Bonenkai in Kanto 2018
Our Kanto region Bonenkai (End-of-year party) for 2018 was held on December 22nd, organized by the Kanto Regional Committee. A total of 14 scholars and alumni met at a Showa-period-themed…
Hatsumoude – New Years Prayers at Meiji Shrine
Hatsumoude is the custom of offering New Years’ prayers at a temple or shrine in Japan -and this year MSA started the new year by just doing just that! On…
Bonenkai in Hokkaido 2018
On the 28th of December the Hokkaido team of MSA organized a bonenkai and 10 people gathered at “Crazy Spice” in Sapporo to say their last good bye to 2018 with…
Kansai Bonenkai Karaoke Meet 2018
On Friday, December 14th, the MSA Kansai team organized the Bonenkai event named “Osaka: International Karaoke End of the Year Party” at Cassie’s bar in Namba, Osaka. 19 people joined the…
An Adventure in Arashiyama
On Sunday, December 9th, the MSA Kansai team organized a day trip to Arashiyama in Kyoto. Despite the extremely windy and cold weather, we started from Kyoto Station towards Arashiyama…
Okayama : A day trip to the mountain-top Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle
Okayama offers a perfect blend of city life and countryside, for in this prefecture you can head out to any direction and always find an adventure waiting to unfold. For…
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…
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,…
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…
