Organization
- Name
- FROM JAPAN Institute
- Address
- 3-4-45 Shibakubo-cho Nishitokyo
Tokyo 188-0014
JAPAN
TEL/FAX: +81-(0) 42-439-5445 - Established in
- July 2009, Tokyo
- Founder
- Mineo Kageya (Mr)
- Mission
- -Enriching education and communities worldwde through sharing Japanese culture
-while providing Japanese people with cross-cultural training experiences
- Program/Project
- -Japan Creative Weeks (UK)
-Karuta in Education(worldwide)
-Creative Karuta Project (Japan, worldwide)
-Karuta 2020(Japan, worldwide)
- Funding
- -Contributions from programme participants
-Grant from Daiawa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation - Partners
- -Thanet Fairtrade Initiative, UK
-Churchill House School of English, UK
-Milner School of English, UK
-Japanese Kyodo Karuta Association, Japan
Brief History
- 2009
- – FROM JAPAN Institute was established
- 2010
- – The 1st Japan Weeks, Garstang, Lancashire,UK
- 2011
- – The 2nd Japan Weeks, Thanet, Kent, UK
– The 3rd Japan Weeks, Thanet, Kent, UK
- 2012
- – The 4th Japan Weeks, Thanet, Kent, UK
– Announcement of ‘My Thanet’ Art Competition
– The 5th Japan Weeks, Thanet, Kent, UK
– Creative Karuta Workshop, Kumamoto, Japan - 2013
- – The 6th Japan Weeks, Thanet, Kent, UK
– ‘My Thanet’, the 1st Karuta Tournament
– ‘My Thanet’ Karuta Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
– The 7th Japan Weeks, Kent, UK
- 2014
- – The 8th Japan Weeks, Kent, UK
– ‘Fairtrade’ Creative Karuta Workshop, Garstang, Lancs. UK
– ‘Fairtrade’ Karuta Exhibitionat the Intl Fair Trade Towns Conference, Kumamoto, Japan
– The 9th Japan Weeks, Kent, UK - 2015
- – ‘Sister City’ Creative Karuta Workshop,Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
– The 1st Karuta in Education, VIC, Australia
– The 10th Japan Creative Weeks(formerly called Japan Weeks), Kent, UK
– ‘Fairtrade Karuta’, the 2nd Karuta Tournament, Kent, UK
– Creative Karuta Workshop at Japanese Language Teacher’s Association, VIC, Australia
– The 2nd Karuta in Education, VIC, Australia
– The 11th Japan Creative Weeks, London, UK - 2016
- – The 12th Japan Creative Weeks, Feb – March, UK
– The 13th Japan Creative Weeks, UK - 2017
- – The 14th Japan Creative Weeks, UK
– Global Education Karuta, the 1st LondonKaruta Championsihp,UK
– The 15th Japan Creative Weeks, UK - 2018
- – The 16th Japan Creative Weeks, UK