Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Exhibition, Voice from Tohoku in Kyoto



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!

***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!
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!

5:30pm: Open
7pm: Start
Tickets: Reserve your ticket at 
swtjevent@gmail.com
(write to Ms. Ohta)

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/

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:

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





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