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Japan-in-Houston Events Calendar

 

June of 2010

 

June 2nd The Houston Bonsai Society holds their monthly general membership meeting.
2 Cooking class titled SUSHI will be taught at Central Market (Westheimer at Weslayan), 6:30 - 9:00 pm, by Chris Nemoto. Call 713-993-9860 for more information.
8 The Houston Japanese Language Group meets at 7:00 pm at Le Viet on Westheimer. This is a great opportunity for students and native speakers to speak Japanese in a casual setting. Like other MeetUp events, this is organized using the MeetUp WWW site.
8 Class "Beginning Japanese Conversation & Culture" is taught beginning at 7:00 pm at Leisure Learning as class no. T5750B. Note that these Leisure Learning classes are far too short to teach beyond tourist level Japanese. Call 713-529-4414 for more information.
11 A Play in the Park event for Japanese speaking children takes place in a local Houston park. Contact houstonplaydateclub (at) gmail (dot) com for more information.
12 Class "Sushi & Sashimi" taught 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Leisure Learning as class no. T4210E. Call 713-529-4414 for more information.
13 A special showing of the food comedy Tanpopo takes place at 5:30 pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema West Oaks. Note that this cinema is both a restaurant and theater, so it is possible to eat while watching this food comedy. Contact the Houston Film Snobs Movie MeetUp for more information. 
13 A Houston Japanese Language Group "Japanese Film Night" event takes place at 5:30 pm at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema West Oaks with a showing of Tanpopo, and then the Akira Kurosawa classic film Yojinbo at 7:30.
17 Sushi Club "Fall in Japan" pre-trip meeting begins at 6:30 pm at Leisure Learning. Call 713-529-4414 for more information.
18 A baby shower / Father's Day card making event for Japanese speaking children and parents takes place west of Houston. Contact houstonplaydateclub (at) gmail (dot) com for more information.
19 The Houston Japanese Language Group holds a Japanese language Karaoke party at 6:30 pm at Sushi Jin on Memorial Blvd. Since this is the summer, the theme of this party is the music of Okinawa. Like other MeetUp events, this is organized using the MeetUp WWW site.
20 An exhibit "Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture, Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro" will begin, and then continue through September 12th, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
22 The Japanese Association of Greater Houston holds a friendly get together at Kubos in Rice Village. Events by the Japanese Association of Greater Houston are held in Japanese, not English. Contact the Japanese Association of Greater Houston for further information.
25 In celebration of the 4th anniversary of the founding of the Houston Sushi Club, a Bunraku Plus Sushi Appetizer event will take place at the Stafford Performing Arts Theatre, featuring the Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater group.
27 The international wives' group of Houston, Okusama No Kai, has a meeting at about noon. Contact a member for further information.
June 29th Class "Beginning Japanese Writing Lab" is taught starting at 7:00 pm at Leisure Learning as class no. T5752B. Note that these Leisure Learning classes are far too short to teach very much. Call 713-529-4414 for more information.

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