The 15th International Friendship Youth Retreat ..
“Let’s Discuss Volunteer Activity!!” Date: July 25 (Sun.) - 27 (Tue.)
Place: Meguro Citizens Nature Village (Wada-mura, Nagano-ken) Participants
to be accepted: 60 people of any nationality (aged somewhere between 18
and 35) Fees: \11,000 for Meguro UNESCO Japanese members (\13,000 for Japanese
non-members) \6,000 for Meguro UNESCO friendship members (\8,000 for foreign
non-members) For application: Fill out an application form and send it
to Meguro UNESCO by postal mail or fax.
Staff Members Wanted!!
Why not work together for the Retreat? |
Inquiries: G. Atoji
Volunteers wanted!!
Mincemeat-Making for fruitcakes to be sold at our bazaar. Date &Time:
June 25 (Fri.) 13:00 - Place: Kitchen of Kamimeguro Juku Center Inquiries:
S. Chatani
Exhibition of Yosei Itaka’s Ceramic Works
Dates & Time: June 21 (Mon.) - July 3 (Sat.), 11:30 - 18:30 (Closed
on Sundays) Place: Gallery Port (1-8-7 Ginza; Tel.: 3535-5559) Inquiries:
N. Mochizuki
Meguro UNESCO Exchange Salon ..
Visit to NHK Studio Park Date: July 17 (Sat.) Meeting Time: 10:00 Meeting Place: By the Moyai statue at Shibuya Station Admission fee: \200 For Application: Write your name, address, phone (or cellular phone) number on a sheet of paper and fax it to Meguro UNESCO. Inquires: Y. Katsuoka |
Messages from Our Members .
ーFrom the reply postcards for the General Assemblyー .
Takayuki Hashinaga: Our second child, Yuta, was born on March 16. I’m now a proud father
of two children.
Yumi Yoshida: I am busy caring for my nine-month-old child. I cannot participate in
any of the Meguro UNESCO activities; but I enjoy reading Short News.
Ikuko Imamura: I’ve been working for the NPO, Peace Winds Japan, since last summer.
It is my greatest pleasure to be able to make the most of my past experiences,
and participate in international support activities.
Kiyoko Yokomizo: I have come to Chili on April 6 this year to work as a one-year senior
volunteer for JICA. I now belong to the Department of Linguistics and Literature
at the Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, giving advice on Japanese
language education.
Keiji & Etsuko Yamaguchi: Our eldest daughter, a senior at college, is now training at a kindergarten.
Our son is a university sophomore, enjoying musical activities in a band.
Yuko and Yoko, our younger daughters, are both six graders. The two of
us are keeping ourselves busy with our jobs, housework, and studies.
Takeshi Hirabayashi: On April 1st this year I have become principal of Minato Ward Municipal
Aoyama Junior High School.
Noritomo Suzuki: Hi, everybody! How are you doing? I enjoy working and painting. I hope
you all enjoy your good health, your job, and your volunteer activities!!
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.. Meguro UNESCO will move forward from its fifty-year tradition early this summer and take the first steps towards becoming an NPO. We will once again ask ourselves questions about the welfare of the people of the world. .. Many people traveled abroad during the Golden week. Many invaluable World Heritages are said to be in danger. In our vicinity, too, there are not a few natural environments, natural views, and cultures that should be preserved. .. Turning off Meguro Street into the side road at Tama-dai Meguro High School, we can see traces of Meguro Racetrack where the first Japan Derby took place in the spring of 1932. The track between the third turn and the final turn is now a road in the shape of an arc, and the following homestretch goes as far as Fudo Elementary School. .. This is the best season for bamboo shoots, which Meguro was once well-known for. In one woody park there is a clump of bamboos, now a rare sight, and dozens of bamboo shoots are growing. .. Place names with a long history have been chiseled with geographical features and memories of people. I hope names like Gakugei Daigaku Station and Toritsu Daigaku Station will remain unchanged. .. Some non-governmental UNESCO associations are trying to protect and hand down their tangible and intangible “local heritages”. .. I hope NGO activities that have been gaining ground in this country will develop smoothly. (H. Yoshizawa)