皆様、先日は皇室の結婚式にも関わらず、「話す会」にご参加いただき誠にありがとうございます。会話も盛り上がり、有意義な時間となりました。今月も皆様のご紹介でまた新しいメンバーが加わり、この出会いを大切にしていきたいと思っております。　また、より深い会話を通じて異文化理解が深まったなら幸いでございます。最後に、皆様からあたたかい寄付金を頂戴し、誠にありがとうございます。日本での自然災害があった場合にはぜ寄付させていただきます。
Thank you very much for joining the Speaking Sessions last Saturday. I really enjoyed the conversation with you all. This month, more new members joined through the current members and I am very happy to meet them all. I hope you had a deep cross-cultural learning through your conversations and discussions with the native speakers. At last, thank you very much for your kind donation for Japan. I will donate it if natural disaster attacks Japan.

The topic of the month are 1. Food culture and 2. Language learning, in your country. Please choose your preferred topic with your conversation partner. I hope this event will provide a cross-cultural learning platform for you to exchange information, opinions and help your deeper understanding of different cultures with native speakers.
 
Date   :  19th of  2018    (the 3rd Saturday)
Time   : Japanese Speaking Session   10:00 am – 10:55 am
             Break                                10:55 am – 11:05 am
             English Speaking Session    11:05 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Waterloo, London
Free of charge
 
Your contributions support these events– the box will be on a table during the events. It will be used to show courtesy (e.g. to purchase Japanese snacks) to native speakers who kindly attend for your practice. Surplus of the cost will be donated to the government organisation helping sufferers from natural disasters in Japan.

Your friends are welcome to join. Please give me their name and e-mail address in advance so that I can invite them directly with greeting.
I look forward to seeing you on 19th of May.
 
Warm wishes,
Mineko Arai
Managing Director
Arai Academy of Japanese Studies