Lectures 講演依頼

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Upcoming lectures:

Jan. 18, 2022, “Japan’s Poetry Islands: Waka and the Oki Islands,” Japan American Women’s Club.

March 9, 2022, “Mark of the Yakuza or Traditional Culture? Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.” TAC Talks @ The Tokyo American Club.

Examples of past lectures:

June 30, 2021, Okayama University,  “Mark of the Yakuza or Traditional Culture? Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

June 9, 2021, College Women’s Association of Japan @ International House 国際文化会館. “Mark of the Yakuza or Traditional Culture? Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

May 26, 2021, Hyogo Prefectural University,  “Mark of the Yakuza or Traditional Culture? Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

Feb. 19, 2021, Nichi-Ei Otomodachi-kai 日英お友達会, London. “Stigma or Art: Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

Feb. 10, 2021, Okayama University (Global Circuit Academic Seminar),  “Mark of the Yakuza or Traditional Culture? Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

Feb. 9, 2021, Japan-America Women’s Club @ Tokyo American Club. “Stigma or Art: Reconsidering the Japanese Tattoo.”

Sept. 29, 2020, Online Webinar for the San’in Tourism Organization,「欧米豪から見た山陰の魅力と誘客のためにコロナ禍の今でもすぐにできること

Jan. 9, 2020, Shimane Prefectural University, Matsue, 外国人から見た日本の魅力・山陰の魅力 (山陰の観光資源の魅力

Jan. 10, 2019, Shimane Prefectural University, Matsue, 外国人から見た日本の魅力・山陰の魅力

Nov. 7, 2018 in Unnan, Shimane Prefecture. 英語で伝えよう! 日本遺産「出雲國たたら風土記」とその魅力(実践編: フィールドワーク)(In Japanese)

Sept. 27, 2018 in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture: 外国人から見る日本の魅力:豪欧米人へのおもてなし (In Japanese)

July 12, 2018 in Tokyo, KNT 第7回国内大交流会コンベンション「訪日客の目線による地域振興」 (Featured speaker, in Japanese)

June 13, 2018 in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture: “Sharing Tatara with the World:” 英語で伝えよう!日本遺産「出雲国たたら風土記」とその魅力 (In Japanese)

March 19, 2018 in Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture: 外国人観光客おもてなし: 英語よりも大切なもの。(In Japanese)

December 10-11, 2017 on the Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture: 外国人来たらどげすらいいだ?(In Japanese)

June 5, 2015. “Masks of the World in an Art Deco Residence,” Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. 3 pm. Gallery tour and historical explanation; free with regular museum admission. (In English)Dec. 19, 2014. “Art Deco and the former Prince Asaka Residence,” Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. (In English)

Sept. 10, 2014.”What the Heck is That Tanuki?” (and Other Daily Mysteries),” College Women’s Association of Japan, Tokyo (in English)

June 22, 2014 “Writing and Translating for Museums and Artists,” JAT (Japanese Association of Translators) Annual Meeting, Tokyo Big Site (in English)

March 8, 2014 ニッポンの不思議?マンホール蓋,” Manhole Summit 2014, Tokyo (in Japanese)

Feb. 19, 2014 “Writing about Japan for a General Audience,” Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England (in English)

June 27, 2013 Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering and Technology, Tokyo (in Japanese)
April 14, 2013 Al’s Cafe, Takadanobaba, Tokyo (in Japanese)
May 15, 2013 Harvard Club of Japan, Roppongi, Tokyo (in English)
December 13, 2012 Aichi Prefectural University 愛知県立大学
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October 13, 2012 JALT (全国語学教育学会) Hamamatsu
November 28, 2012 Okayama University 岡山大学

Examples of lectures in English:
“Foreigner’s Reactions to Japan as a Teaching Resource” (JALT)
“My Foreign Adventure: Japan” (Okayama University, Aichi Prefectural University)
“How the Heck Do You Write About Japan?” (Society of Writers, Editors and Translators, Harvard Club of Japan)
“An Outsider’s Inside View of Japanese Schooling” (Minato International Association)

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講演の特徴:
異文化の中で体得した日本の知識、文化・風習、技術についてユーモアを交えながら、幅広い年代の方に向け、流暢な日本語で語ります。
講演の内容に関しては必ず事前に打ち合わせをして決めさせていただいています。
講演の主なテーマ:
「異文化としての日本の知識、文化・風習、技術」 (日本下水道新技術機構)
「日本の内と外から見た子育て」 (中目黒小学校PTA、赤羽小学校、さくらだフレンド会など)
「異文化の中で強くなった私」 (大妻女子大學、WCC)
「私の異文化体験:ジャパン」アルズカフェ・高田馬場
「人生は計画通りに進まないーチャンスををつかめ!」
「外国人がみた日本の不思議」
「身近にある観光資源の生かし方」(港区観光協会)
「外国人にも暮らしやすい街づくり」(港区赤坂地区)