Wrapping -- November 30, 2007

Five people attended today's wrapping class. Started with a review of the basic box wrapping which is not familiar to them. Then we challenged wrapping a box with a paper crane on top. Everyone did a good job!

Shodo -- November 22, 2007

Five ladies enjoyed shodo, chattering and coffee beside a lovely Christmas tree. As the member's schedule in December is quite tight,this becomes the last shodo class in 2007.

Cooking - November 12, 2007

The menu was Buta-shabu(pork shabu-shabu), but a bit different from ordinary shabu-shabu. We used lettuce and watercress instead of chinese cabbage and long onion. It was very tasty! The sesame ice cream we made for dessert was lovely, too. We enjoyed the new flavor.

Shodo -- November 9, 2007

Three ladies attended November shodo class today. The photo above shows their beautiful pieces of work written on various color paper.

Shodo -- November 1, 2007

Four members joined shodo class today. One lady who has just started her Japanese lesson seemed quite interested in kanji and hiragana as well as pronunciation of some words which are the same as her language. Of course the meanings are different.

Wrapping -- October 30, 2007

Though four members had to cancel the lesson, two ladies enjoyed the fourth lesson of wrapping. They learned how to wrap a cylinder and a bottle with thin paper. It was difficult, but the most diffficult one was folding a crane on the wrapped box. First they practiced folding a crane with origami paper.