Club Taishikan Programme for schools returns
2022/11/23
The Japan Cultural and Information Centre (JICC) at the Embassy welcomed school children from Slough and Dartford this term after restarting the Club Taishikan programme. This scheme gives schools an opportunity to visit the the Embassy in London to learn more about Japan and participate in Japanese cultural workshops.
The programme has been running for more than 10 years with more than 200 visits from schools across the country. Visitors are first given a presentation on Japan - touching on geography, history, technology, culture and daily life, followed by workshops such as origami, shodo (calligraphy), yosakoi (dance) and yukata (traditional summer wear) dressing.
On several occasions, students have been able to participate in tea workshops - watching a tea ceremony and learning how to whisk matcha tea, thanks to volunteers from the Tankokai UK Association formed mainly of practitioners of the Urasenke School of Tea. You can learn more about this organisation in our previous "Spotlight on" article here.
With spots for Club Taishikan filling up fast for the rest of the current school year, we hope to welcome many more groups to the Embassy in the future. Prior knowledge of Japan or the Japanese language is not required but we hope that the visit will ignite students interest in Japan and encourage them to develop it further. You can find more details about the programe and how to apply here.
The programme has been running for more than 10 years with more than 200 visits from schools across the country. Visitors are first given a presentation on Japan - touching on geography, history, technology, culture and daily life, followed by workshops such as origami, shodo (calligraphy), yosakoi (dance) and yukata (traditional summer wear) dressing.
On several occasions, students have been able to participate in tea workshops - watching a tea ceremony and learning how to whisk matcha tea, thanks to volunteers from the Tankokai UK Association formed mainly of practitioners of the Urasenke School of Tea. You can learn more about this organisation in our previous "Spotlight on" article here.
With spots for Club Taishikan filling up fast for the rest of the current school year, we hope to welcome many more groups to the Embassy in the future. Prior knowledge of Japan or the Japanese language is not required but we hope that the visit will ignite students interest in Japan and encourage them to develop it further. You can find more details about the programe and how to apply here.