June 13-29, 2014
Kyoto Fundraising Campaign
for the SWTJ Tohoku Kids’ Camp in August 2014!
SWTJ is staging a 2-week long series of events in Kyoto to keep giving a voice to Tohoku evacuees, and to raise the funds for the 2014 SWTJ Tohoku Kids’ Camp in August!
for the SWTJ Tohoku Kids’ Camp in August 2014!
SWTJ is staging a 2-week long series of events in Kyoto to keep giving a voice to Tohoku evacuees, and to raise the funds for the 2014 SWTJ Tohoku Kids’ Camp in August!
***view this video clip of last year’s kids' camp here:***
Come and take part in one or several of these events to hear
how Tohoku is doing today, to mingle with SWTJ members (and, on June 21, with
evacuees from Tohoku), and to simply enjoy!
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June 13-29:
Exhibition ‘Voice from Tohoku’
at Galerie Apotheke 11am-7pm
(closed on Mondays)
Come see photos of last year's kids' camp, and read our collection of newsletters from Tohoku!
Come see photos of last year's kids' camp, and read our collection of newsletters from Tohoku!
Place: on
Marutamachi-dori, ca.100m west of Senbondori, on the south side of the road
(right after a beauty salon). 10 minutes on foot from JR or Subway Nijo Station
in Kyoto. Tel. 050 7515 8588
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June 20 (Friday):
Live Music Event at ‘Jittoku,’ Kyoto’s oldest Live House!
Don't miss this event! Meet the musicians of Fanfare Roma’n Garde and Kawa-chan, who have empowered the evacuees of Tohoku with their fantastic music already so many times!
Don't miss this event! Meet the musicians of Fanfare Roma’n Garde and Kawa-chan, who have empowered the evacuees of Tohoku with their fantastic music already so many times!
5:30pm: Open
7pm: Start
Tickets reserved in advance: 2,500 Yen (reserve before 9pm on Thursday June 19)
Tickets at the door: 2,800 Yen
(Drinks are not included in the price)
Place: Coffee House Jittoku
Tel. 075 841 1691
Website and map:
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/jittoku/
Place: Coffee House Jittoku
Tel. 075 841 1691
Website and map:
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/jittoku/
Come to Kyoto’s oldest live house "Coffee House Jittoku" and meet the band Fanfare Roma’n Garde whose fantastic
musicians (clarinet (Seto), tenor sax (Nobori), violin (Igaki), electric guitar
(Tajima), euphonium/tuba (Terukina), drums (Watanbe) have been to Tohoku with
SWTJ innumerable times and will entertain us tonight!!!
And meet the unique and wonderful Kawamura from Hiroshima (guitar, voice, ukulele)!
We are waiting for you!
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Don't miss this talk event on June 21:
Meet representatives of the evacuees in Tohoku:
We are waiting for you!
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Don't miss this talk event on June 21:
Meet representatives of the evacuees in Tohoku:
June 21 (Saturday):
SWTJ TALK “Listening
to the voice of Tohoku today”
Open: from 1:30pm
Entrance Fee: 500 Yen
(includes tea and sweets)
2pm-2:40pm:
Nobuyuki Seto,
leader of the SWTJ music team, explains SWTJ activites and informs about the
SWTJ August Kids’ Camp
2:40pm-3:10pm: Eiko
Ohta, herself an evacuee from Tohoku, talks about her experiences since the
earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011
3:10pm-3:40pm: Nishiyama
Yuko, leader of the group “Mina no Te,” an association of evacuees from
Fukushima, talks about experiences of evacuees from Fukushima who have
resettled in Kyoto.
3:40pm-4:20pm:
“Ochakko”-Time (time for socializing and questions over a cup of tea).
Place: Kyoto Holy
Trinity Church of the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan
(important cultural property of the city of Kyoto).
How to go: From
the crossroad Marutamachi dori/Senbondori in Kyoto go south on the western side
of Senbondori, enter the first road at your right, find the church after
crossing one street, at your left; 10 minutes on foot from JR/Subway Nijo
Station.
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Big fun for kids in Kyoto!
June 28 (Saturday)
Free SWTJ Tambourine
Workshop for Kids!
Open from: 1:30pm
Start: 2pm
Bring your kids and let them enjoy this amazing free
workshop by tambourine artist and musician Tajima
! There will also be a SWTJ flea
market, and cotton candy will be
on sale!
Place: Kyoto Holy
Trinity Church of the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan
(important cultural property of the city of Kyoto).
How to go: From
the crossroad Marutamachi dori/Senbondori in Kyoto go south on the western side
of Senbondori, enter the first road at your right, find the church after
crossing one street, at your left; 10 minutes on foot from JR/Subway Nijo
Station.
SWTJ would like to thank Galerie
Apotheke and the Holy Trinity Church
of the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan for kindly offering their venues
for our activities!
BIG THANKS also to the wonderful musicians who support this
month’s activities, to the evacuees from Tohoku who kindly agreed to talk to
us, and to the many volunteers who donate their time and energy to make these
events a success!
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SWTJ is an independent volunteer
organization that is not affiliated with any political, governmental, or
religious group.
We Won't Forget- We Will Continue!
View more about our activities here:
http://www. swtjp.org
We Won't Forget- We Will Continue!
View more about our activities here:
http://www. swtjp.org
