Events Archive

Soga Japan Center

Fall 2014

Sunday, Sept. 14

—�鶹��ýӦ�� Hiryu Daiko #2, Taiko performance and education, Harvest Festival, Scotts, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. Free. Information: (269) 491-7071.

Monday, Sept. 22

Study abroad in Japan info session, 5-6:30 p.m., 3025 Brown Hall. Information: sakhi.vyas@wmich.edu.

Thursday, Sept. 25

Reading—Hiromi Ito, one of Japan's foremost writers, 4-5:30 p.m., 3025 Brown Hall. Flier.

Japanese Language Lessons for Teens

Beginner Japanese language lessons for teens are now available through the Soga Japan Center at Western �鶹��ýӦ�� University.The program is open to middle school and high school students. The fee is $40 for four lessons, which will be held from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on four consecutive Fridays, beginning September 26, in 2045 Brown Hall on WMU's main campus.

English–Japanese Language Partners

The English–Japanese Language Partners program is for Western �鶹��ýӦ�� University students (native speakers of either language), offering an opportunity for them to practice Japanese and English outside of the classroom. Language partners meet in public at least once or twice a week for one hour of conversation. Partners are required to make time for speaking both languages at every meeting.

The Soga Japan Center facilitates this program and provides assistance, as needed. For more information, please contact Michiko Yoshimoto.

A research and outreach center of the Diether H. Haenicke Institute for Global Education.

Summer 2014

Monday, June 23

Japanese Language and Culture Course (through Friday, June 27)—for Academically Talented Youth program, WMU's Lee Honors College, 1 to 4 p.m. Registration $100: michiko.yoshimoto@wmich.edu or (269) 387-5874.

Tuesday, June 24

Wednesday, June 25

Thursday, June 26

Friday, June 27

Japanese Language and Culture Course (final day)—for Academically Talented Youth program, WMU's Lee Honors College, 1 to 4 p.m. Registration $100: michiko.yoshimoto@wmich.edu or (269) 387-5874.

Spring 2014

Thursday, Feb. 13

Lecture—"Following in Haiku Footsteps: Taneda Santōka and the Haiku Life in Translation," Emiko Miyashita, poet and director, JAL Foundation, 3025 Brown Hall, 4 to 5 p.m. Free. Event flier

Lecture—"Japanese Aesthetics since the Founding of the Tea Ceremony," Susumu Miyashita, expert in tea-related antiques, 3025 Brown Hall, 5 to 6 p.m. Free. Event flier

Friday, Feb. 21

Lecture—"Kabuki and Buddhism" by Kanji Tamura, Rissho University, 3301 Friedman Hall, 1 p.m. Free; information: s.covell@wmich.edu. Event flier

Monday, April 21

Prose and poetry reading—by Yoko Tawada, 3025 Brown Hall, 5 to 6:15 p.m. Free.

Fall 2013

Tuesday, Sept. 10

Bilingual poetry reading and discussion—"Crossing Centuries" featuring Mutsuo Takahashi and Hiromi Itō, 3025 Brown Hall, 6 to 8 p.m. Free. Event flier