Culture Talk
Presentation about Japanese culture and society showcasing Japanese teaching Diploma students
‘Culture Talk’ is aimed at everyone who would like to familiarise themselves with aspects of real Japan. IIEL students regularly present Japanese culture and society in English for many locals and Japanese learners. For the topics we will present at our next sessions in November 2011, please click here.
This session is free of charge, but we ask you to contact IIEL to book your place in advance. Tel: 020 8331 3100 E-mail: enquiries@iiel.org.uk HP: www.iiel.org.uk/english
- Past topics are as follows;
- About Kumamoto Prefecture
- A Person Who Cannot Catch the Mood
- CHAOS!!—Event on Food
- Chopsticks
- Daily Food in Japan
- Earthquake
- Eating Out in Japan
- Exotic City NAGASAKI
- Fashion Magazines and Japanese Women
- Geiko or Geisha?
- God of Manga--Osamu Tezuka
- Green Tea
- Hanami
- Having Sukiyaki for the First Time
- Hello Kitty! Hello Japan!
- Heroes in Bakumatsu
- HIROSHIMA
- Interatial Relationship
- Japanese Amusement and Play
- Japanese Animation
- Japanese Breakfast
- Japanese Bujutsu－Takeuchi-ryū Performance of Bō and Iai
- Japanese Children's School Life
- Japanese Customs and Traditions Regarding Ancestor Reverence
- Japanese Fairy Tales
- Japanese Festivals
- Japanese Ghosts
- Japanese Lunch Box 'Obento'
- Japanese Names
- Japanese Sweets
- Japanese Wedding Ceremony
- Kimono and Its Figure
- Leaf-selling Business which Saved a Small Town of Ageing and Depopulation
- Maccha (Powdered Green Tea) and A Sauce Made from It
- Manner of Japanese Cuisine
- Manga: Japanese Cartoons
- Marriage～Partner Hunting
- Mascot for Each Region
- Miso-Soup
- Mobile Cashing
- Ninja
- Noh Play
- ‘Nomi-nucation’ ～Drinking is a communication tool～
- Omikuji
- Otaku Culture
- Problems of Ageing in Japan—The Current Situation of a Region
- “Samurai Japan” Works Miracles--the essence of Japanese baseball
- Sazaesan-Japanese Family
- Seasons in Japan
- Setsubun : Eve of the Beginning of Spring
- Shamisen and Kiyomoto (What My Mother Treasured)
- Smiley's Mail
- Starting Early--Musical Education from Age 3
- Sumo Wrestling
- Sushi
- The Calligraphy
- The Institutions and Customs of Summer in Japan--Yukata
- The Most Popular Animation in Japan
- The Rise and Fall (...and Rise?) of the Salaryman
- The Shape of Japan: Territorial Conflicts
- The Saitobaru Burial Mounds
- The Truth about University Girls
- Tokyo's Secret Island 'Ogasawara'
- Valentine’s Day in Japan
- Waka--Japanese Ancient Poetry
- When Japanese Princes Became the Magi at the Vatican
- Wrap and Go! –Furoshiki– It’s only a flat cloth but various usage
- ‘3Rs’—Don’t Leave It to Others and ACTION NOW to Save Our Planet!(Recycling Policy and Practice in Japan)
