Volume #31・May 2024

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INTERCULTURALEXCHANGE EVENTSJAPANESELANGUAGE CLASSPREGNANCY &CHILDREARING SUPPORTHOLIDAYPARTIESINTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE:～Sister City Introduction～
During a typical year, Nikko City and its overseas sister city,
Rapid City, South Dakota in the United States, hold exchange
events and homestays for middle- and high-school students.
However, due to the pandemic, they have been cancelled.
Currently, as the virus settles down, we are working towards
restarting such events.

SAT., SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
In cooperation withImaichi High School, weset up a booth at theschool‘s culture festival.
Aiming to revive oursister city exchanges, we
introduced Rapid City,
the exchange events ofyears past, and put
various handicrafts
received from Rapid Cityout on display.

INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE:～Fiesta Mexicana 2023～

On Saturday, September 16, we
attended the Fiesta Mexicana put
on at Odaiba. Plenty of Mexican
foods and other goods wereavailable for purchase, and on theday that we visited, there was aceremony (“El Grito“) celebrating
Mexico‘s declaration ofindependence.
We were able to feel a great senseof connection with Mexican culture.
We were also able to listen to amariachi performance and share inthe merriment. Everyone had awonderful time!

INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE:～Cooking Italian Cuisine～

Toyooka Community Center
Saturday, 1/27/2024“LET’S COOK WORLD CUISINE!”
Sveva, a volunteer from Italy, guided aclass in preparing 3 popular Italian dishes:～ CROSTINI CON FEGATINI ～～ PASTA ALLA NORMA ～～ FRITELLE DI RISO ～Italian cooking is not to be made in a rush,so each dish was made one by one withgreat care. “The process of making thedishes itself is also something to beenjoyed,” Sveva commented.
While preparing the dishes, participants
could ask various questions about Italy andits cuisine, successfully getting to learn
more about its culture.

～2023 Tochigi Bus Trip～
NCIA‘s Japanese language class holds an annual bus trip around Tochigi!
This year‘s destinations — per the request of a student in the class — wereNikko City‘s Nikko Tosho-gu and Utsunomiya City‘s Oya History Museum.
Though it was a little cold (it was November 12th, after all), a total of 30
participants including students, teachers, and NCIA members came along to havetheir fill of rich nature and culture while engaging in intercultural exchange.

FREE TIME @ TOSHO-GU
In front of historical buildings and scenery
representative of Japan, participants struck coolposes for pictures and reverently took in thegravity of the occasion, embracing the myriad ways
to enjoy the visit.

OYA HISTORY MUSEUM
At the museum, we went on a tourof the Oya Stone Underground
Mining Site, a result of digging out
Oya stone for more than 70 years.
Though many of the participants had
gotten drowsy from being on thebus, they seemed happy exploring aspace that they otherwise would nothave encountered in their normal
day-to-day lives.
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Event & Christmas Party
Fujiwara Administrative Center
Friday, 12/22/2023

In Fujiwara, the number ofmarried and pregnant foreign
residents is increasing. The city
health department‘sinterventions begin in the earlystages of pregnancy. Despite
living in the same region, barriers
due to differences in language
and country of origin can cause
isolation amongst foreign
residents.
In response, we put on apregnancy/childrearing counseling
event geared specifically towards
foreigners. Along with thecooperation of the h﻿ealthdepartment, we provided
participants with items toprotect against the cold.

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Japanese Language Class ～ 2024
NCIA holds FREE Japanese language classes for foreigners!
Come study Japanese with our volunteer teachers!

WELCOME!

☆DURATION & DATES: March~July 2024・Every 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursday☆TIME: 7:00-8:30pm☆WHAT TO BRING: Pen & Notebook☆ADDRESS: NIKKO Civic Activities Support Center・304-1 Imaichi, Nikko City
☆LOCATION: NIKKO Civic Activities Support Center・1st Floor・Hotoku Hall
If you will be participating for the
first time, please notify the office!

0288-21-5112

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seikatsu-anzen@city.nikko.lg.jp
Kojima Moe (小島萌絵）

Violet Needham (ヴァイオレット・ニーダム）

For more details, please visit our website:
https://www.nikkocity.org/class.html

ABOUT THE NIKKO CITY
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION(NCIA)~
https://www.nikkocity.org/TEL. 0288-21-5112
FAX. 0288-21-5121
Nikko City Hall
1 Imaichihoncho, Nikko, Tochigi
321-1292 ~ 2nd Floor

Aiming to advance international exchange andunderstanding on the citizen level, we conduct various
activities that take advantage of Nikko City’s various
unique and special qualities.
Sister city exchanges can allow one to make contact
with overseas cultures, interact with foreign locals,
and share in various intercultural experiences whileliving on-site. Anyone from children to elderly folks
can enjoy and learn from our events and lectures.
Please feel free to participate!
Registration link:
https://www.nikkocity.org/admission.html

Annual Membership Dues
Individual Membership: ¥3,000*
Family Membership: ¥5,000
Corporate Membership: ¥10,000~*18 and under: FREE! However, those born on April
1st must defer to the previous year.
**Memberships are renewed annually in April. Those
who wish to end their memberships must submit theirnotification by July of the previous year.