New Year Festivities in Japan and Taiwan (Series #034)

The topic for the 34th presentation in the series was on new year festivities of Japan and Taiwan.

The presenters were Saiki Manami, a freshman from the Faculty of Economics and Chang Hsu Han from the Graduate School of Economics.

 There were nine students attending the presentation.

 The presented centered on the traditions and food of the new year in Japan and Taiwan.

 

Questions from the floor touched on things like the practice of gifts (especially 'money' gifts to children) and the playing of fire-crackers.

Thai trip (Series #033)

Two freshman students from the Faculty of Economics made a joint presentation for the 33rd session in the series. 

Mako Kuzunishi and Miyuu Takeue spent a vacation in Thailand and they took this opportunity to share their experiences today.

There were 14 people in the audience, including 2 international students. 

The session was moderated by Junpei Morikawa.