9/15/14: Second Meeting of the Year and 9/22/14: Third Meeting of the Year

Hi everyone, Hope you’ve been enjoying the school year so far!
Thanks to everyone that came to our first meetings on 9/15 and 9/22. We really appreciate your continued support!
On 9/15, the members watched funky Japanese videos. They were quite a hit and subtly taught a good bit of Japanese culture!

On 9/22, we watched the Japanese movie Kikujiro. Everyone was really absorbed in the atmosphere of the classic Japanese flick!

Stay tuned for next week’s meeting on September 29 at lunch in room E1A! We hope to see many of you there!

9/8/14 First Meeting of the Year!

Hi everyone, Hope you’ve been enjoying the schoolyear so far!

On 9/8, we had our first meeting of the year. We were happy to see some new and returning faces! Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting at lunch!

We started with officer introductions, and followed wtih a game of “Evolution Janken”, a rock-paper-scissors game where the objective is to win consequtively to go from egg to phoenix! Every time a person lost, they get demoted by 1 level. The levels were “egg”, “chicken”, “hawk”, and “phoenix”.

It was quite a hit! Members all tried really hard, and everyone’s level fluctuated over and over. The winners were treated to lychee Jell-o.

Stay tuned for next week’s meeting on September 15 at lunch in room E1A!

Orientation Aftermath 8/19-20

Thank you to everyone who showed up during orientation! We had a great turn up, and it is great to see so many people who are interested in Japan’s culture.

Please join us for food and introdutions at our first meeting on Septmeber 8 at lunch in room E1A.

P.S. If you’ve missed orientation, you can sign up here.

-Mission Japan 2014-15 Officers

Visit Us During the 2014 Orientation!

Come to Mission Japan’s Booth on Orientation Day (8/19 for Sophmores and above, 8/20 for Freshmen)! Enjoy seeing some of the finest products in Japan! We hope that you will join us for a fascinating year of Japan’s culture and other traditions!

By signing up for our email list, you can receive free candy and AP/SAT/ACT books as well.

-Yao Liu, Publicity officer (2014-15)

Movie Poll

Hello Mission Japan! Next meeting we will be watching a movie, but we want you guys to vote! You may vote for one movie. The movies are:

1. The Great Yokai War
Trailer here

2. Porco Rosso (Hayao Miyazaki film)
Trailer here

3. Shiawase no Pan
Trailer here

10/21/13: Sports Day Meeting + Important Announcement!!!

Hi everyone, hope homecoming was a week to remember! This week we talked about Sports Day in Japan and got everyone to their feet to follow some exercise videos. We even watched some epic dance videos by 【アルスマグナ】(ArsMagna) & 【ぷぷっぴどぅ～】(BoopBoopBeeDoop).

As mentioned in the past few meetings, Mission Japan is trying to organize a group trip to SF Japan town over the Veteran’s Day weekend (Nov. 9-11). We are still working out the details, but it would be a great help if you could answer this short questionnaire about your availability! Click here for the poll.

9/30/13 Meeting: Japanese Homes!

Hey everyone, this Monday we had a great presentation about Japanese homes (plus tips for foreign students like yourself!) If you’d like a copy of our president’s powerpoint, here you go: Japanese Homes

We also watched the Japanese Tradition video on apologizing! We hope you had a good laugh, and it’s on youtube here!

See you guys next week 🙂

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JQ, Publicity

Event: Sumo Champions Exhibition Japantown 9/22/13!

Hi guys, there is an exciting Pro Sumo Wrestler even this weekend in Japantown, and it’s free! Here’s a promotional flyer found from the SF Japantown website, feel free to explore that site for more information! This will be held at the Japantown Peace Plaza on Sunday, September 22, 2013 from 11am-4pm.

click on picture for website info!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend! If anyone goes, be sure to take pictures and have fun!!!

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Mission Japan (Publicity Officer, JQ)

9/16/13 Japanese High School

Hello everyone! Thanks for coming out to today’s meeting! I am extremely sorry for the technical issues that occurred and take full responsibility. Apparently my laptop is “too new” and doesn’t have a plug that is compatible with the projector. For future meetings, we will either use another officer’s laptop or I will attempt to find an adapter. Thanks so much for bearing with us today and I hope you found the information about Japanese high school interesting. Below is a copy of the Powerpoint without video (file was way too large with video haha). If you want to see more photos and/or videos, please email us or contact me on Facebook!

 

Japanese High School – Copy

 

~Naomi Hong

Mission Japan President

9/9/13 1st Meeting of the Year!

Hi everyone, hope your first few weeks of school have been as painless as possible! Today was our first meeting of this school year, and we were happy to see new as well as returning faces! Thanks to everyone who came out to the first meeting at lunch today! The room was packed!

We started out with brief introductions from our officers, and then proceeded to playing games. The first game was Japanese style Rock Paper Scissors where two opposing teams had to stand on a small piece of newspaper. Every time they lost, they had to food the paper in half until they were both struggling to stay on.

The next game was quite a hit! Members had to compete to see how many tiny beans they could pick up with their chopsticks in 1 minute. People who played got awesome candy as prizes.

Stay tuned for next week when we discuss Japanese high school!