Movie Night    

As one of the final events of this semester, Japan Club will be hosting a Movie Night on April 17th (Thu), 7:30PM-9:30PM, at the Ed M.S., Room 417 (it's on the 4th floor of the Library Annex.) The movie we're playing is a famous 1984 anime, "Kaze No Tani No Nausicaa", or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (summary is here).

It's an awesome movie for those who haven't seen it, and it's also a great way to either spend a night with friends, or go on a cheap date. Space is limited, so make sure to show up on time if you want to get a seat.

Thanks and Gig 'em!

04/11/08

 Next Meeting 

We are having our General Meeting Next Week! It's the election day for the next semester's officers! We have enough people running, but it'll be basically a vote of approval. You decide if you want these people to be officers or not. I will announce the finalized list of people running for the positions later this week.

Date: Apr. 1 (Tue)
Time: 5:30-
Where: Rudder Tower 401

It is important that you all show up to this meeting and meet these new officer's and vote!! See you all at the meeting!

03/25/08

 New information about I-Week 

Thank you very much for those who showed up for last meeting! Many people signed up for the I-Buffet and Cultural Display time sheet. We have filled up most of the time slots for Buffet and Display, but WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP! IT'S BETTER TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE!

[ I-Buffet ]
*** Monday Night ***
We have enough people at the kitchen. If you want to move your schedule to Tuesday or Wednesday, it will be great! Please let us know.

*** Tuesday Night ***
WE ARE LOW ON SUSHI TEAM! Let's make some Sushi together!

*** Wednesday Night ***
We need people to reheat the food and serve the customers. Those who help will get a free ticket! We need 4-5 people between 3:30 PM to 9 PM. Please let us know if you can help, because the free ticket will be gone soon! (However, I will give preference to those who had helped on Mon and/or Tues) FREE FOOD!

[ Cultural Display ]
PLEASE STOP BY, OR TELL ME WHEN CAN YOU HELP US. We need more people on Tuesday Morning! but, you can also stop by Anytime during:

Monday 10am-6pm
Tuesday 10am-3pm.

Thank you for your help and support! Let's have fun! Playing with chopstick guns and learning how to cook Sushi is, well, pure enjoyment...

02/23/08

 Several Announcements 

We will have the General Meeting Next Week. Yes, the Interntional Week is coming up soon!

Date: Feb 21 (Thu)
Time: 5:30-6:45
Where: MSC 342

Please come to this meeting!
We prepare for the I-Week, and we have Japanese games/activities!

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Now, about I-Week.We need your help on 25 (MON) and 26 (TUE).
COOOKING --- 25th and 26th from 2-8PM
CULTURAL DISPLAY 25th 10AM-6PM & 26th 10AM-3PM
At the meeting, we will have a sign up sheet. We will discuss more about the I-Week at the meeting. We will cook 1.California Roll, 2.Okonomiyaki, and 3.Oden.

See you all at the meeting!

02/17/08

 Bowling! 

Hi! This semester is almost over! To celebrate the end of the semester, we are going to have the Japan Club bowling night at Wolf Pen Bowling Next Thursday (13th) around 6:30 PM. You can stop by later as well! We would like to know how many people are interested in coming! See you all there! and Good Luck with your Tests, Papers, etc...

12/10/07

 Third general meeting 

Hello! There's a change in our schedule of event. We have decided to have a Food Sharing event for sample of food for I-Buffet on 17th (Sat), but we have to change this to 10th (Sat). Sorry if you have already marked your calendar for this event. I encourage Japanese students to cook some sample of Japanese Food for this event. American students are welcome to try making Japanese foods, or you can just bring American finger foods. More details on this later, just wanted to announce the change in dates. When: Nov 10 (sat) from 5PM--- Where: MSC 292 B What: Sampling Food for I-Buffet combined with the General Meeting! I hope to see you soon!

11/04/07

 Second general meeting 

Sorry for the long wait, but we will be having the General Meeting Next Week! We thought about having the meeting last week, but I was told that many people would be busy with the tests and other school works. I hope you survived.

Date: Oct 22nd (Mon)
Time: 5:30
Where: Rudder 501

After the meeting, some of us will be going to Coffee Station for the Conversation Table. This might be a good time for you to check it out!
Things to be discussed:

1) T-Shirts
We got several rough ideas, but we are still asking for people to submit their ideas/designs. We would like yours by this Friday, so we can share them with other members before the meeting. But, we can wait until the meeting starts, or just bring your ideas to the meeting. Rough sketch will be OK too. We will be voting on Monday.

2) Movie Night
We are planning to have the Movie Night on Nov 2nd (Fri). We have several movie titles, but more people are sending their ideas. Please send us what you want to watch by this weekend. We will be voting on Monday as well.

3) International Buffet/International-Week
Many of you may know, this is one of the biggest event on campus promoting diversity. Japan Club has been participating in this event, and we would like to continue the tradition. The I-Week will be held at the last week of February. Many countries participate in this event. We usually make 3 Japanese dishes (300 servings each!), and have a cultural display, and a talent show. We will be discussing our menu sometime soon・ Please think about what you want to cook!

4) International Feast?
We would like to have a food sharing party at the end of November or at the beginning of December. Japanese members are encouraged to cook Japanese food, and None-Japanese students can cook Japanese Food, American, Mexican, or anything you want. I will be cooking Jax-Mex. There's no concrete plan yet, but just to let you know what's coming ahead.

I hope to see you all next Monday!

10/16/07

 Several announcements 

1) Our next general meeting will be held on Oct 22nd or 23rd. I know you were wondering when the next meeting would be, and why it is 3 weeks from now! Well, I would like you to think about several things・We will be voting on the T-Shirt Design and the Movie to watch on the Movie Night! I want all of your inputs.

2) The Deadline for the T-Shirt Design is on Oct 19th! You can also describe the ideas or pictures, and we can make that into something! Don'tthink too hard, give us some ideas!!!!

3) The Movie Night is set on Nov 2nd (Fri) at this point. We need your ideas! Submit the titles (Bushi no Ichibun, 7 Samurai etc), or tell we what you like to watch (Comedy, Drama, Kurosawa, etc) The dead line will be on Oct 19th, the same day as the T-Shirt.

4) We are creating a new service! So far, we have concentrated on activities to help none-Japanese students to learn Japanese cultures and language. We didn't have much to offer for the Japanese Students・ We would like to offer help for English problems for Japanese students, such as proof-reading and other study related questions and problems. We are asking American students to volunteer for this service. If you are interested in helping others, please let us know. We would like to create a group who would like to help them when they ask for help. (Or, I can just let all members know when someone is needing a help).

5) The Japan Club is relatively new student organization (established in 05). We are still growing, shifting, and changing. We don't have much of tradition yet, but we want to improve so that everyone feels comfortable attending our activities. To accomplish this, we need your input and ideas! To accomplish this, we decided to make the officer's meeting open. If you have any ideas regarding activities and other things, please send E-mail, and you are invited to the officers meeting. Any ideas, reflections, what we should be doing (or not doing), just about anything should be freely expressed. There's no stupid ideas... but it's stupid not to tell your ideas.

10/03/07

 T-shirt design 

We are asking people to submit the design. Just an idea will be accepted as well. We have several artistically gifted people around, we can put your ideas into real art!

09/22/07

 BBQ was successful! 

Thank for coming to the BBQ! Thanks for Mark, Ryan, and other people who helped for setting up and cooking. Here are some photos that we took. We hope you all enjoyed. Next year, we might make it more Vegetarian Friendly.

09/21/07

 BBQ 

There will be BBQ next Friday (14th) at Hensel Park. Just North of Campus. We will probably start cooking around 5 o clock, and we must finish up and leave around 9:30. There will be a small charge depending on how many people shows up. You can invite your friends as well.

This is American Style BBQ, but we encourage people to bring a Japanese dish, seasoning, snacks, etc. I know people want authentic Japanese food, but ingredients are somewhat expensive and takes time to prepare... We should plan a Japanese food party sometime sooner or later.

To know how much food to buy, we need a good estimate on how many people would show up. If you are planning to come, please send an email to the following e-mail address by no later than Wednesday 11:59PM.

     japanclub@stuact.tamu.edu

Hensel Park is here!

09/09/07

 First general meeting 

Our first general meeting will be held next week on Wednesday, Sep 5th from 5:30 @ Rudder 404.

We will discuss what we will be doing for this semester. We are expecting many new students, and we want to make the first meeting interesting for them. We need mainly Japanese volunteers for this. The officers had a meeting and decided that we should perform some Japanese Traditional "Things," such as Karate, Shuji, Origami, Tea-making, etc... We need ideas and people who can perfoem these.

This is somewhat urgent, and please let us know if you want to show off your skills, or have some ideas.

08/29/07

 MSC Open House 

On Sep 2nd (SUN), there will be the MSC Opan House from 12PM (To inform about the club for the new incoming students). The Japan Club will have a booth set up, and we need some of your help.

If you have some time on Sunday afternoon, just send an e-mail to the following e-mail address saying "I can stop by between @#%$^."

     japanclub@stuact.tamu.edu

08/29/07