'Japanese public holidays' and 'About Brazil' (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #048)

For the 48th Meeting, Yukiko Mito presented on Japanese public holidays, while Watanabe Marcelo Takahico introduced his country, Brazil.
There were over 20 people in the audience.

‘My hometown, Okayama’ and ‘Introducing my hometown, Kaoshiung City, Taiwan' (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #047)

With an audience of 24 students, Keita Sasaki presented on his hometown Okayama, while Hsu Shiang Chi from Taiwan gave a briefing on her city, Kaoshiung.

Taiwanese tourist attractions and Japanese Manga (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #046)

On this day, we had two presenters talking about Taiwanese attractions and Japanese Manga... We manage to move to a larger room with more elbow space... the student from Taiwan, Hsin Yii Ting, presented in Japanese and the Japanese student, Yutaro Higashi, talked in English... both presentations were quite interesting... thirty nine students came to listen, of which thirteen were international students...

‘The Japanese Onsen’ and ‘The Seaport of Qīngdǎo’ (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #045)

Today, we had two presentations from two students, Moe Yokota and Cong Sai. The first was about a trip to an 'Onsen' (温泉) spot near the Japan Sea side. The second presentation introduced us to the marine city of Qīngdǎo (青島) in China. We had the privilege of enjoying the company of students from Eckerd College and Colorado State University, who are here for a few weeks. All in all, there were 44 people today, with international students numbering at about 16. Next week, we are planning to have Coffee Time... (Lrong)

Japanese food and Turkish food (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #044)

For the first time in this series, we had the privilege to listen to a presentation on Turkey by an international exchange student, Ms. Pembegul Kabak...
This was followed by a presentation on Japanese food by Kentaro Hatanaka... I enjoyed listening to both the presentations... Turkish food seems to look so delicious...
Thirty seven students attended this session.
Of these, eight were international students, while Japanese students made up the rest of the audience.
Incidentally, Ivy Liwa from the Philippines celebrated his birthday on this day... omedetou!
And he made a tasty snack for the participants to enjoy...
I was lucky to have one and it was delicious...
Next Monday, 2nd June, we shall have our Coffee Time event in the newest facility in our campus, called 'Olive Square'...
At that time, the newspaper company, Shikoku Shinbum, shall come to take some pictures, which will be featured in an article in the paper in June...
See you all at Olive Square next Monday...
and don't forget to bring your smile! (Lrong) 

Awa Odori, The Delights of Germany, Lion Dance and Dragon Dance of Taiwan (Lunch Presentation Meeting Series #043)

Today, we launched the first LP Meeting for the academic year 2014. Unlike most of the previous presentations, we had four presenters this time. First, Tomoka Nakanishi gave us a rendition, complete with a demonstration from her, on the art of dancing the Awa Odori, a famous summer dance of the neighboring Tokushima Prefecture. Next, we had Julia Trautmann and Nico Doerr showing the delights of Germany, touching on food and beautiful sceneries. Finally, Wei Jing Huang entertained the audience, focusing on the Lion Dance and Dragon Dance of Taiwan. There were a total of 34 attendees today, of which, 7 are international students. The next Monday Event, Coffee Time, is slated on 12th May. Please bring your lunch box and join us to make some friends... Lrong