KCC NEWS vol. 62 June 2021

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Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center

2021

Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center
Palette Kashiwa
2-7-1-301 Kashiwa, Kashiwa
Chiba, Japan 277-0005
Tel: 04-7157-0281 Fax: 04-7165-7321
e-mail: kcc@kira-kira.jp
URL: http://www.kcc.kira-kira.jp

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Soba noodle making (held on 4/24)
Ichiritsu Kashiwa (Kashiwa municipal high school) teachers, Brandon and Dianna, fromour US sister city, Torrance, experienced Sobauchi (Soba noodle making) for the first time.
Every summer a soba restaurant “Suzume-an” in Toyoshiki, Kashiwa, offers Sobauchi
for the exchange students from Torrance. Though this year’s exchange program has been canceled
due to the pandemic, we have decided to videotape Brandon and Dianna’s Sobauchi experienceand show it in the online meeting with Torrance. Through this video we were able to explain about
Soba, and share the ideas of Japanese noodle and food culture with our friends in Torrance.
Brandon and Dianna’s Sobauchi lesson began by mixing soba powder with flour. Theyadded water to the powder and kneaded it well until it became a big ball. Next step was to flatten
the ball to a thin sheet by using a long bar. It was hard to stretch the dough evenly, but finallythey reached the last and the most difficult step: cutting. Were they able to finish it? Of course. TheSoba they made was very delicious.

Brandon and Dianna

Useful information from Kashiwa police station (held on 5/6)
Three police officers from Kashiwa police station came to a KIRAKIC (KIRA Kashiwa International Club) meeting and gave us some
useful information for foreign residents and about bicycle traffic rules and how to deal with road rage.
For foreign residents living in Japan•You must have the residence card with you all the time.
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You must renew your residence card before the expiration date otherwise you will be treated as anillegal resident.
About bicycle rules•
As soon as you buy a bicycle, please register for bicycle theft prevention registration.
•When you give your bicycle to someone or trash it as a recycle item, please cancel the registration.
•Every time you park your bicycle, please lock it.
•When you ride a bicycle, ride on the left side of the street.
•Do not ride it under the influence, without light, by holding an umbrella, using a mobile phone, or ride side by side. These are illegal activities.
•Riding double or wearing earphones while riding a bicycle is dangerous.
About road rage•
If you ever become a victim of a road rage, park your car in a safe place, and make an emergency call to police (dial 110). Lock your carand close windows. Do not go out of the car.
•It helps to install a drive recorder since the video on the drive recorder can be a proof of the road rage.
If you don’t speak Japanese, say the name of your language upon calling police, then they will supply an interpreter for you.
For non-emergency matters, please call Kashiwa police station (04-7148-0110).

Shodo Calligraphy lesson (held on 5/18)
Because we cannot have participants in any of our activities due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese Culture sub-committee decided
to create a video to introduce Japanese culture. One of the staff members of the sub-committee happened to be a Shodo, Japanese calligraphyteacher, so she taught the sub-committee members different styles of calligraphy.
The word we chose was Sencha, green tea, from a five-letter poem meaning “When you makegreen tea, bamboo trees will send breeze.”
There are five different calligraphy styles to write Kanji, or Chinese characters. We challenged
to write three of the five styles: Kaisho, Gyosho, and Sosho. In Kaisho, the Regular Script or Block Script,
all strokes are written distinctly with regular spacing. Gyosho is the Semi-cursive Script and is a slightly
more cursive version of Kaisho. Sosho is the Cursive Script and many times it is hard to recognize words.
We will upload the lesson video on our YouTube channels as soon as it’s ready. We hope you will beinterested in Shodo, and we hope next time you will be able to join us.

Sosho

GyoshoKaishoKashiwa Cross-cultural Center

KCC NEWS vol. 62 June 2021

JUNE Events
Japanese Shonan Classes

Online Japanese Kashiwa Classes

ClassesClasses
Online Japanese Kashiwa Classes

Online ClassesThurs

10:00 - 11:30

Intermediate I
Japanese Intermediate and up

Tue

10:00 - 11:30

Japanese for all Beginning I(2nd half)Sun

10:00 - 11:30

Beginning II, Intermediate I

Wed

10:00 - 11:30

Japanese Intermediate and up

Wed

19:00 - 20:30

Japanese for all Beginning I(1st half)

Thurs

10:00 - 11:30

Beginning Conversation I(Beginner, Beginning 1)

Thurs

13:00 - 14:30

Beginning Conversation 2(Beginning 2)

Fri

19:00 - 20:30

Japanese for all Beginning IISat

9:30 - 11:20

Intermediate Conversation

In Person Classes
Thurs

Intermediate Iat Shonan Community Center

10:00 - 12:00

Free legal advice and administrative procedure support for foreign residents
Lawyers and administrative procedure specialists will be available to help foreign residents with legal questions and documents. Any questions or problems are all right, such as visa, domestic violence, divorce, or trouble at the workplace. Please
register beforehand.			
Date and Time:		
Wed. June 23
13:00 - 17:00			Place:			
Palette Kashiwa A			Reservation: 		KCC (Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center) OfficeInformation about COVID-19 for foreign residents
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Announcement from other organizations“Online Study Meeting” for KIRA members
Date and Time:
Study Title:Lecturer:
Apply by:			Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:00pm – 9:10pm		
Fee:“Easy Japanese #2”					Capacity:
Ms. Tomoe Uchida (Easy Japanese instructor)				
Send your name and phone number to boshu-1@kira-kira.jp
We will provide you with necessary class information.

Questions?
Please contact the office ofKashiwa Cross-cultural Center (KCC)

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Hours: 8:30 - 17:15
Closed on Sundays and national holidays

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