Author: Anastasia Bender

Community Past Events

Bricolage Tea Ceremony with Toru Ota Sensei

Serving a simple bowl of tea to the guests with utmost respect has a history of more than 400 years in Japan. In its elegance and fine taste, Cha-no-yu (tea…

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Reception for MEXT Scholars 2018 in Tokyo

On November 17th, MEXT and JASSO held their annual reception for newly arrived MEXT scholars in Odaiba and MSA was also involved in the organization of this event. The main reception,…

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MSA Rafting Trip @ Okutama, October 20th 2018

On Saturday, the 20th of October, the MSA Kanto team organized for the first time an exciting outdoors activity: a half-day whitewater rafting trip at Okutama! The idea was to…

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MSA Welcome Meet Ups Autumn 2018

From October until November MSA held welcome meet ups in Hokkaido, Kanto, Kansai and Kyushu. We hope that everyone enjoyed the meet ups and made new friends and would like…

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Kansai: Get Ready For A Successful Job-Hunting In Japan

On Sunday, 28th October, 2018, MSA Kansai co-organized a career event with the Consortium of Universities in Hyogo and Kansai Economic Federation. Around 30 international students from many different countries participated. The event…

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2018 Autumn Welcome Meet: Kyoto

On Saturday, the 20th of October, the MSA Kansai team organized a welcome meet for the newly arrived international scholars in the Kansai area. It was designed as an interactive…

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Second Research Meet Up

After a successful research meet up held on the 29th of June,  MSA organized a second research meet up on the  29th of September at the University of Tokyo for…

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A Movie Tea in Osaka

On Sunday, 26th August 2018, MSA organized a movie tea event at a hostel in Osaka. It was our first attempt at an entertainment-based event in the Kansai area. 7 people…

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Birthday Bash / Annual General Meeting 2018

To celebrate our successes and share our plans for the future the MEXT Scholars Association held its second Annual General Meeting on the 25th of August, 2018. It was attended…

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Kobe Port Fireworks Festival 2018

On 4th August 2018, 12 MSA members from the Kobe, Kyoto and Osaka region (students from Kobe, Kyoto, and Osaka University) witnessed the annual Kobe Port Fireworks Festival, which began…