"Traditional clothes of Japan & Vietnam " (Series #037)

We had the pleasure of listening to two students presentaing on the topic of 'Japanese and Vietnamese Traditional Dress'... Nguyen Thi Ha Phuong, a freshman from the Faculty of Economics, donned the traditional dress of Vietnam while Junpei Morikawa, a sophomore at the Faculty of Law was dressed in the traditional attire of the Archery Club. There were 17 students attending this session, with 7 being international students...

Osaka Okonomiyaki and Peking local food (Series #036)

Ms. Sakimori Hosayo from the Faculty of Agriculture
presentation on‘Osaka style okonomiyaki’while Ms. Jum Man Lin from the Faculty of Education
talked about 'The local food of Peking’. Fifteen students came to listen to the talk.

Korean films (Series #035)

The last presentation for the academic year 2012 was on Korean films.
Lee Nara, an exchange student affiliated to the Faculty of Education, introduced the audience to a number of top Korean films that she has seen.
Twelve students were in the audience.
We shall re-start the presentation series in April 2013.

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.

A comparison between Japanese & American Geography, Climate, & Famous Locations (Series #032)

For the 32nd session in the presentation series, we had the pleasure of listening to Daniel Johnson and Hiroaki Fujisawa from the Faculty of Engineering...

Dan is an exchange student from Toledo University in Ohio, USA, and Hiroaki is a freshman in the faculty.

Their topic is on the comparison of the geography, climate, and famous sites of Japan and US.

There were 13 participants in total, with two being international students.  

Traditional clothes of Japan and Malaysia (Series #031)

After the summer vacation, the presentation series resumed with a talk on traditional clothes...

Sakiko Shimada, a sophomore from the Law Faculty, focused on traditional clothes in Japan...

 Meanwhile, Marcus Khoo from the Faculty of Education talked from the Malaysian aspect...

 The topic ranges from formal clothes to clothes used in weddings, festivals, and even graduation ceremonies...

 Since this is the start of the fall semester, students are trying to re-adjust to the class schedules... there were 15 participants, including 3 international students...

Sakiko presented very well in English... her pronunciations were good...  and Marcus did a fine job in delivering the talk in Japanese...