Report for December Activities

• Dec 1, 2022 ~ Dec 31, 2022

December Report

JFYG Culture Center

Art and Culture Activities

Japanese Independent Film Festival

“Japanese Indie films: the window of a new perspective”

“JFF+ Independent Cinema” is the Japan Foundation’s new online film streaming program, which will screen a total of 12 Japanese indie films. From December 15 to March 15, the six films will be screened online for the first term. Synopsis, trailer and guidelines for how to watch are announced on Japanese Film Festival Myanmar Facebook page and the trailers were screened at the JFYG culture center to advertise the film festival.

Basic Shodo Class: Third Week

10 December, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm

As the class has finished the first half and the year is about to end, the lesson of third week focuses on “making nengajo: Japanese new year greeting cards”. Yume sensei introduced the art of using Shodo in making nengajo and taught the students how they can apply in creating their own styles. The students were excited to make their first nengajo and satisfied to see their own artwork at the end of the class.

Kendo Club

On every Saturday, the Kendo Club continues to practice and do the club activities for beginner and senior classes. There are new club members who signed up for beginner class.

Culture Center and Reading Space

After closing the culture center temporarily for two weeks due to renovation of electrical appliances, it was reopened on 16 December. The reading space was decorated with Christmas Anime posters and Karesansui snowman. 158 people came to the culture center in December.