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• Zoom Culture: Onoresho – Explore a new mode of artistic self-expression!

  • When
    01 Feb 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online

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  Ever heard of Onoresho? No? Well, this event will introduce you to a truly creative method of ‘writing’ script.

  Described as a blend of both art and writing, Onoresho allows you to let your creative juices flow. There are no strict rules, you don’t need to be artistically gifted, and you don’t even need to know about traditional Japanese calligraphy. It is an event everyone can enjoy and promises to be a fun-filled way to start the Year of the Snake!

  We are extremely fortunate to have Senior Grand Master Eriko Yamakawa as our presenter from Japan for this event. She was initially an instructor in brush calligraphy, a style of lettering that uses brush pens, but switched to Onoresho in September 2020. She has been working as a Jōseki Shihan (Senior Grand Master) since December 2021. Her onoresho studio in Tsurugashima (Saitama Prefecture) has produced 12 Shihan (Grand Masters), and she currently has more than 20 students learning to become Shihan. She also offers online lessons if you’re interested in learning more.

  v  Participants will need to prepare the following:

  • Watercolours or kids’ paint set (with green, orange, blue, pink, etc)
  • Brush No. 6 and Brush No. 0 (Kinokuniya or art shops) or use a Japanese ink pen, watercolour pencils, kids’ paintbrushes, etc.
  • Strong paper (eg, sketchbook paper)
  • Water

  

  Register to attend here and the day before the event, we will send the Zoom link. There is no charge for this event.

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• Shinnenkai 2025 - New Year Party

  • When
    04 Feb 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Mrs. Jones Terrace, 1st floor, Orient Hotel, George St, The Rocks
  • Spaces left
    17

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  New Year Party 新年会
  

  Welcome the Year of the Snake with AJS members and guests at our popular Shinnenkai (New Year Party).

  This time we've booked a space in the upstairs bar Mrs. Jones Terrace at the Orient Hotel in the Rocks. There is a retractable roof so no problem with inclement weather. The price includes at least one drink (beer/wine or soft drinks) and canapes.
  

  So join us for the first event of the Year. There is a limit of 40 people - members have priority - so best to register promptly! We look forward to seeing you...

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• Japanese Speaking Night - 日本語でしゃべらナイト

  • When
    21 Feb 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Izakaya Masuya (Ground Floor, 12-14 O’Connell St, Sydney 2000)
  • Spaces left
    30

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  Japanese Speaking Night

  日本語でしゃべらナイト
  

  "Shaberanaito" (Japanese speaking night) is back for 2025! Join AJS-NSW and JETAA NSW members and some young people from Japan to speak Japanese while eating delicious Japanese food!

  This time we will be joined by eight visiting students from Teikyo Heisei University, based in Nakano Tokyo, and their Professor, so we look forward to engaging with them over dinner.
  

  Thanks to the success of previous Shaberanaito events, we will again hold this event at Izakaya Masuya (Ground Floor, 12-14 O’Connell St, Sydney 2000). This time with another new menu! We will also have the entire restaurant to ourselves (貸し切り). 

  Date: Friday 21st February 2025
  

  Time: 6:00pm Start (Doors open from 5:30pm)

  Location:  Izakaya Masuya (Ground Floor, 12-14 O’Connell St, Sydney 2000)

  Cost*: $60pp (AJS NSW, JETAA Members, and Students!), you will be very well fed -> see course menu below

  Registration Closes: Friday 14 Feb or when spots are filled (max 40 people so sign up quickly!)

  The registration includes a set menu and a free drink.
  

  Register HERE and pay online (Paypal or to the AJS-NSW bank account).

  Cancellation Policy*: Cancellation is not permitted after the registration closing date. Please understand as we need to finalise our numbers with the restaurant. If you can no longer attend, it is best to find another person to fill your spot, and notify us. See our Event Payment Terms and Cancellations and Refunds policy below for full details.
  

  AJS NSW & JETAA NSW Membership

  If you would like to join AJS NSW as a member, sign up here.

  JETAA is the Alumni Association of the JET Programme, a Japanese government initiative aimed at promoting international exchange between Japan and the world. Alumni of the JET Programme are automatically a member of JETAA. If you're interested to find out more about JETAA NSW and sign up for its newsletters (non-JETAA NSW members are welcome too), please visit here.

  【MENU^】

  Free First Drink (Lemon Chu-hai, Beer, Wine, Sake, plum wine etc)

  1. Entree 5 kinds (including sashimi, kingprawn fritter, kuri kabocha)
     
  2. Meat platter (wagyu katsu, meat balls, chicken gratin)^
  3. Okonomiyaki
  4. Soba noodles with duck and shiitake
     
  5. Dessert: Purin a la mode & Green Tea

  ^vegetarians/pescatarians catered for separately
  

  If you would like to contribute a door prize, please get in touch with us (info@ajsnsw.org.au).

  Images of Izakaya Masuya

  Entrance

  
  

  Interior

  

  *Event payment terms
  

  (a) Payment in advance is a condition of attending the charged events, and is required to be made no later the close of registration (14 Feb 2025). 
  (b) Registration will be deemed incomplete until full payment has been made.
  (c) Should payment not be received in full by the Payment Deadline, registration will be cancelled automatically. 
  (d) Persons who have registered and paid in full will be given priority over those who have not paid, in the event that an event’s capacity has been reached.
  (e) Under no circumstances will registrations and/or payments be accepted at the door of the event.

  Cancellations and refunds

  (a) Event registration fees are non-refundable except where refunds are required by applicable laws.
  (b) If you cancel your event registration via our website prior to the payment deadline (14 Feb 2025) , you will be offered a credit of equal value in our system, which can be used for a future event or a membership payment.
  (c) If you cancel after the registration deadline or are a “no show”, no refund or credit will be provided.
  (d) If you cannot attend an event at short notice, after you have paid and registration has closed, you may send an alternate person in your place provided prior notice is given to AJS-NSW. That person does not need to be an AJS-NSW member but we may request them to immediately pay the difference between the member and the non-member fee, if applicable.

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