| Games from around Asia |
| World
Festa |
Sun.,
Mar. 17th 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
250 participants |
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There are many foreign residents living in and around
Kameoka. We hope to provide opportunities for foreign
residents to interact with Kameoka's citizens. We believe
participating in activities together is a good way to
make friends. At this event we held a variety of games
from around Asia, such as "cup and ball", marbles,
top spinning, Chegi (a Korean game) etc. Gold medals were
awarded to the winners. We also provided Korean "chijimi",
and "namuru" at lunch time.
For our performance corner, we enjoyed watching jugglers,
Chango Korean drum performance, singing and dancing. We
also enjoyed dances from the Philippine and Inner Mongolia.
Bamboo instruments were also introduced and the audience
members were able to participate in the performance.
The weather was excellent that day and the landscape around
the center was so beautiful in the spring sunshine. Children
played freely on the lawn and everyone seemed to enjoy
the starting of spring.
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| Artists from many different
fields |
| Artists
Meeting |
Sat.,
Feb. 23rd 10:30a.m.-12:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
20 participants |
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Artists from various fields such as painting, music,
pottery making and stain glass making gathered to discuss
the activities at Kameoka Exchange Center and share ideas.
The children of the global passport program and the members
of the music game class joined the exchange party. Everyone
enjoyed playing bamboo instruments with the explanation
given by Atsuko Makino, who is the representative of the
Kansai Music Educational Institution.
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| Return from an imaginary
trip |
| Commencement
of Global Passport |
Sat.,
Feb. 23rd 1:30p.m.-4:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
50 participants |
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Global Passport is a hands-on learning class for children
who want to learn about other cultures and customs of
foreign countries. They are able to learn about a certain
culture through the foreign guest speakers. The children
joined this class in the fall of 2001 and each month went
on a imaginary trip to foreign countries. Their commencement
was held this past February. Before the commencement,
they painted t-shirts with artist Tatenao Fujiki. The
t-shirts designed by the children were so beautiful and
glimmering.
At the commencement, everyone was given a certificate
and was asked their impression of Global Passport. They
were able to make friends from other countries and different
schools within Kameoka. It seems they were able to make
many good memories.
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| Introducing Korean
Poetry |
| Dream
World Korea & Movie Presentation |
Sat.,
Feb. 16th 6:30p.m.-9:30p.m.
at Galleria Kameoka
50 Participants |
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As apart of our annual movie presentation, we chose
South Korea as our focus because of the World Cup soccer
event. Pok-chun Kim was invited as guest speaker and she
presented Korean poetry. The beautiful sound of the Korean
language and her emotional reading of poetry moved the
audience members. Kim's poetry is published in Korean,
Russian and Esperanto.
After the poetry reading, we presented the movie "Peppermint
Candy".
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| A sister city of Kameoka
is here. |
| Dream
World Austria |
Sun.,
Jan. 27th 1:30p.m.-4:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
70 participants |
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We chose Austria for the Dream World series, partially
because Knittelfeld, Austria is one of Kameoka's Sister
Cities. We enjoyed the lecture given by Ms. Gabriele Hadl,
who is an international student of Ritsumeikan University
in Kyoto. As part of an extra program, we heard a recital
of piano and violin performed by Ms. Ikuko Tajima and
Ms. Setsuko Watanabe. They performed pieces by Beethoven,
Mozart and Haydn.
Afterwards we ate sachertorte cake and drank Vienna coffee.
Mr. Seiji Yuasa, who is the leader of the Kameoka Mountaineer
Club, presented a slide show of his recent trip to Knittelfeld.
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| You can speak English
definitely!! |
| English
Conversation Class Demonstration |
Sat.,
Jan. 12th 1:30p.m.-3:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
50 Participants |
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Just before the beginning of our winter session English
conversation classes, we held a demonstration class for
those wanted to participate in the up coming classes.
Participants were able to find out what kind of classes
are provided, and what level they should enter. They were
also able to experience the atmosphere of the English
conversation classes. The English teachers also gathered
and gave some advice to the attendants. |
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| Reunion with host families |
| Host
Families Exchange Party |
Sat.,
Jan. 12th 3:00p.m.-4:30p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
40 participants |
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Kameoka Exchange Center provides several homestay opportunities,
especially to international students living in Kyoto.
Some host families have hosted students many times, others
have experienced this for the first time. Prospective
host families were able to listen to the advice and stories
of experienced hostfamilies. Students from Germany and
Thailand, who participated in last years November homestay
program, were able to meet their host families again.
They each talked about their memories and experiences.
Our next homestay program will be held in April. |
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| What is Christmas? |
| Christmas Party |
Sun.,
Dec. 16th 1:30p.m.-4:30p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
200 participants |
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What exactly is Christmas celebrating? How is Christmas
celebrated throughout the world? This month's Global Passport
participants put on a play, celebrating the Nativity,
which taught us a little about the meaning of Christmas.
We also discussed how Christmas is celebrated in Australia,
Korea, Hungary, Italy and Croatia. Then the Bamboo Orchestra
gave a performance using the chimes. After that we listened
to a gospel group and the children learning English sang
a few songs. Santa Claus came and handed out goodies to
the kids. We then ate cake at the reception. |
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| Stained Glass Making |
| Christmas Stained Glass |
Sat.,
Dec. 8th 10:30a.m.-2:30p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
20 participants |
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Taking bits of cut glass and enframing them into some
shape may sound like a tedious and nerve wracking task,
however it is actually a lot of fun and pleasing to see
the end result. We only have the stain glass making class
a few times a year, but it has gained a lot of popularity
with male participants. The teacher, Mr. Kiyomizu, is
a very down to earth person who caters to the creativity
of the students. |
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| Pine of Kitayama |
| Wood Carving Class |
Sat.,
Dec. 1th 10:00a.m.-3:00p.m.
at Kameoka International Center
20 participants |
| We used bits of Kitayama pine to make trays, doorplates,
and signs. The teacher, Ms. Eiko Hayashi gives very careful
instructions that are easy to understand. |
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