I am planning to have a class for kids who are surrounded by so much information on line. I hope information they access enable them to have different perspectives so that they may accept and understand different sense of values and cultures. Off line traveling abroad, meet people, eat and stay there is one of the best ways. I believe travel is a school of life where we can learn much more than anywhere else. Even though you don’t go abroad, meeting people form different places and cultures and learning foreign languages will help them so I would like to offer classes for experience Japanese culture.
I shared my Japanese skills (Ikebana, Tea Ceremony, and kimono) and knowledge with mainly seniors. That’s really fun and they enjoyed themselves and seemed to be excited to try and learn something new for the first time。Those experiences raise their self esteem and looked really lively and confident.
I visited colleges and elementary school children’s summer camp and gave opportunities to experience Japanese calligraphy, tea ceremony, and origami. Their eyes were also shining as bright as seniors.
Now I have some ideas…. What do you think? 
Experience Japanese Culture 日本文化
Let’s write your name and your favorite word in Japanese（Paper, brush, ink ）
A crane and Samurai helmet know stories behind
Origami and Japanese snack provided
3 Ikebana Japanese art of arranging flowers 生け花
Find beauty in nature and express its beauty to the fullest. Anybody who loves flowers can make a beautiful arrangement!
Make match , powdered green tea and drink in traditional manner.
See my demonstration and try tea ceremony.
5 The Japanese language
Learn basic conversation and classroom Japanese. Japanese used in Anime.
These are very traditional. Give it try and have fun! Trip to Japan!
Calligraphy is learned by all Japanese at elementary school as a part of Japanese language class.It’s in curriculum made by ministry of Education and Science.
Origami crane is very common.. Make 1000 origami cranes to make a wish come true. They made for somebody’s recover or peace or healing for loss..
Ikebana and tea ceremony both have hundreds of year tradition. You will see essence of Japanese manner and culture. These days less and less people learn and practice.
You will experience moment of calmness and peaceful and share the tradition and history.
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