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December 3 |
The Houston
Bonsai Society holds their annual Christmas party and monthly general membership meeting. |
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6 |
The 3rd Japanese Language Mother-Child Picture Book Reading will be held
today starting at 10:30 am, featuring Japanese language picture books for
children who speak Japanese. Contact
sansuika JBAHouston.org
for further information. |
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7 |
Christmas Party of the Japanese Association
of Greater Houston will be held today at 3:00 pm.
Contact the
Japanese Association of Greater Houston
for further information. The official language for all
talk at
JAGH is
Japanese. |
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7 |
This is the final date for registration to participate in the 1st Annual
Houston Consulate General's Cup & Mixed Doubles Friendly Tennis
Competition of the Japanese Association of
Greater Houston, scheduled at the Lee Le Clear Tennis Center,
9506 S. Gessner Dr.,
on December 13th. |
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9 |
Student-Teacher Japanese Conversation Group
meets at 7:00 pm at the
Le Viet Restaurant
at 11328 Westheimer.
An RSVP is requested for the meeting as always. This is a great opportunity
for students to socialize and speak Japanese in a casual setting. Like other
MeetUp events, this is organized using the
MeetUp WWW site. |
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11 |
Sushi Club of Houston
is scheduled to meet at
the Kobe, 9751 Katy Freeway,
at 6:30 pm.
An RSVP is absolutely required. |
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13 |
The Houston Intermediate
Japanese Conversation Club meets at Fung's Kitchen. Despite the name, this
group does not screen members for language ability, so many attendees can
be expected not to be able to actually speak Japanese. |
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13 |
A
Chinese-Japanese Karaoke contest will take place during Asian Music Night
at the Saute Bistro, 2303 Richmond Ave., starting at about 6 pm. Call
713-522-2106 for more information. |
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13 |
The 1st Annual Houston Consulate General's Cup & Mixed Doubles Friendly
Tennis Competition is held by the Japanese
Association of Greater Houston at the Lee Le Clear Tennis Center,
9506 S. Gessner Dr.,
starting at 8:45 am. |
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16 |
Sushi Club of Houston
is scheduled to meet at
the Kobe, 9751 Katy Freeway,
at 6:30 pm.
An RSVP is absolutely required. |
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16 |
The
Japan America
Society of Houston annual
ladies holiday luncheon takes place this evening.
Contact
the
Japan America
Society of Houston
for further information, 713-962-0121. |
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20 |
The
International
Marriage Japanese Wive's Group of Houston (Okusama no Nihonjinkai) will
have a luncheon meeting at noon at a local restaurant. Contact a member for further information. |
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19 - 21 |
The Anime convention Oni-Con takes
place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. |
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31 |
Experience New Years in Japan in real time
via TV or radio. The
Kohaku Uta Gassen New Year TV program of NHK TV is shown in
Houston starting at about 7:30 am Houston time via
NHK International (large dish antenna, c-band) or
TV Japan (small dish antenna, ku-band) satellite broadcasts.
An alternative to satellite TV is the shortwave broadcast on
NHK World Radio
at 11,705 kHz, which seems to start at roughly 8 am in Houston. |
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December 31 |
To celebrate the new year,
Toshikoshi soba is served (probably beginning at 5 pm) at
Kubos Sushi Bar & Grill. Call
713-528-7878 for more information. |