Shakuhachi playing during break time

Had the pleasure of introducing the Shakuhachi to some students.
The students spent about 50 minutes, trying their best to get a sound from the flute. 

The Shakuhachi is not an easy instrument to play, but its timbre and sound is rather mesmering, if played well enough. 

Students who may be interested to try out the Shakuhachi are welcomed to come to the ground floor of the Olive Square at 12:10, 7th June. (Lrong)

'Düsseldorf and Wiesbaden' (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #070)

For the 70th presentation, Marius, an international exchange student from Germany, made a presentation on his hometown, Dusseldorf, and on Wiesbaden, the city where his university is situated. The MC was Nice, from Chiang Mai. Twenty nine people came to listen to the talk, and among them were 10 international students.

Guidance for Kagawa Prefecture Home Visit Program

Foｒ the past few years, we have been conducting the 'Kagawa Prefecture Home Visit Program'. This program comes under what I would translate as 'Kagawa Prefecture Liaison Council for International Student Affairs', which is a loosely organized committee made up of discreet organizations with an interest in international student matters.
On this day, we conducted the guidance for the home visit program for a bunch of international students from various institutes of higher learning in Kagawa. The next step shall be the meeting of these students with their host families. 

'Sights of the Pacific Rim', and 'Ecosystems of California' (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #069)

On this day, we were very privileged to have three special guests from California, USA. 

They are Amanda Wilmsen, Keith McHugh, and Kai Wilmsen. 

Amanda's and Kai's father is a dear friend of mine.

Both of us were international students, studying at Kagawa University in 1988.

For this meeting, Amanda and Keith talked about their travels together. 

They first went to South America, and crossed over to New Zealand and Australia before hitting the shores of South East Asia. 

They then proceeded to visit places like, among others, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and China before touching base at Japan. 

The second presentation for the day was made by Kai on the Ecosystems of California. 

If we compare by landmass, Japan is smaller than California. 

By virtue of this, we can imagine how varied the ecosystem of California could be.

Twenty nine people came to listen to the two presentations. 

Of this, ten were international students. 

After the presentations, our students had a good time mingling with our three new friends. (Lrong)