ELAC Japanese Club

01/26/2022

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You are invited to attend our upcoming Enrollment Days on campus! Those who attend and register for spring 2022 will receive a Chromebook, Wifi Hotspot, Food, and a Metro Go Pass, while supplies last.

1/25/22
Elac South Gate Campus
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Check out our ELAC Enrollment Day Fun Map for the Monterey Park Campus

1/26/22
Monterey Park Campus
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

1/27/22
Virtual on Zoom
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
https://bit.ly/HuskyEnrollment

01/03/2022

こんばんは！man it’s been a heck of a year and now we entered a brand new year and hope this year will bring us good fortune!

Yesterday was New Years Day and what better way to celebrate it than go to our local Little Tokyo and enjoy the festivities that brings the new year!

This year will be year of the tiger! So anyone that was born on the tiger will be extra lucky! in Japan they celebrate with the Chinese zodiac and each year represents One of the 12 animals. So a couple of us club member got to see the few celebrations and places.

Please enjoy the many pictures at one of our club members took and please have a wonderful and great year 2022!

01/03/2022

こんばんは！man it’s been a heck of a year and now we entered a brand new year and hope this year will bring us good fortune!

Yesterday was New Years Day and what better way to celebrate it than go to our local Little Tokyo and enjoy the festivities that brings the new year!

This year will be year of the tiger! So anyone that was born on the tiger will be extra lucky! in Japan they celebrate with the Chinese zodiac and each year represents One of the 12 animals. So some club members got to see the few celebrations and places.

Please enjoy the many pictures at one of our club members took and please have a wonderful and great year 2022!

03/30/2021

Konnichiwa everyone! So this is the time of spring in Japan! Meaning that everything is pink! That’s right the cherry blossoms , or Sakura, are in bloom~ different regions of Japan bloom at different time, mostly range from late March to early April , and are very beautiful to look and experience these~

Also during this time many pink themes are made throughout Japan~ did you know the McDonald’s in Japan serve Sakura flavor drinks and wrap their foods in pink color themes ? for anyone who loves pink or loves the beauty of the flowers one will love it! Here are link to the dates of when the flower blooms throughout Japan and videos~

https://www.google.com/amp/s/livejapan.com/en/article-a0001033/amp/

Videos:

https://youtu.be/Zp-m-KY3ysU

https://youtu.be/_ByeDsFsgKA

https://youtu.be/tbJABASkotw

https://youtu.be/PhER-6G-fCQ

https://youtu.be/mixodgV2ERg

Planning your dream trip to Japan in spring for cherry blossom season? Here is when and where to see the gorgeous cherry blossoms in Japan in 2021! In this article we do a deep dive, sharing the Japan cherry blossom forecast, about sakura viewing culture, and where are the best places to see cherry....

02/23/2021

こんばんは everyone! so i am late to the celebration of the setsubun festival that happen on February 2, but we can discuss what it is about!

Basically Setsubun is a fun Japanese festival celebrated the day before the first day of spring (on February 3rd). Families celebrate by throwing roasted soybeans outside the door of their house to chase out the oni (naughty ogres or spirits). It is a fun and family oriented festival that kids and adults love~

if anyone wants to know more in detail of this fun celebration here are a few links and videos to enjoy!
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00926/amp/ #
https://livejapan.com/en/in-kansai/in-pref-osaka/in-namba_dotonbori_shinsaibashi/article-a2000589/

videos:
https://youtu.be/DDEL9fHzJdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxjjzngDKc4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ouc91cc4KQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWn4CFC4pBo

roll home cooking Japan, we have Ehomaki sushi roll on the day of Setsubun.We can choose from many kinds of Ehomaki at supermarket...

02/04/2021

こんばんはみんな！we all watched anime or heard Japanese music and probably wondered “I wish I can understand them”.

Well look no further! ELAC will have a conversational Japanese class for beginners~ it will teach you how to talk, learn vocabulary and plenty more! Best part is you don’t need to know Japanese to take it! It’s for everyone ~ it is a great opportunity to learn Japanese and keep a conversation going~ class start spring of 2021!

We are offering Japanese Conversation class for absolute beginners for the first time online! This is a great course before taking 5 unit Japanese 1 if you feel 5 unit full language course is too overwhelming to start with or someone who are thinking about visiting Japan near future! Lots of fun. There are still spots available, sign up while we still have spots for you!

02/04/2021

https://nerdist.com/article/studio-ghibli-theme-park-actual-howls-moving-castle-concept-art/

Studio Ghibli announced it has begun construction on a major attraction for its upcoming theme park, a giant re-creation of Howl's Moving Castle.

01/01/2021

こんばんは everyone! It is almost time for the new year to begin! But in Japan it already happen as they are a day ahead of us~ while we count down the number in time square and say “Happy New Years!” At midnight the Japanese do things a bit different. What kind of things do they do? Well here are a few articles that describe what they do and how it is different from us in the west~

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html

https://www.fodors.com/news/arts-culture/this-japanese-new-years-ritual-is-the-fresh-start-we-all-desperately-need

And here are some videos for your enjoyment!

https://youtu.be/8iqejlGKHCM

https://youtu.be/R_Aj-TCjOyw

As always please take care of yourselves and don’t get too crowded in these times as the virus is still around. Be safe , stay clean and have a Happy new year! 🎈🎊🎆

About the Japanese new year (shogatsu).

12/25/2020

こんばんは everyone! As the year is coming to a close Christmas as the one thing we all love to celebrate! We eat ham, drink eggnog and cozy up! But what do the Japanese people do in Japan during the Christmas time? Well here I have a link on what they do and honestly it sounds so much fun!

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/how-to-celebrate-christmas-in-japan/

Here is a video on why KFC is unique in Japan

https://youtu.be/nnyifB2juyg

And a video on the things that they do!

https://youtu.be/ASVE-KR5azo

I hope everyone is staying safe and celebrating carefully during these times! Things will get better soon! Merry Christmas and happy holidays! 🎁🎉🎂🎄

Celebrate Christmas in Japan with a few familiar holiday traditions, as well as some that are uniquely Japanese.

06/04/2020

Konnichiwa everyone! I hope everyone is being safe from all the protests and the ongoing covid-19 epidemic. Before I continue I would like to announce that we as a club that is of mix races that love anything Japanese support blacklivesmatter movement and I hope justice is done to george floyd.

Also I know we are also in finals so we suffer a triple threat of anxiety and stress. So we would like to link you a few online coloring pages. They are to help with stress and anime we are all suffering from what's going on today. So I hope these pages help anyone that is suffering. Also good luck on finals!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1728512813953113&id=956972757773793