Issued by Nikko City International Association

The NCIA Times
NIKKO, TOCHIGI

VOL. 1, MARCH 2021

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HIGH LIGHTS OF THE YEAR!
English Yoga Class

On 27 September, we held an both English and Japanese. It was“English Yoga Class” at the Central
community centre. There were 13people, ranging from children toelderly and of different nationalities(Japanese, Filipino and American)
who attended the class. Mrs.
Christie Arakawa instructed us ina great opportunity to learn
English through doing yoga andwe really enjoyed it. After theclass, the participants interactedwith each other. We can’t wait tosee you at the next English yoga
class!

Halloween Experience 2020

Join Us!
We

areactivities

carryingwithinternational

outthevarious
aimexchangeofandinternational understanding. Let’sinteract with people from othercountries

andexperience othercultures. We are planning various
events where everyone from young
to elderly can learn and have fun.

We held a Halloween event at costume contest really exciting! We
Niko-niko Honjin on 31 October.
Since we couldn’t experience thetraditional trick-or-treating this year
due to the Covid-19, we hadorganised some fun Halloweenthemed games instead! All of theparticipants were dressed up in
costumes that they like, such as apumpkin, a witch, Spider-Man, SnowWhite and many more. That made thealso enjoyed breaking a piñata (adecorated container filled withcandies). The children seemed very
happy to receive a lot of candies. We
hope to see you at the Halloween
Experience 2021!

Please come to the NCIA officedirectly or visit our website andregister to the membership if you areinterestedin.

We are looking

forward to meeting you in our future
activities.

InternationalSportsEventJapanese, Chinese, Korean,American,Canadian,Filipino, Peruvian. How
international it was! AtOn 23 November, wefirst, the students seemed aheld an International sports
event. This event wasactually planned by Meiho
high school students, andthe goal for this event was
to interact with foreigners
living in Nikko.

speak with the foreigners.

bit nervous and shy toHowever, they were able tointeract with each otherWe introduced ourselves toeach other, and thenenjoyed playing volleyballand Frisbee together.

A total of 34 people
attended the event;including people withother ethnicities, such as

We held a Christmas party at differences from the Christmas
Nikko community centre on 19December. We were 20 people
who attended and celebrated
Christmas together early. Thisyear, we learnt about theChristmas traditions in Turkey
presented by Mrs. Canan
Erkmen Akimoto. It was very
interesting to learn themore easily when playing
sports,

and

they

made

many new friends fromother countries in the end!

Christmas Party 2020

we celebrate here in Japan. After
that, we made sugar cookie icing
and exchanged gifts. At the end ofthe party, Santa Clause and hisreindeers came to us and gave
Christmas presents to every child.
We had a great time and we hope
to see you at our Christmas party
next year!

JAPANESE CLASSInformation from NCIA

NCIA provides Japanese Class for foreign learners organised by

We will update information about our events and othervolunteer teachers. Everyone is welcome!

important notices. Follow us and check it out!

◆Date & Time: The first, second and fourth Thursday
7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

◆Place：Nikko-shi Shimin Katsudo Shien Centre◆Note: Please let us know the first time you wish toparticipate in advance by contacting the NCIA.

Free Consultation Services for Foreigners
The Citizens Affairs Division of Nikko City Hall offers consultationand counselling service for foreign residents in Nikko.
◆Date & Time: The THIRD Tuesday, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.

◆Place: Citizens Affairs Division, Nikko City Hall (1st floor, No.10)◆Language: Japanese and English(Please bring another person to help you translate if you wish to
consult in another language.)◆Note: Excluding national holidays and year-end/new year holidays.

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