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JBSK Party in celebration of the birth of His Majesty King Charles
- Date and Time : Monday 2nd June 2025
18:00～20:00 - Place : The Garden Oriental Osaka
Also this year, we will hold a celebration party to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty King Charles.
The venue was always the Kobe Club, but this year it will be held at a new venue due to reconstruction.
The Garden Oriental Osaka is the former Osaka City Public Building, and during the official residence days, it welcomed foreign VIPS and held events in Osaka City. It is a wonderful building with an amazing Japan garden.
We hope that King Charles’s birthday celebration will serve as an opportunity to deepen grassroots exchanges between Japan and the United Kingdom.
- Date and Time : Monday 2nd June 2025
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The AGM ＆Buffe Dinner for 2025
- Date and Time : Wednesday 5th March 2025 17:30～20:00
- Place : Hotel Hankyu International
We had a council meeting, general meeting, and Friendship party. At the council meeting and general meeting, the activity report for 2024 and the activity plan and budget proposal for the new year were approved and ended successfully. In addition, we held a buffet-style party. At a party, “ The Ramsay Pipeband ” (bagpipe) played a great deal, and everyone enjoyed the exchange after a long time.
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【JBSK Christmas Party 2024】
- Date＆time: 4th December (Wednesday) 18:00〜20:00
- Place : Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka
To close out the year, we held a Christmas party. Families had a blast playing the British brass band and playing games where they could take home some wonderful Christmas gifts from our corporate members and sponsors.
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【Playing with calligraphy; Instruction and fun with traditional writing】
- Date ＆ Time : 25th November （Monday）13：30～15：30
- Place : Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North Bldg., 26F No.2 Room
- Lecturer : Ms. Miyabi Ishii
As the last event of the year for the SAG, we held a workshop on the theme of "calligraphy" to experience Japanese culture. The instructor demonstrated tips and examples of brush strokes, and the participants imitated them to create their own works. Although it was a struggle, the instructor's detailed instruction to each participant allowed them to complete unique works. Everyone who participated was very pleased to be able to complete many works using luxurious materials.
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【A Crystal Palace of Excitement and Innovation:Expo1851，London】
- Date & Time: 9th November (Saturday) 14:00〜15:30
- Place : Osaka Umeda Twin Towers North Bldg., 26F No.2 Room
- Lecturer: Tim Lemon, Esq
Mr. Lemon looked at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first “expo” in the world, through the eyes of the Lemon family, his ancestors, inviting us into the world of Queen Victoria. It was a most interesting talk, illustrated with fascinating photos and lithographs of the time.
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【Ladies Group autumn excursion to Shigaraki and the South of Lake Biwa】
- Date : 6th November (Saturday)
On a refreshing autumn day we visited ‟Shigaraki Tanuki Mura“, famous from of old for its pottery. While we went around at our own pace, there was an opportunity to do some pottery painting. Thence we moved to the Lake Biwa Marriot Hotel on the lakeside for a plentiful lunch of fresh seasonal food, and then to the Sagawa Museum of Art, famous for its architecture and “floating gardens”, to see works by the Nihonga master Hirayama Ikuo and others. It was altogether a fulfilling autumn day.
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【JBSK-Day: Charity bazaar and Casual Party】
- Date: 20th October (Sunday)
- Place: “Umeda Hall”, 9th Floor, Hankyu Umeda Department Store
Our annual charity bazaar was visited by even more people than last year. Volunteers and Hankyu Department Store staff manned the stalls, selling goods generously donated by Corporate members and by supporting enterprises. The proceeds go to charities; this year to the Cheshire Homes “Hanshin Jiritsu no Ie”, to the animal protection facility “ARK”, and to victims of the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. We are deeply grateful for all the support received. At the casual party in the evening we had the unusual opportunity to hear Scottish bagpipes and to socialize, inter al, with people who had come from the UK to man the stalls at the Hankyu Department store British Fair.
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「Social Action Group: Early Autumn outing to enjoy Kouhoku and Nagahama」
- Date and Time:14th September 2024 (Sat)
9:00～ - Destination: Nagahama and Maibara in Shiga Prefecture
“Autumn” may be a misnomer: -- the heat remained fierce north of Lake Biwa. After savoring Ohmi beef and Nagahama beer at the Nagahama Brewery, we enjoyed the world of the English Garden and of Shaun the Sheep at the Rosa & Berry Tawada Gardens and then delicious tea and cakes at the new ‘Manor House’. We concluded the trip by paying our respects at the Taga Shrine with its still and solemn atmosphere. It was a fulfilling day.
- Date and Time:14th September 2024 (Sat)
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「Ladies Group: “A Pinch of Salt ～ English for Fun～”」
- Date and Time:3rd September 2024 (Tue)
13:00～15:00 - Location: Hankyu Department Store, Umeda: 8th Floor “special room”
The popular English study group took place with Stephen Boyd presiding in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere, after which we all socialized over tea and delicious handmade scones provided by the Ladies Group. The goods in the concurrent mini charity bazaar sold out.
- Date and Time:3rd September 2024 (Tue)
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「Professional Baseball at Koshien Stadium」
- Date and Time:9th July 2024 (Tue)
18:00～ - Location: Koshien Baseball Stadium
This year again we attended a night game at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium. We had seats in the Green section behind the nets, and we enthusiastically cheered for the home team in a scintillating match with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
- Date and Time:9th July 2024 (Tue)
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「Social Action Group: Tour of the Osaka Branch of the Bank of Japan.」
- Date:26th June 2024 (Wed)
- Location: Osaka Branch of the Bank of Japan
This was a second visit, long postponed by Covid, a follow-up to the highly successful first one in 2020. Especially exciting because of the imminent issue of new Japanese bank notes, this event once again attracted a flood of applications. We were able to visit the original Meiji buildings, exhibition booths etc. and to appreciate the role and functions of the Bank. Afterwards, we repaired to the British style tearoom “The Old Rose Garden Oficina del Café” for a delightful afternoon tea.
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「Ladies group: Class on Colour Coordination」
- Date and Time:13th June (Thursday)
13:00～15:00 - Place：8Floor, Hankyu Department Store (Special Room)
For this event we were able to welcome Ms Oishi Kazumi, who and is highly active in the fields of English-style Flower arrangement and Colour Coordination and much else. Oishi-sensei used drapes to demonstrate how one can analyze one’s own characteristics and choose “personal colours” for fashion purposes. After the talk, together with Ms Oishi, we enjoyed scones and tea made by members of the ladies group.
- Date and Time:13th June (Thursday)
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「JBSK Party in Celebration of the Birthday of His Majesty King Charles」
- Date and Time:4th June 2024 (Tuesday) 18:00～20:00
- Place：The Kobe Club
This was a party to celebrate the birth of His Majesty in the dazzling green of early summer. We were lucky with the weather, and thus there were welcoming drinks by the poolside, followed by a move upstairs to the party proper. After toasts, Mr Matthew Ellis, newly appointed to the British Consul as attaché in charge of the Osaka Kansai Expo, gave an introduction, accompanied by slides, to the British Pavilion. His Excellency Himeno Tsutomu, Representative of the Government of Japan Ambassador in charge of Kansai, gave a speech, too, and the violinist Ms Sanada Aya a really distinguished performance. The party proceeded according to form and a wonderful time was had by all.
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「Historical ＆ Cultural journey to the world of Genji and Matcha: Kyoto and Uji」
- Date and Time:25th May (Saturday)
9:00～18:00 - Destination：Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture
Blessed with good weather for this outing, we made our way first to the Temple of Mimurotoji, that is famous for“flowers temple”, then to the Genji Monogatari Museum to experience a variety of aspects of Heian Culture. Next was a famous old restaurant adjacent to the Uji River for a beautifully prepared lunch of more than 25 delicate seasonal minidishes with characteristic Uji flavours. In the afternoon to “Fukujuen”, an Uji “green tea atelier”, to hear a talk about tea, to grind leaf tea into powder and then consume our own matcha. Altogether it was an instructive, fulfilling and enjoying excursion.
- Date and Time:25th May (Saturday)
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Social Action Group “Visit to ARK
～Sakura・Herb Project～”- Date and Time:Wednesday, 20th, March, 2024, 11:00～16:00
- Place：ARK（Animal Refuge Kansai） at Tambasasayama
SAG’s “Sakura project” started with the creation of herb beds in 2019 at ARK in Sasayama and has been followed by tree-planting activities there. On this occasion we made our 4th tree-planting visit after a gap of 2 years. Newcomers joined in, but as we began working, it started to pour, turning soon to snow – unusual for Sasayama – and we were forced to retire. It was sad to leave the job half-done, but the ARK staff subsequently completed the work and we anticipate splendiferous cherry blossoms next spring. Some newcomer members witnessed British-style animal welfare facilities and learned about the British attitude to such welfare, after which we all shared sandwiches and handmade scones. It was a bitterly cold but refreshing day’s outing.
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Report on the AGM & Buffe Dinner for 2024
- Date and Time:Wednesday, 13th, March, 2024, 17:30～20:00
- Place：Hotel Hankyu International
We held a council meeting, general meeting, and friendship party. At the council meeting and general meeting, the activity report for 2023 and the activity plan and budget proposal for the new year were approved and ended successfully. In addition, we held a buffet-style party. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the exchange after a long time.
