Kyoto-Nara EU Association

★DATE:
On Wednesday 12th June 18:45 to 20:45
【No reservation needed】

★LOCATION:
＠No.3, 5th floor in Nara Seibu Kominkan above Starbucks coffee.
so near from south exit of Kintetsu Gakuenmae St.

★ゲスト:
Mr.Edmondo Filippini.
He is an expert of Japanese "Noh",and music history.
And he is also music editor in contemporary one.
This time he would give us the story of the exchange music history in Europe between 1700 and 1800 especially among Germany, France and Italy.

★THEME:
"Talk about your favorite genre of music in the wordld(including Japan)"

★MC:
Ms. Tomomi Nakao♪(Thanks so much）

★CHARGE:
Member 1,000yen,Non-member 1,500yen
Europeans & Native English speakers will be invited(free of charge).

★INFORMATION:
info@eurokn.com

Are there anyone who is interested in learning Chinese from native Chinese speaker?
She is interested in learning English,
and if you are interested in learning Chinese,
why not do the "Language Exchange" with her^^♪

Brief Information
She teaches you Chinese once a week,
and you teach her English in return.
It is free of charge.
The location is negotiable.
She speaks Japanese fluently.

If you are interested in, please contact to info@eurokn.com

Thanks!

Hi,there!
How are you getting along?
Aren't there anyone who are in "May sickness" condition, are you^^?
(Have the words of "May sickness" or " May depression" become obsolete these days^^?)

Yesterday we had our monthly French club with Mr. Dromzée from France, and Mr. Thierry from Taiwan!
They are our old friends, and had joined our French club two years ago,2011


Though this is MY first time to meet them, they are very friendly and
kindly talked about their hometown-episode or new experiences in Ecuador in learning the "Kechua" by showing the photos(Thierry san, thank you.)

Thierry san is super-multilingual(handles 17 languages),
and he told us that
"We have various languages and culture in this world, and apparently it differs from country to country, tribe to tribe, but at its heart, we are all the same. "

That impressed me.
It was very nice evening!

★★ next French club will be on Wednesday19th June.★★

Followings are the details for May's French club♪

★DATE:
On Thursday 15th May 18:45 to 20:45
【No reservation needed】
【With interpretation】

★LOCATION:
＠No.3, 5th floor in Nara Seibu Kominkan above Starbucks coffee.
so near from south exit of Kintetsu Gakuenmae St.

★GUESTS:
Mr. Jean-François Dromzée, the past president of Association Connaissance du Japon.
(Ref)http://connaissancejapon.free.fr
And Mr. 謝智翔(Thierry) from Taiwan(Majored in biology & chemistry in both Taiwan and France)


★CHARGE:
Member 1,000yen,Non-member 1,500yen
Native French speakers will be invited(free of charge).

★INFORMATION:
info@eurokn.com

Hi,there!
This is Kumi from EU assosiation.
It is surprisingly hot today, isn't it?(No?Only me?)

In our past English club, we have the very convivial evening with Ms. Anna from Sweden^^♪

First we all introduced ourselves briefly, and talked about "How do I spend this GW holidays?"
Someone traveled abroad(it's me), returned hometown, worked as usual...etc...^^♪

Then Anna introduced herself, and conveyed the attractions of her country by showing its beautiful photos or explained its festivals and ceremonies for all four seasons.

When Anna talked about "Viking" in Sweden's history,
one of our member asked her about "バイキング料理(buffet)", but she never knows....hhh
(Is it related in any way?)

By the way, this photo is interesting, isn't it^^♪
I like this photo.

Guess what does his gesture mean?
(I have no idea...And he neither.)
and you can see TWO ZEBRA girls in the left.
It is Anna and me.
By coincident, we both dressed pretty much the same

You can find this photo in our Facebook page!
Or other diary and pictures.
Please visit and "Like!" our page, thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/eurokn

★★June's English club is planned on Wednesday 12th★★
We'll welcome the professional of the music history as a guest
Details will be followed later!

Followings are the details for May's English club♪

★DATE:
On Wednesday 8th May 18:45 to 20:45
【No reservation needed】

★LOCATION:
＠No.3, 5th floor in Nara Seibu Kominkan above Starbucks coffee.
so near from south exit of Kintetsu Gakuenmae St.

★GUESTS:
Ms. Anna Stålhandske(SWEDEN)
She is a student of Gothenburg University, and her major is Japanese.
She said she's studied a little bit of everything, like litterature-studies, film-studies and film-making. She's also studied English in London.
She's been working with various things too, like volunteer work at an orphanage in Nepal, working at a guesthouse in Iceland and with many things in Sweden connected to film.

★THEME:
"How did you spend the golden week or long holiday last week?"

★MC:
Mr. Toru Miura (Thanks, Tall-san)

★CHARGE:
Member 1,000yen,Non-member 1,500yen
Europeans & Native English speakers will be invited(free of charge).

★INFORMATION:
info@eurokn.com

Hi, there!
Let me introduce the past French club held on Thursday 18th.
The guest was Ms.Mirjana Murer from Switzerland( "Suisse" in French!)
She's from the German-Switzerland, and her mother tongue is German,
but also speaks Swiss-German(Swiss-allemand), French, and English.
She loves Japanese culture including its language, manga, Haiku, and Samourai!
She said she's interested in "Samurai-spirit" like in Edo period.
What do you imagine from the word of "samurai-spirit" ?
...Being fraught with "life and death", or kind of "chivalry"? Hmm...

Well, as you may know Switzerland has mainly three language-district such as French, German, and Italian.
These areas are devided into several departments(like prefecture), and they are well-independent and has its origianl politic or education policy.

For example, the Japanese educational system consists of 6 years of elementary school, 3 years of junior high school, 3 years of senior high school and 4 years of university (2 years for college), but in Switzerland, it differes from prefecture to prefecture.

And Switzland has many immigrants and it's increasing recently, but I assumed from her word that for the most part, they(Switzland) handles this issue well.

Several races, languages, cultures....
The country itself is slightly smaller than Kyushu, Japan,
but it includes much more "la diversité"...
That attracted me^^♪

My french is still at the bottom, but now I can see the growing appeal of French more than before!
If there's anyone who wants to try to learn French from here,
Just knock the door！

May's French club is planned on Wednesday 15th .
Details will be followed later

Hi, there. It’s me, kumi from EU association.
I experienced my first MC in April’s English club with your (much)support. Thanks.
To my surprise & happiness, we had many participants on this day.

First we briefly introduced ourselves, and then talked about the theme of "Which country was your best destination ever, or most attractive for future trips?"
In other words, this question means “Where is your favorite country or place?”(wow, it’s way to easy!)
Everyone has own episode and memory….it made me feel somehow nostalgia…^^?

The guest was Ms. France Vincent and Mr.Pierre Mercille from Montreal of Quebec, Canada.
Montreal, yes it is “French Canada” and their first language is (of course) French, but they also handle English very well.
In our club activities, we can see many countries which the multi-languages distinction works well compared to Japan.

Well, they’re on the way to the trip to several countries such as America, Japan, Korea, China, Russia…..for two month mainly by train.
They’ve visited various countries ever, and those episodes were so intriguing such as Pierre-san’s past travel by Siberian railway.
We also talked/discussed our future travel-dreams, Canada’s language policy, politics, gun control… etc….
It was a convivial evening with various topics.


Next English club is planned on 8th May.
Why not join us and give us your episode of Golden-Week holidays!

Followings are the details for April's French club♪

★DATE:
On Thursday 18th April 18:45 to 20:45
【No reservation needed】
【With interpretation】

★LOCATION:
＠No.4, 5th floor in Nara Seibu Kominkan above Starbucks coffee.
so near from south exit of Kintetsu Gakuenmae St.

★GUESTS:
Ms.Mirjana Murer（Switzerland）
She's 20 year-old and has temporarily worked as a librarian before starting studies in next September : Planning to study Japanology because she is fascinated by Japanese people and culture^^♪
In her spare time,she learns Japanese, writes stories,draws sketches, and also enjoys "kung fu"....??!!

★CHARGE:
Member 1,000yen,Non-member 1,500yen
Native French speakers will be invited(free of charge).

★INFORMATION:
info@eurokn.com

Spring has come.....It's time to start something new like French
Looking forward to seeing you soon(*^ω^*)

Hi, there!
Followings are the details for April’s English club♪

★DATE:
On SATURDAY 13th April 18:00 to 20:00
※Please note that this is not on Wednesday but SATURDAY.
　The time is also earlier than usual.
【No reservation needed】

★LOCATION:
＠No.3, 5th floor in Nara Seibu Kominkan above Starbucks coffee.
so near from south exit of Kintetsu Gakuenmae St.

★GUESTS:
Ms. France Vincent and Mr. Pierre Mercille both from Quebec, Canada.
They are planning to travel several countries including Japan, South Korea, China, Central Asia and Russia for about 2 months!?

Ms. France Vincent
Even though she is working 4 days/week, she loves to travel around the world♪
She has two daughters and 6 wonderful grandchildren!!
Her main hobbies are : trekking, cycling, gardening, listening to music, reading, cooking, and of course traveling!

Mr.Pierre Mercille
He had worked most of his life as a hydro electronic power plant inspector in the northern region of Canada and now is "Happy Retired person"♪
This time their main purpose of travel is to go around the world by train(they're train lovers), using airplane only to fly over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Sounds sooooo fun^^♪

★THEME:
"Which country was your best destination ever, or most attractive for future trips?"

★MC:
Ms. Kumiko Fujioka (This is my very first time!)

★CHARGE:
Member 1,000yen,Non-member 1,500yen
European and native English speakers will be invited(free of charge).

★INFORMATION:
info@eurokn.com

Looking forward to seeing you in our club
Have a nice week with smile!(*^ω^*)