Thursday 2 April 2009

Japanese Conversation Group Meetings & Hanami Picnic


Date: Tuesday, 7th April 2009 6.30pmand every first Tuesday of the month
Venue: The Clachan34, Kingly Street, London W1B 5QH
Fee: £5 members and students; £7 non members

The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese.
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at The Clachan, a central London pub.
They begin at 6.30pm with a pay-as-you-go bar, and finish around 10.30pm.

Hanami Picnic in Hyde Park - Saturday, 18 April, from 1pm (no charge)

Each year the Conversation Group celebrates the coming of Spring with its much celebrated Hanami or cherry blossom viewing picnic. The Group will meet at 1.00pm at the east side of the Albert Memorial (to the right, when standing at the Albert Hall facing the memorial), and then settle in under the cherry trees 20 - 30 metres away for an afternoon of eating, drinking and chatting. It is very informal, so friends and family are welcome. People come and go all day, so you can also dip in and out as you like.
However, you are asked to bring some food and drinks to share, as well as any other picnic paraphernalia such as sheets to sit on, cutlery and cups, balls, frisbees etc.
In the unlikely event that it rains, the Group heads off to the Queens Arms pub, on Queens Gate Mews, where they serve Kirin Beer on draft. Even if the weather is fine, they are likely to be there after 5.00ish.

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