{"id":1167,"date":"2016-06-18T17:12:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T21:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian\/?page_id=1167"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:26:49","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/academics\/japanese\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many opportunities to experience Japanese culture on campus, and to use Japanese language outside of language classrooms. Find more about event updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/daisukinihongo\/342856296047251\/\">&#8220;Japanese at Bates&#8221; Facebook Group<\/a>. Alternatively, join the email list Nihongo (Japanese Language and Events) (nihongo@groups.bates.edu) to receive updates on language-related events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/daisukinihongo\/342856296047251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1186 noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/icon-facebook-square-color2-01.png\" alt=\"icon-facebook-square-color2-01\" width=\"39\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Language Table: Mondays 6-7pm, Commons 131A &amp; Thursdays 6-7pm, Commons 226<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Any speakers of Japanese (whether or not you study Japanese at Bates) are welcome to come and have conversation in Japanese!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/21743673_1275517525888254_2719365325789523170_o.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Japanese Cultural Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-bates-slideshow2-slideshow swiper-effect-slide 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class=\"image_caption\"><p>Onigiri (rice ball) for Study Abroad Session, Fall 2017<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1654\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23004760_1321534781286528_8282849367134641945_o.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23004760_1321534781286528_8282849367134641945_o-900x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23004760_1321534781286528_8282849367134641945_o-900x675.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Okonomiyaki Night, Fall 2017<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1653\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23270570_1321534561286550_4164674982375284863_o.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23270570_1321534561286550_4164674982375284863_o-900x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/23270570_1321534561286550_4164674982375284863_o-900x675.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Okonomiyaki Night, Fall 2017<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1652\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27750923_10157054425888098_443049334076464128_n-1.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27750923_10157054425888098_443049334076464128_n-1-900x426.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27750923_10157054425888098_443049334076464128_n-1-900x426.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Japanese calligraphy, JPN 102, Winter 2018<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1651\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27858507_10157054425903098_6055494315276954083_n-1.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27858507_10157054425903098_6055494315276954083_n-1-900x533.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/27858507_10157054425903098_6055494315276954083_n-1-900x533.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Japanese calligraphy, JPN 102, Winter 2018<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Year \u304a\u3082\u3061\u3064\u304d (Rice-cake pounding)<\/strong> is an annual event to celebrate new year and try making rice cakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1648 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2-400x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2-400x226.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2-900x508.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/files\/2016\/06\/omochitsuki2.jpg 1596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cArts of Geisha\u201d and \u201cJapanese Tea Ceremony\u201d lectures and workshops were held in March 2016 with Yuko Eguchi \u201903. <\/strong>Read about the events on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/01\/one-of-most-extraordinary-students-eguchi-03-offers-two-programs\/\">Bates News<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/picturestories.bates.edu\/the-way-of-the-tea\">Picture Stories<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Class cooking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Japanese Calligraphy<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sangai Asia Night<\/strong> is held by a student organization Sangai Asia in late January. A group of Japanese language students have contributed a performance in singing, dancing, and storytelling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Poetry Reading<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Japanese Language Contest (Speech and Essay)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Japan-related Clubs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Taiko Club<\/li>\n<li>Anime Club<\/li>\n<li>Sangai Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Past Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many opportunities to experience Japanese culture on campus, and to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":635,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2974,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1167\/revisions\/2974"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/asian-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}