese class in the future.
Sep. 28

 

KonnichiWorld festival

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The 6th KonnichiWorld festival was held on Sep. 23. 16 countries participated the festival. The people enjoyed country booths, stage performance, the tasting of Thai and Brazilian cooking's, etc.

The festival was crowded with approx. 500 guests.

Sep. 25The general assembly of the establishment of Handa-Bhutan Youth Friendship AssociationA new relationship with Bhutan which was a friendship country at Aichi Expo started. Handa-Bhutan Youth Friendship Association has been established.
Sep. 12IT & Public Relations committeeA meeting was held to review the contents of the 30th KonnichiWorld bulletin which is scheduled to be issued on Dec. 1.
Sep. 11The presentation by the Bhutan study team The Bhutan study team made a presentation on their recent trip to Bhutan. 23 people attended.
Aug. 3"Tanabata" festival partyJapanese cultures were introduced to foreign residents. Nearly 200 people joined the party and enjoyed.
Jul. 28Operation committeeThe 2nd operation committee was held. he committee reviewed the past and future activities of each committee including Bhutan visit.
Jul. 1Issued KonnichiWorld bulletinIT & Public Relations committee issued the 29th KonnichiWorld bulletin.
Jun. 20Volunteer training for culture diversityThe 1st Portuguese class (beginners) started. There will be 10 sessions. There are 40 students. The teacher of the class is Ms. Helena Mayumi.
June 15th Watch PlanetariumAfter Japanese class, the students went to the planetarium in Handa Sky museum for an outdoor class.
June 8th Visit Bhutan

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The delegation of Handa International Association visits Bhutan from June 8th to 15th to promote the projects for the succession of the friendship activities of Aichi Expo.

May 19th

 

World cooking class
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The 1st Sri Lankan cooking class was held at Handa Seinen-No-Ie.
23 people participated the class and cooked gadala bean curry, fired rice, fruit salad and ginger tea.
May 18th Outdoor Japanese class
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After Japanese class, the students and volunteer teachers walked in Handa to know more about Handa and went to Sake museum. 60 foreigners and 32 Japanese participated.
April 26th Talk for the commemoration of the annual general assemblyMari Christine was invited as a guest speaker. She talked about the friendship succession project of Aichi Expo.
Approx. 70 people attended the talk session.
April 26th Annual general assembly of Handa International AssociationAnnual general assembly for Heisei 20th was held.
April 26th Board meetingThe 1st board meeting for Heisei 20th was held.
April 13th Japanese class students went to see a spring festival.Japanese class students went to see a spring festival in Handa after a Japanese class.
April 7th Accounting auditHanda International Association received the annual accounting audit for Heisei 19th.
April 6th Japanese class students went to see cherry blossom.
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52 Japanese class students went to Kariyado park with 13 volunteer teachers to see cherry blossom. Rice balls and tea were served.
April 3rd WenXing MeetingThe members of WenXing Meeting went to Kariyado park to see cherry blossom.
   

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