ASIJ Wellness

Date & Time: Aug. 29 (11am- 5:30pm)
Venue: U.S. Embassy Housing Compound (Nearest subway stations: Roppongi, Akasaka and Tameike-Sanno
Admission fee: 1,000yen (Children 5 and under are free.) Free Drinks with admission ticket (to include Beer)
Ticket Hotline: 03-3224-5501
Photo identification is required for anyone 15 years of age or over to enter the Compound.
Please do not bring pets, backpacks or other large bags.
There will be the United States Army Band and Soul Shadows, Hometown Parade, Magician and Clowns, Carnival Games, Dunking Tank, Bouncy Castle, Kids’ Corner and much more.

Date & Time: Aug. 22, 23 (2:30pm-9pm) fireworks display (8:30- 9pm)
Location: Ajinomoto Stadium
Entrance fee: 7,800 yen
There will be many popular singers including May J.(she is an ASIJ alumni and will be singing on Aug. 23.)
http://a-nation.net/artist/index.html

Mobile Suit Gundam is a very popular animation character in Japan as well as many other countries, and this year is its 30th anniversary. Its real scale(18m tall), emits a brilliant light, belches steam out into the air and lights up at night.
Open to the public until Aug. 31.
Location: Shiokaze Park,  Daiba Station on Yurikamome
http://www.gundam30th.net/event/real-g.html

Application process open to general public: August 1, Saturday
Note: Online application opens at 10AM, on August 1.
Note: Runners may apply either on the Internet or by using a physical application form                                                  Application deadline: August 31
http://www.tokyo42195.org/2010/index_en.html

Date & Time: July 18- 26, 10:00am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm
Location: Tokyo Taikukan  One munute from Sendagaya Station
Cost: 5,500-6,000yen (One discount ticket is available by paying at a post office.)
 http://www.bolshoicircus.com/schedule/2009/plice/a/tokyo.html

Prof. Christopher Bishop of Edinburgh University will introduce the microworld of the computer.
Date: July 24-25
Location: Bunkyo Civic Hall in Bunkyo Ward, phone 03-5159-5886
Admission: Free but reservations are required by July 2. Internet applications for the lectures can be made in Japanese via the Web site. Please reply to this email if you need assistance.
Japanese- English interpretation service will be provided.
http://event.yomiuri.co.jp/2009/xmas_lecture/index.htm

Picture books of the Czech Republic and tile picture
Date & Time: May 6-June 1, 12-5pm
Location: South exit of Kunitachi Station on the JR Chuo Line

http://honten.chub.jp/

Date & Time: June 2 from 7pm
Location: Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Hatsudai Sta. on the Keio Shinsen
Admission Fee: 3,500yen　(Tickets are available from Nichol Chambers.)

Date & Time: Every weekend until June 14 from, 10am-4:30pm
Entrance fee: 200yen
Location: Tokyo Keibajo(race track) in Fuchu, fifteen-minute bike ride from ASIJ or walking distance from Koremasa Sta. on the Tama Line
You can just relax and have a lovely day with your family, friends (and horses…). Eat, drink and chat or be serious and try to make a fortune on gambling… They have fireworks in the summer.
There are many restaurants, cafés, convenience stores, relaxation space, as well as a rose garden, a Japanese garden and a lot more…    http://www.jra.go.jp/facilities/race/tokyo/service.html
They offer lots of activities like horseback riding, mini bullet train, horse and carriage, horse museum, play ground, baby-child room and so on, for kids to have fun with inside and outside the track.
http://jra.jp/facilities/race/tokyo/news/20050129-tokyo.pdf

We wish them well for the Tokyo Marathon , this Sunday March 22
 
ELC    Mary Eckstein
ES       Vera Adams,  Jen Brown, Barbara Carr, Daryl Imanishi, Susie Mutschler,
MS     Scott Adams, Mike Currinder, Angela Wooles
HS      Bapi Gosh,  Ed Gilmartin