Taiko Workshop

York Japan Society presents
Japanese Taiko Drumming workshops

13th & 14th October 2007



Workshop 1
Saturday 13th October 2007
Fishergate Primary School, Fishergate, York.
10.00 a.m. – 4.00p.m.

Workshop 2
Sunday 14th October 2007-
Skelton Village Hall,
Skelton, York
10.00 a.m. – 4.00p.m.
£35.00 per person. (No concessions.)
Limited to 20 people per day so book early to avoid disappointment.

Booking/Details from Mary 01904 470507
mary_murata@hotmail.co.uk
www.communigate.co.uk/york/yjs
York Japan Society presents
Japanese Taiko Drumming workshops

13th & 14th October 2007



Workshop 1
Saturday 13th October 2007
Fishergate Primary School, Fishergate, York.
10.00 a.m. – 4.00p.m.

Workshop 2
Sunday 14th October 2007-
Skelton Village Hall,
Skelton, York
10.00 a.m. – 4.00p.m.
£35.00 per person. (No concessions.)
Limited to 20 people per day so book early to avoid disappointment.

Booking/Details from Mary 01904 470507
contact:Mail to Mary
www.communigate.co.uk/york

11th September

Thank you for coming to the Japanese Conversation Course at Borders!!!
We had 2 new member yesterday, Steve-san & Fiona-san!!! I hope both of you enjoyed the class.

As I mentioned in the class, I need at least 3 beginners to start the NEW BEGINNERS COURSE.
The current members who have been improving very much, they are now able to read Hiragana, Katakana and they are also able to make basic sentences. Therefore, I will call the class as "BASIC COURSE".

I would like to send a big big big THANK YOU to Paul-san who had his last class yesterday. He kindly offered us drinks and he even brought nice presents!!! THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!

that means...I have no more Advanced class...;-( ZAN NEN...

So...this is the new schedule:

Basic Level - 18:30 starts

then if "3" beginner/intermediate/Advanced join each levels...I will open these courses, of course!

Ja, mata raishu!

Tuesday night for Paul-san

11th September, we are going for a drink to say massive Thank you and Good luck for Paul-san, who joined my Japanese conversation course from the beginning.
He was the only Advanced and most fluent Japanese speaking person!

Let's meet up a bit after 19:00 at Borders 1st floor and have drinks!

The class will be opened as usual from 18:30! Don't miss it!

No Class on 21st & 28th August

I am very very very sorry....I cannot run a course on 21st August which is tomorrow!!!

As well as 21st, there is no Japanese course on 28th August.

So....see you all on 4th September @18:30!!!


SCHEDULE:

"NO CLASS"--- 21st and 28th August (Tue)

CLASS RE-OPEN--- 4th September (Tue) from 18:30 @ Borders Book Store




If you have not received my no-class SMS on Monday, please let me know!

New Schedule

Due to the change of Border's opening time, The Japanese Conversation Course at Borders schedule will be amended the following;

Basic (for people know Hiragana&Katakana)
starts from 18:30

Advanced (for people who can communicate in Japanese)
starts from 19:15

each course lasts for 45 mins.

More details?
Contact:
contact by e-mail

By the way, we are now studying how to call your family!!!

17th July!

Yeah! It was too cold to be out side!!!!

However, I had 2 great new starters! The wonderful mother and his son.
Thank you very much for coming and I hope you enjoyed my conversation course!

In the Beginner & Intermediate courses, we did pretty much same thing.
But in the Inter., we did a little bit about Past(kako).


Let's see....

Manga is same.... Manga
Magazine - Zasshi
Book - Hon
Novel - Shosetsu


Yesterday - Kino(u)
2 days ago - Ototoi, Ototsui, Futsu ka mae

Tomorrow - Ashita
Day after tomorrow - Asatte....



In Advance....we had a really really fun conversation!!!!
We talked about Yukio Mishima, Meiji chocolate, how Japanese gov. makes "Heisei" "Showa" "Taisho..." names for each emperor's era. We even talked about who's gonna be the next emperor!

By the way, you have to be careful driving in Japan!!! the speed limit is 100km/hour on Highway!!!! Otherwise, (if you exceed limits=Speed Ihan) you will end up paying "Bakkin"!!!

10th July 2007

Hey! Thank you for joining us, Matthew, Rachael and Tegan!
I hope you enjoyed your first class today!

woops...mistake! right ones are..
*strawberry- ICHIGO
*chocolate- pron. ---->chocole-to

We again studied a lot of vocabs!!!

---- wo(o) kudasai = (please) give me -----.
(you can put ---- food! then you can order something to eat or drink!)

If you want to ask "give me 2 cups of tea"...= "Ocha wo 2 hai kudasai"

woo...counting is another magical thing in Japanese!!!

In the advanced class, Paul san taught me a very interesting thing...
the "bunka no chigai" (culture difference)

In the situation of "Fire drills"

in the UK....------> you have to stay calm and WALK!!!!(ARUKU)

in Japan...--------> you have to stay calm and RUN!!!!(HASHIRU)

It's interesting, isn't it????


Next Tuesday, we will do....how to say " I don't...." and how to count!