KKC News vol.66 Oct 2021

KASHIWA CROSS-CULTURAL CENTER

KCC
NEWSLETTEROCTOBER, 2021

Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center Palette Kashiwa 2-7-1301 Kashiwa, Kashiwa Chiba, Japan 277-0005
Tel: 04-7157-0281 Fax: 04-7165-73210
e-mail: kcc@kira-kira.jp
URL: https://www.kcc.kira-kira.jp

Kashiwa International Festival 2021 (October, 24th) &International Exchange Week (October 25th - October 31st)(Check out the fliers for more information.)

This year, you can virtually join the festival.
URL: https://www.kcc.kira-kira.jp/e.entrance
In addition, there will be live events which will also be broadcasted online.

Live Event Program(Apply for these events from the URL above)
11:00 Opening Ceremony
11:05- Talking Online with People in Our Sister & Friendship Cities
11:30- Calligraphy Performance by Ms. Fumika Matsui
12:00- Music Concert with Mr. Kiyota & Mr.Hoshi
12:30- Balloon Art
13:00- Erhu and Guqin (instruments from China) Concert
13:30- Introducing Activities of Forein Residents
14:00- Lecture on How to Use “Furoshiki”
14:30-Introducing Japanese Traditional Performing Arts
15:00- Pandemonium Improvisors (Band Performance)
15:30- Peru Dancing
16:00- Closing CeremonyKashiwa International Exchange Week
October 25th
The First Step for International Exchange
October 26th
Exhibition by Girl Scouts, Kashiwa UNESCO Association and Kashiwa International Relations Association
October 27th
Puppet Show Video “Little Red Riding Hood”
October 28th
Refugee Seminar Online #1“Workshop on Accepting Refugees”
Online viewing: the first 30 people On-site: the first 10 people
October 29th
Exhibition by Girl Scout, Kashiwa UNESCO Association and Kashiwa International Relations Association
October 30th
Introduction of Handmade Emergency Supplies by Girl Scouts
Exhibition “Introducing Activities of UNESCO Youth” Kashiwa UNESCO Association
Multicultural Coexistence Seminar “Problems Foreign Residents Have and How We Solve Them”(Limitedto 10 people)
Everything above will be held at Pallet Kashiwa★

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October 31st
12:00“Enjoy Japanese Cuisine by Fair Trading”, Reitaku University
13:00“4 Monsters in Guatemala”, Kaichi International University
14:00“Craft Making Experience”, Girl Scouts
15:00Refugee Seminar #2 “Refugees around Us and How We Cooperate with Them

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-Syria”,To participate in events with, go to KCC office or mail to “boshu-1@kira-kira.jp”.
Please include your name, phone number, the date and the name of the event you would like to join.
TEL: 04-7157-0281 Kashiwa International Relations Association

International Exchange of High Schools in Kashiwa II
We will continue to inform you of the result of the questionnaire.
Q1 Please tell us about your international exchange programs.
Q2 Are there any foreign students in your school? If so, which country are they from?
Q3 Are you accepting returnees?
Q4 Do you allocate a certain number to foreign students? Are there any foreign students who take aregular entrance examination?
Q5 Do you have programs to support foreign students?

Nittaidai Kashiwa High School
A 1
We accept exchange students for both studying(Chinese) and sports(rugby,basketball,soccer)
Communicating online with schools in Korea by using UNESCO’s program
Studying abroad experience in JapanA 2 11 Chinese, 3 Tongans, 1 Mongolian, and 1 Mari students
A 3 We have been meaning to accept them, but no record so far.
A 4 Yes. There are several foreign students enrolling in the regular exam.
A 5 They get help with their Japanese.

・・・Reitaku Senior High SchoolA 1
Communicating online with schools around the world by using UNESCO’s program
Outsourcing the support to interact with foreign students in Japan
We have overseas language training program during holidays<Canada>Students stay with their host families for 2 weeks to experience life in Canada. There are sightseeing
and activities which make learning English lively.

・・・<Christmas Holiday Program>Students can choose one country from US, Canada, Finland to stay during the Christmas and the New
Year holiday. This program aims to understand other cultures and broaden their perspective.
<Thai Study Tour>
Students visit Mae Kok Foundation in Thailand. In this facility, there are children who became unable
to live with their parents. The facility helps those children become independent. Students get theopportunity to learn about the problems around the world.
※These programs will be changed according to the status of the world.
A 2 students from New ZealandA 3 YesA 4 No. There are foreign students enrolling in the regular exam.
A 5 Japanese lessons are given by collaboration of foreign and Japanese teachers.

Food Bank KCC for Foreign Residents
Date: October 31st, Sunday 9:30-11:30
Location: Pallet Kashiwa Multi-Purpose Space A
Food to Be Distributed for Free: Canned food,noodles, water, snacks etc…
※We will finish when the foods run out.
※Bring your own shopping bag please.
Inquiry: KCC officeHomeroom by ALT in Reitaku High School

Next Schedule: November 28th, SundayInternational Exchange of High Schools in Kashiwa II
Clerk Memorial International High School Kashiwa Campus
A 1 Language training in Australia or Hawaii (The shortest should be 3 weeks and the longest
should be more than 2 years. No regulation for student’s English level, but we partially have
one with EIKEN.)A 2 N/A
A 3 We used to have ones, though there’s no special openings.
A 4 There are no special openings but there are students who take the exam.
A 5 Nothing in particular

Kashiwa Central High School
A 1 Students can work on group activity with ALTs in English studying programs. In August,they talked about where their ALTs from and the place they want to take their ALTs.
A 2 No.
A 3 There are special openings for returnees.
A 4 We accept some enrollments of foreign students although there is no one takes our regularexam.
A 5 No.

Kashiwa Minami High School・A 1
Short exchanging programs in Australia (It was cancelled due to the pandemic.)
Empowerment program. Students discuss in English with foreign students inJapanese universities to improve their ability to express themselves and cultivate their globalmind.
A 2 NoA 3 Regular exams
A 4 NoA 5 No for now・

Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School・A 1
Exchanging program with a school in Lyon, France.
Language summer school during vacation.
(It was cancelled due to the pandemic.)
A 2 1 student (Fiji)
A 3 We accept them case by caseA 4 NoA 5 We have Japanese lessons for those who stay with us for a short time.

・Nishogakusha University Kashiwa Senior High School
A 1 Internal students, students in the global course and those who wish to join from theadvanced course have lectures about “Global Studies” twice a week. We have several
exchanging programs especially in Australia and in Taiwan.
NoYes
We accept them although we don’t have special openings.
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We are looking for participants forThe 6th Japanese Speech Contest by Foreign Residents in Kashiwa!
Dear those who live in the Tokatsu area! We are holding the Japanese speech contest again thisyear.
We are waiting for you to participate and talk about how you feel about living in Japan.
Date: February 13th, 2022, Sunday 1pm-4pm
Place: Pallet Kashiwa
Requirements: About 15 Foreign residents,workers and students in the Tokatsu area. You have to
be non-native to Japanese.
Application Form: Pick up from KCC office or download it from our website.
Awards: Mayor Award, KIRA President Award, 2 Special Awards, and participation prizes for those
who participated but doesn’t get an award.
For infection control, we have the following restrictions.
There’ll be a limited number of people who can enter the venue.
The contest will be streamed live for those who can’t visit the venue.
The detailed information will be announced on our website.
Application Deadline: November 30th, Tuesday
By mail: 277-0005 Kahiwa 1-7-301 Kashiwa-shi Kokusai Koryu Center
By email: boshu-1@kira-kira.jp
By bringing the form: Come to the reception of KCC office
Inquiry: KCC 04-7157-0281※Should we have more participants than we can accept, we would have to choose about 15 ofthem.
The result will be sent by email by December 17.

Volunteering at Tokyo Olympic - IIAkihisa Masubuchi (Former delegates to Chengde, China)
I immediately made up my mind to volunteer in theOlympics. The wonderful hospitality I received during
the exchanging program in China has a huge impact on
this decision.
I was in charge of escorting the VIPs at the Narita
Airport for both departure and arrival. After they
arrived, they took PCR checks. Then, I led them to theimmigration, quarantine station, customs, and theirvehicle. I took the VIPs from the boarding area to thesecurity checkpoint.
When I applied for volunteering in 2018, I was in China
studying abroad. Therefore, I had to join thoseinterviews and training held for applicants only online
without meeting my colleagues. It made me feel
impatient for the Olympics more and more.
The most memorable service for me was that I escorted
one of the VIPs from China.
When I talked to him in Chinese,the person with an air ofdignity talked to me very kindly, which made me relaxed.
This experience also gave me confidence in my Chinese.
Although it was postponed one year due to the pandemic,
it became one of the great
experiences of my life.

Mr. Masubuchi, 2nd one from the left

OCTOBER EventsJapanese Classes
Online Classes
Thurs 10:00 - 11:30
Japanese Intermediate and up

Information about COVID-19 forforeign residents
Available in multiple languages

Sun 10:00 - 11:30
Beginning I, Intermediate I (2 classes)
In Person Classes
Thurs 10:00 - 12:00
Intermediate I at Shonan Community Center

Online Japanese Kashiwa Classes
Tue 10:00 - 11:30
Japanese for all Beginning II (1st of the 28lessons)Tue 19:00 - 20:30
Japanese for all Beginning I (1st of the 14lessons)Wed 10:00 - 11:30
Japanese intermediate and up
Wed 19:00 - 20:30
Japanese for all Beginning I (1st of the 8lessons)Thurs 10:00 - 11:30
Beginning Conversation I (Beginner, Beginning1)
Thurs 13:00 - 14:30
Beginning Conversation 2 (Beginning 2)
Fri 19:00 - 20:30
Japanese for all Beginning II (1st of the 36lessons)
Sat 9:30 - 11:20
Intermediate Conversation

Notice from Other Group
Online Studying Meeting for KIRA member
Date & Time: Thursday,October 21st, 8:00pm9:10pm
Study Title: Easy Japanese # 4 “How to writeinstructions and make posters in easy
Japanese”
Lecturer: Tomoe Uchida (Instructor of Easy
Japanese)
Fee: Free
Capacity: 25
Apply at KCC office or send your name andphone number to boshu-1@kirakira.jp . We
will provide you with necessary class
information.

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 anddocuments. Any questions or problems are
all right, such as visa, domestic violence,divorce, or trouble at the workplace. Please
register beforehand.
Date and Time: Oct 27 (WED) 13:00 - 17:00
Place: Palette Kashiwa
Reservation: KCC (Kashiwa Cross-culturalCenter) Office

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Questions? Please contact the office of Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center (KCC)
Tel: 04-7157-0281 Fax: 04-7165-7321
Hours: 8:30 - 17:15 Closed on Sundays and national holidays
KCC Newsletter Edited and Published by: Kashiwa Cross-cultural Center designated administrator Specified non-profit organization,Kashiwa International Relations Association General Affairs Committee Public Relations Division