Meguro UNESCO Short News No.189-3
Lectures and Classes in the Autumn
Sponsored by the Meguro Board of Education, Operated by Meguro UNESCO Association
1) UNESCO Art Class --- Black Ink Drawings
Instructor: Mr. Youichi Tsuda
Place: Midorigaoka Bunka Kaikan, Training Room No.6
Dates: Every Tuesday afternoon from September 24 to October 22 (5 times)
Time: 14:00-16:00 Quota: 15 people Fee: \4,000 (for materials)
2) UNESCO Art Class --- Hard Pastel Drawings
Instructor: Mr. Tomotaka Segawa
Place: Midorigaoka Bunka Kaikan, Training Room No.6
Dates: Every Friday evening from September 27 to October 25 (5 times)
Time: 18:30-20:30 Quota: 20 people Fee: \6,000 (for materials)
Inquiries for Art Classes: Mochizuki (tel. 3712-1295) or Hamada (tel. 3712-5625)
☆How to apply:
1) and 2) ･･･ Send a double postal card to Meguro UNESCO Association with a course name,
your name and address, which to be delivered before September 13. Participants
will be decided by a draw. UNESCO members should also write “UNESCO Member”
on their application postcard.
3) Meguro UNESCO Japanese Language Classes
Grade: Beginner to advanced and Kanji (Chinese Character) classes. Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan
①Morning Class: 10:00-11:45, every Tues. & Thurs., September 10 - December
12, Fee: \8,400
②Saturday Class: 10:00-11:45, every Sat, September 14 - December 14, Fee:
\3,900
③Evening Class: 18:30-20:15, every Tues, September 10 - December 10,Fee:
\4,200
Extra Fees: Enrolment fee \1,000, annual membership fee \1,000 and textbooks
will be charged.
Qualifications: Non-native Japanese speakers 16 years or older, who live,
work or go to school in Meguro City.
Applications: Contact Yokoyama (tel.3724-9208) or Kiriyama (tel. 3717-0339)
Report on the 13th International Friendship Youth Retreat
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(Part one)
The 13th Retreat was held in the Meguro Citizens’ Nature Village(Wada-mura, Nagano)
from August 1st through 3rd. This year seventy-eight people from 12 countries participated. The weather
wasn’t perfect, but we believe all members spent a peaceful time there
pursuing the theme of this year, “Speak up, Be friends, Walk together.” Here
is a letter from Mr. Zoran Stejic , one of the foreign participants, describing his impression of the retreat.
My impressions about the retreat Zoran Stejic Croatia
It was my second retreat this year. I participated for the first time
two years ago and I would like to participate next year as well.
The reason is that the retreat is always a great opportunity to learn and
experience many things, by sharing time and participating in events with
many interesting people from different countries. At the same time, retreat
is a chance to make new friends, and to have a lot of fun, because everything
is organized in an easy-to-participate and easy-to-understand way.
I enjoyed the discussion very much, sharing with others opinions about
difficult topics, trying to understand others and be understood, and finally
coming to some conclusions as a group and presenting those to other groups. This
year, while there was a variety of different
opinions, I was surprised to see how different groups came to essentially
very similar conclusions about certain topics, meaning that, no matter
how different the culture or the background is, people can agree on things
and can find common values, if there is enough will to do so.
This is, in my opinion, the best thing about the retreat - it shows us
that, no matter how different we are, as human beings we indeed have a
lot in common, and finding the common values, while recognizing the mutual
differences, is a way towards a better world.
I am grateful to all members of Meguro UNESCO and all participants for
making this year's retreat another memorable event.