Louyang my hometown (Series #016)

For the 16th presentation in the series, marking the final one for the semester, a freshman from the Engineering Faculty, Du Jinlong, presented about his hometown, Louyang...

Louyang has a colorful history in that she was one of the old capital cities of China before Beijing came in...

 

Du Jintong making a point here...

The moderator was Kanta Kou, a freshman from the Agriculture Faculty...

There were 22 participants in today's session, including 8 international students...

About Rugby (Series #015)

For the 15th presentation in the series, Kenji Deshima from the Faculty of Agriculture presented a talk on rubgy...

This topic provides a change from the presentations focusing on one's birthplace...  

He presented in English, and made a very good effort at it...

Kenji provided an interesting comparison between vairous aspects of the rugby game with that of American football...

There were 23 participants today, with 5 being international students...

The moderator was Lei Kun, from the Faculty of Economics...

There were many questions, some of which asked about whether the players traded punches as is commonly seen in soccer and ice hockey games... 

Apparently, within the High School rugby tournaments in Japan, Shikoku high schools are not known to be strong teams...
High schools in Fukuoka, Kanazawa, Osaka are the strong teams in these tournaments... 

Angkor Wat in Cambodia (Series #014)

For the 14th talk in the series, we have an international student from Cambodia...

Wan Bunna is an English teacher in Cambodia...

He is here to research on how English is taught to students...

The topic today focuses on Angkor Wat, one of two world heritage sites in Cambodia...
Wan Bunna made a very good try to present in Japanese language, with a little mixture of English...
His effort to do so was very commendable...

There were 26 participants, including 7 international students...

The moderator was Ryusuke Hoshikawa, a sophomore from the Economic Faculty...

Japanese sub-culture (Series #013)

Soma Kawaguchi from the Faculty of Agriculture gave an interesting talk on Japanese sub-culture focusing on Japanese anime.

He presented almost thoroughly in English, holding the audience in attention...

The moderator this time was a student from Korea, Cho Sang-Chan, a sophomore at the Faculty of Economics...

There were 43 people in the audience, the largest so far...
Out of this, 17 were international students... among them were 12 students from  Fu Jen Catholic University, Aletheia University (Taiwan) and Korea Maritime University who just arrived to attend our two-week Japanese Language and Culture Program...

Soma asked the audience to identity three sets of anime...
While one participant got the first one right, none in the audience could do so for all three anime...

When asked why he chose this topic, he said that he likes anime and that he wanted to present something different from the others who mainly talked about their hometowns...

All in all, the talk was interesting and well attended...

Fujian Province… my hometown (Series #012)

For the 12 presentation in the series, Yang Yumei, a freshman at the Faculty of Economics, talked about her hometown, Fujian Province, China...

After giving an outline of Fujian Province, she proceeded to introduce the audience on the world heritage sites of the province...

Next, she spoke about the capital city of the province, showing pictures of beautiful gardens and night scenes...

Today, we had 16 people in the audience, with 5 of them being international students...
The moderator was Takezaki, a freshman at the Faculty of Education...   

An interesting local food in Fujian is the fishballs...
Unlike others, these have pork meat stuffed inside... 

On this day, a professional photographer was called by the university to shoot pictures for a mmgazine...

The history, scenery, and sweets of Kobe (Series #011)

Sae Adachi from the Faculty of Agriculture made a presentation on Kobe, focusing on her history, scenery, and sweets...
She made a good effort in using English to introduce herself...

The moderator was Yang Yumei from China, a freshman at the Faculty of Economics...

There were 20 participants today, with seven being international students.  

Questions from the audience were mainly on the sweets and food of Kobe...
Apparently, as opposed to Osaka, Kobe is more famous for he sweets...

A Guide to Gourmet and Dating in Japan and Korea (Series #010)

For the tenth presentation in the series, we experienced something new...

Kwon Oh Ryun from Korea partnered with Hideki Hiraoka from Japan to present a guide on Japanese and Korean food, as well as on dating.

Hideki presented in a mix of English and Japanese...
I think he made a very good attempt to do so...

Oh Ryun mainly talked about the rituals boys and girls go through in Korea while dating.
He highlighted numerous differences between the Japanese way and the Korean way...

The audience had a good time listening to how Korean boys had to to do date a girl in Korea.
There were 30 people in the audience, including nine international students.
The moderator was Kairu Furutani from the Faculty of Economics.
He did a very good job in running the show.

Osaka food, tourist spots, and dialect (Series #9)

Naori Matsuoka a sophomore from the Faculty of Agriculture made an interesting talk on Osaka.

She focused on the food, tourist spots, and the dialect of Osaka.

The moderator today was Sai Ei, a freshman from the Faculty of Economics.
Twenty participants joined the talk, out of which, seven were international students. 

There were a lot questions from the floor.
Among the issues raised were how Osaka dialect differs from Sanuki dialect, and if there is a polite form in the Osaka dialect. 

There were also some questions on the tourist attractions of Osaka.
The Acquarium, with a whale shark, and USJ were recommended by the speaker. 

Some members of the audience were quite surprised to hear that it is normal to eat Osaka Okonomiyaki with rice, as a dish.   

Flower viewing in China (Series #8)

For the 8th presentation in the series, Chen Linqi, a graduate student at the Graduate School of Education, made a presentation on how the people of China enjoyed the flower season in spring.  

A particular focus was on the viewing of sakuras in the campus of Wuhan University.
The young people apparently prefer to party and sing in the parks while enjoying the flowers.
On the other hand, the older generation tend to go for walks and photo-taking.

The moderator was Narumi Watanabe, a sophomore from the Faculty of Engineering.
Twenty four students participated in today's event, including eight international students.

Questions from the audience included 'the most cherished flower' in China.
According to the speaker, the peony takes the first place, followed by the plum flower.  

About Kochi... (Series #7)

The seventh presentation saw Kei Takagi, a student from the Faculty of Agriculture, talking about the virtues of the place he was born.  He highlighted three aspects of Kochi prefecture.

The first was Ryuma Sakamoto, a well known political figure in the Tokugawa era. The second aspect was the Yosakoi Dance festival of Kochi prefecture, which has become very popular throught Japan. And finally, he touched on some agrriculture products where Kochi excells in, stuff like kabosu, a citrus fruit.

The moderator was Ka Zen, from the Faculty of Economics. She handled the flow of the session very well.
Thirty three participants (including twelve international students) attended today's session.
 

It shoukl be noted that a worthwhile suggestion came from the floor today.
The student suggested that since the Lunch Presentation Meeting's primary intention is to foster interactions and exchange among students, why not establish a time slot for this purpose?

Very good suggestion, indeed...

The time scedule is immediately re-designed...

Korean food, Korean tradition, and differences between Korea and Japan (Series #6)

Kim Sein, An exchange student from Daegu University who is enrolled at the Faculty of Economics at Kagawa University for one year, made a presentation on Korea, focusing on several well-known Korean dishes like bibimpa, kimchi, and dobokki. She also introduced the traditional architecture of Korean buildings, and clothes. The third area covered in today's talk was on the differences between Korea and Japan.

The moderator today was Hideki Hiraoka from the Faculty of Agriculture.
Questions from the floor included the recipe on how to cook the Korean dishes, and if the traditional heating system is still being used in modern Korean homes in the winter time.
There were 24 participants today, including 8 international students.

Lunch Presentation Meeting featured in top page of Kagawa University

The Lunch Presentation Meeting is gaining momentum...
In this light, we are happy to announce that the Lunch Presentation Meeting is featured in the top page of the university homepage
See the following link...

国際交流会「ランチプレゼンテーション会」発足！

Japanese Garden (Series #5)

Japan is in the midst of celebrating the Golden Week holidays. Some companies are reported to have 10 continuous days of holidays in this season. This long stretch of off-days is rather rare in Japan.
Anyway, the university is operating as normal on this second day of May.

We have a sophomore student from the Engineering Faculty making a presentation on 'Japanese Gardens'. Besides introducing the fables of Momotaro, she focused on the most famous spot of Takamatsu city, Ritsurin Park, and Korakuen Park of Okayama.
Questions from the floor included 'Why Ritsurin and Korakuen?... What is the best season to visit these parks?... What are the places in Okayama where one can visit Momotaro tourist sites?...'
Despite the Golden Week holiday season, there were 28 attendees in the audience. 

Inner Mongolia.. my hometown (Series #4)

A freshman at the Faculty of Economics made a presentation on his hometown, Inner Mongolia.
His presentation covered a broad spectrum of very interesting topics such as Ghengis Khan, Mongolian wrestling, and the similarities and differences between Inner Mongolia and Mongolia.

For the first time, a student from the same faculty, moderated the presentation.

There were 33 participants in the audience.
Questions from the floor included...  why the ethnic minority groups are treated favorably... the physical travel distances between Inner Mongolia and Mongolia and whether there is a need for a passport to travel between the two regions... and about the disappearing nomadic life in the grasslands...