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…
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…
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…
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…
Announcement: Autumn Welcome Meetups 2018
In just a few weeks, a new batch of MEXT scholars will be arriving in Japan. Just as in last year, we will be holding a set of welcome meetups…
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…
