Monday, December 17, 2012

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.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

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.






Monday, November 19, 2012

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.  








Monday, October 15, 2012

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...



Sunday, July 8, 2012

女木島 Megijima 2012


2012年7月8日(日)、第16回夏の日帰り旅行、女木島へ行って来ました。
およそ130名、12カ国より、一日、楽しく過ごしました。
いつもように、高松東ライオンズクラブのご支援やご協力、感謝を申し上げます。
Megijima... 8th July 2012...
About 130 participants from 12 countries, spent a day at Megijima...
Since 1998, Takamatsu Higashi Lions club had been supporting this trip...
スイカ割り~
女性のみの参加者~
当たり!
 あっという間に、なくなった~
すばらしい風景の瀬戸内海~
 遊覧船を楽しむ学生達~
皆様、お疲れ様でした! See you next year?



Sunday, July 1, 2012

Superstitions of Thailand and Japan (Series #030)



Wongworapat Kraisate,a student from the Agriculture Faculty, and Yano Natsuki, a student from the Education Faculty preparing to make the presentation...

The topic for this session focuses on superstitions...
 
There were a total of 19 students in the audience, including 8 international students.


This is the last session for this term and we look forward to holding more presentations starting from October.

For the record, a cumulative total of 148 students took part in the LP Meeting for this term. Of these, 98 were Japanese students and 50 international students.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Japanese and Chinese Gift-Giving Etiquette (Series 029)

The topic for the 29th presentation in the series was 'Japanese and Chinese etiquette in gift giving'...
 Twenty students, including five international students attended the session today...
Kaho Kobayashi from the Law Faculty gave a talk in English about the Japanese practices of gift giving...
 Students enjoy their lunch while listening to the speakers...
 The Chinese side of the story was presented by Tou Houi who hails from Beijing Technology University...
There were several questions touching on matters such as why the numbers 4 and 9 were not favored... on why the color red or silver and not black is used for wrappers... and the rationale of the green cap implying infidelity of the wife in China...

The moderator was Fan from China...