Probably many people know about Fumiaki Tanaka, the first Japanese player playing in the Super Rugby competition in New Zealand (Tanaka plays for the Highlanders). Did you know about Japanese players playing in Waikato club rugby?
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Free Japanese film showing – May 2015
とてもたのしい相撲[すもう]の映画[えいが]です。是非[ぜひ]見[み]に来[き]て下[くだ]さい！This is a funny film about Japanese traditional Sumo wrestling! Please come along!! Date: Thursday 14 May 2015 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English Subtitles! ALL WELCOME. “Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t” ©1991 Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. 1992 | 105min | Rating : PG Director : Masayuki […]
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赤いもの、何だかわかりますか。 Do you know what those red things are?
Continue readingFree Japanese film showing – April 2015
Another film will be shown this Thursday! ALL WELCOME!! Date: Thursday 2 April 2015 Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English Subtitles! ALL WELCOME. “KOMANEKO-The Curious Cat + KOMANEKO’s Christmas” ©TYO/dwarf・Komaneko Film Partners Original writer・Director・Character design : Tsuneo Goda 2006+2009 | 60+20min | Rating: […]
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FREE Japanese film showing in March 2015 Date: Thursday 12 March 2015 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz Website: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/languages/japanese-film-showings Free Admission! No booking required! English Subtitles! ALL WELCOME. “Hachiko” 1987 | 107min | Rating : PG Director : Seijiro Kamiyama Cast : Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa A true story of […]
Continue reading今年の夏 Summer 2015
念[ねん]のために(= just in case)、今[いま]ここで咲[さ]いている花[はな]をお見[み]せします。先週[せんしゅう]の桜[さくら]の花[はな]の写真[しゃしん]で、誤解[ごかい](= misunderstanding)がないように。。。 今[いま]、ニュージーランドは夏[なつ]です!! I will show a photo of flowers that we have right now here just in case I might have got you confused with the photo of cherry blossom which I uploaded last week… It is summer here, in New Zealand.
Continue readingMerry Xmas and Happy New Year 2
みなさん、楽[たの]しいクリスマスを過[す]ごしたことを祈[いの]っています。今年[ことし]のクリスマス、ハミルトンはよいお天気[てんき]でした。ここ数年[すうねん](= these years)、いつも雨[あめ]のクリスマスだったので、多[おお]くの人がびっくりしていると思[おも]います。 どうぞ、元気[げんき]に楽[たの]しい年末[ねんまつ]年始[ねんし]のお休[やす]みをお過[す]ごしください。 I hope you had a good Christmas. We had good weather and I presume it surprised (and pleased!) many people as we always had a wet Christmas these years. Happy safe holiday!
Continue readingガイ・フォークスの夜 Guy Fawkes Night
昨日[きのう]、ハミルトンで火事[かじ]がありました（ここでそのニュースが読[よ]めます）。原因[げんいん](= cause)は花火[はなび]だったようです。 A house in Hamilton caught fire last night (you can read the news here); it seemed due to fireworks some youngstars were playing with at the nearby street.
Continue reading桜は終わったけれど。。 Cherry blossom has gone but
桜[さくら]は散[ち]ってしまいましたが、あたたかくなって、いろいろな花[はな]が咲[さ]いています。Cherry blossom season's is now over, but you can see all sorts of other beautiful flowers.
Continue reading花見2014 Cherry blossom 2014
今年[ことし]の4月、花見[はなみ]について書[か]きました。これは、日本[にほん]の花見[はなみ]についてでした。そして、今[いま]! ニュージーランドの花見[はなみ]の季節[きせつ](= season)です!! I wrote about cherry blosson some time ago this year – it was about cherry blossom season in Japan. Now it is time for us, in New Zealand!
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