●What's New
2015/10/10
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 182th meeting, Hijiyama University, 10/3
2015/09/26
Easthiroshima Theme Photo Update "Sakura Orochi Lake and Unnan City Tourist Map"
2015/09/25
Easthiroshima Homepage Style Update
2015/09/25
Sunsquare News, 6th Special Lecture, "Let's! Communication ～For Our Happy Life～"
→ Info
2015/09/24
HIP September Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ―Experiencing Japanese Culture― Hiroshima International Plaza, 9/18
2015/09/16
Hirohima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 181th meeting, Hijiyama University, 9/12
2015/09/11
Japan Lowell Kyokai, Study Meeting in Matsue 2015, 9/5
→ The Hearn Society HP, Sanin-Chuo-Shinpo(9/6), My Report
2015/08/28
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 180th meeting, Hijiyama University, 8/8
○Easthiroshima Theme Photo Update "Kabuki"
2015/08/17
HIP August Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ―Experiencing Japanese Culture― Hiroshima International Plaza, 8/7
2015/07/31
Easthiroshima Theme Photo update, "Meimei-an"
2015/07/18
One-to-One Japanese: Tanabata Festival 7/16
2015/07/14
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 179th meeting, Hijiyama University, 14:00～, 7/11
○Centennial Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hearn Society, "Memories of Yakumo, 100-year Inheritance", Memorial Lecture & Symposium, Matsue, 13:00～, 7/4
○Koizumi Yakumo Memorial Museum, [Exhibition] Lafcadio Hearn and Ireland: the beginning of his memories, Matsue, 2015/6/20～2016/1/3
○Matsue Cha-no-yu Culture, Sightseeing spot: Meimei-an, 7/5
2015/07/07
Easthiroshima Theme Photo update, "Roji (narrow alley) in Gesshoji Temple"
2015/06/30
Local New in One-to-One Japanese Study of International Exchange
2015/06/27
○TV program NHK ETV "100-minute Masterpiece" "Koizumi Yakumo's 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan'" 7/1(Wed) 22:00～ (four-part series)
Guest lecturer: Masayuki Ikeda (Waseda University), Reciter: Shiro Sano (Actor)
NHK TV Textbook available (NHK publication)
→ NHK Homepage
○New book "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan" (Kodansha Sophia Bunko) 6/20 on sale
Written by Lafcadio Hearn, Trans. by Masayuki Ikeda → detailes
2015/06/26
Sunsquare 2015 3rd Japanese Language Volunteer Meeting 7/10
→ Info
2015/06/11
Greece News
○Presentation "The Life and work of Lafcadio Hearn" by Tety Solou 4/22
'... amazed by Lafcadio's odyssey, ... remember Homer ... (Odysseus, a, 3-4)'
○'A review on the greek publication of "Kotto"' Tety Solou's Greek translation (Marianna Georgouli)
'... spots the essay "Revery" and others', '... transports the reader to the book's atmosphere', 'the partnership in this publication ... a result of impressive quality...'
○A Story of Tsunami for a teaching material in Greece → Michinoku Yakumo-kai 3/11
Yakumo's relation, Disaster victims sent DVD "Inamura-no-hi"
2015/06/08
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 178th, Hijiyama University. 6/6
【Reading】"From a Traveling Diary, I" (from Koizumi Yakumo's "Kokoro") → 178th Society News
Latest News: Centennial Anniversary of the Establishment of The Hearn Society, etc.
2015/05/30
Historical Society of English Studies in Japan, Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter, 2015 General Meeting, 1st Study Meeting, @Yasuda Women's University, 5/23 → Society HP
2015/05/29
○HIP May Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ーExperiencing Japanese Cultureー @Hiroshima International Plaza, 5/27
○Sunsquare Japanese Language Volunteer Meeting, 2015 Schedule → Info, May, June
○One-to-One Japanese Language Class started, 4/16
2015/05/22
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 177th, @Hijiyama University, 5/16
【Reading】 "Ubazakura" (from Koizumi Yakumo's "Kwaidan") → 177th Society News
Latest News: Matsue ・Irish Event to Honor Koizumi Yakumo ・Matsue Castle's Donjon designated National Treasure ・"Water City Matsue" vol.29 published, featuring 'Discover Matsue' (Toshihiro Mishima)
2015/05/01
Easthiroshima Theme Photo update, "Castle and Cherry Blossoms"
2015/04/29
Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival, Seattle Center, 4/24-26 → Offcicial Site
2015/04/15
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 176th meeting, Hijiyama University, 14:00, 4/11
【Reading】"Jiu-Roku-Zakura" (from "Kwaidan" by Koizumi Yakumo) → 176th Society News
Latest News: The First Hearn Society, etc.
2015/04/10
Mio Matsuda Live "Creole Nippon: Traveling the Memories of the Songs", in Matsue, 4/7 → Yakumo-kai HP
Songs of Iya, Iojima, Ogasawara, Brazil, Hawaii, Lefcada in Greece, etc.
2015/04/06
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
2015/03/27
Easthiroshima Theme Photo update, "Ireland and Music"
2015/03/24
Hiroshima Ireland Fellowship, 13th meeting, @ Molly Malone's, 3/9
"Shino Sasahara's Ireland Tour", ～Music Tour～
2015/03/14
Cherry Blossom News in Seattle
2015/03/09
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 175th, Hijiyama University, 14:00～ 3/7
【Reading】"The Nun of the Temple of Amida Ⅳ" (from Koizumi Yakumo's "Kokoro") → 175th Society News
Latest News: ・The History of Yakumo-kai (Matsue)---130th anniversry of L. Hearn's Birth (Katashi Furo), etc.
○HIP Event: "'Look', 'Know', 'Experience' and be familar with the World" Hiroshima International Plaza 2/28-3/1
2015/03/01
Hearn News around the world
○Greece The movie "Kwaidan" in Athens, Translator Tety Solou's speech, 2/14; Video: 2014 A Year to Remember → Tety Solou's HP
○Yakumo-kai (Matsue)
・New Orleans Mardi Gras 2015, 2/14 ・Ireland "The Irish Today" "Hearn's Home Coming" (Shoko Koizumi) ・Ghostly Magazine "Yoo" Vol.22, Hearn-featured issue ・Shizuoka, Hyogo, etc.
○Kumamoto Yakumo-kai ・Soho Tokutomi ・"A Wish Fulfilled" (Kennosuke Honda, et al.)
2015/02/28
Easthiroshima Theme Photo update "Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Park" (Shinjuku)
ΑΛΣΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΜΝΗΜΗΝ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΥΚΑΔΙΟΥ ΧΕΡΝ
2015/02/20
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 174th, Hijiyama University, 2/14
Reading: Hearn's "The Nun of the Temple of Amida, Ⅲ" → 174th Society News
Latest news: 100th Anniversary of the foundation of the Hearn Society (Matsue)
2015/02/18
○HIP February Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ―Experiencing Japanese Culture― Hiroshima International Plaza, 2/6
○Higashihiroshima city, Sunsquare, International Exchange
・New Year Party 1/11 ・Emergency Drill 1/25 ・Lecture for Multicultural Coexistence 2/1 → Facebook
2015/02/07
A Trip to Tokyo: Seightseeing related to Koizumi Yakumo, 1/25・26
2015/01/29
Link to Tety Solou's Web Site (courtesy of the publisher)
→ The Art of Simple Feelings (English), The Art of Simple Feelings (Greek)
Izola's world - Comics, cartoons, sketches and fanzines, Translating Lafcadio Hearn in Greek
2015/01/18
Easthiroshima Theme Photo "Ireland and Matsue"
2015/01/17
○Sanin Japan-Ireland Association, 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Sanin Japan-Ireland Association, "Cairdeas (Friendship)" 20, 2014: the Bulletin of the Sanin Japan-Ireland Association
Irish Film Day, 2/1, Matsue → Yakumo-kai HP, Sanin Japan-Ireland Association HP
○Interview with Tety Solou, Greek Translator of Three Works by Lafcadio Hearn → Yakumo-kai HP,
Multi-talented Greek Translator, Tety Solou
○Local Paper's Article on Koizumi Yakumo
The Weekly Pressnet, "International Marriage", (The Story of Masataka Taketsuru, Vol. 15)
2015/01/12
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 173th, Hijiyama University, 1/10
Reading: Hearn's "The Nun of the Temple of Amida, II" → 173th Society News
2015/01/01
Easthiroshima Theme Photo "The New Year"
2014/12/28
○Easthirohima Theme Photo "Winter 2"
○Hearn's Words of the Week
". . . before we learned to be men, of little faith." (from "Buying Christmas Toys", "The Item", December 24, 1880)
2014/12/22
Historical Society of English Studies in Japan, Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter, Newsletter No.79, No.80
2014/12/11
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 172th, Hijiyama University, 12/6
Reading: Hearn's "The Nun of the Temple of Amida" → 172th Society News
some latest news: ・Kumamoto: "To Honor L. Hearn, Gaku Maruyama and Jyunji Kinoshita", 11/22 (Kumamoto Yakumo-kai, etc.), (Report: Masamichi Tanaka) ・Onomichi, Jyosenji Temple: "Koizumi Yakumo, Recital Evening", 11/22, Shiro Sano, Kyoji Yamamoto (Report: Myoi, Yokoyama) ・Mihonoseki: Morota-bune Shinji (Shinto ritual), 12/3 (Report: Sachiko Ukita) ・Hiroshima passes on the stories of L. Hearn―Mr. Asaji and "Rip Van Winkle", (Report: Masaaki Furukawa) ・Yoko Makino's Theses (On L. Hearn), (Report: Fujimori)
○PSPINC News
Congratulations. "PSPINC named 2014 UW William D. Bradford Minority Business of the Year" → PSPINC Newsletter 50-2014
(PSPINC: Pacific software Publishing, Inc., Easthiroshima.com is a customer of PSPINC, a web hosting company.)
2014/12/08
○Easthiroshima theme photo: "Winter"
○Seattle, Junglecity article
Holiday Carousel, Winter Village at Westlake Park → Junglecity
2014/12/02
○Higashihiroshima city, Sunsquare, 11th & 12th Japanese volunteers' Meeting → International Exchange Volunteer
○Hearn's "Notes on American Literature" ～Hiroshima passes on the stories of Koizumi Yakumo～
2014/11/24
Easthiroshima Theme Photo updated: Autumnal Leaves
2014/11/19
○HIP November Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ～Experiencing Japanese Culture～ Hiroshima International Plaza, 11/7
○Higashihiroshima City, Sunsquare, Japanese Speech Contest, 11/16 → Facebook News
2014/11/11
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 171th, Hijiyama University, 11/8
Reading: "Kusa-Hibari", Report: "Taichi Yamada's Lecture, 10/11; Travel: Lantern-decorated Waterway in Matsue, The Temple of Ichibata, etc." (Sachiko Ukita) → 171th Society News
○Yakumo-kai News
・Irish Network Japan: Transnational and Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn, The 110th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo's Death (11/8) → Yakumo-kai HP
・Symposium to commemorate 110th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo's Death: Newspaper Article, Lecture on New Portrait of Lafcadio Hearn (11/5) → Yakumo-kai HP
・"Lafcadio Hearn's English Class", 3rd Notebook published → Yakumo-kai HP
2014/11/02
November Easthiroshima, Fall-themed template (WebdeXpress release)
2014/10/31
○Halloween stories
○Higashihiroshima, Sunsquare, International Sport Event → More info
2014/10/27
○Hiroshima Ireland Fellowship, 12th meeting, Hiroshima city, 10/16
"Ireland in a Cinema" ～Most Artistic Cinema, "Barry Lyndon" reflects Ireland～
Art Director: Kyoko Heya
○Seattle, Junglecity News
・People living in WA, Bellevue College Students, 50th, etc. → Link
・Halloween Event
○Higashihiroshima city, Sunsquare, Japanese Volunteers' Meeting → More info
2014/10/21
About the TV programs, "Rediscover the World of Koizumi Yakumo", "Yakumo Returns Home"
2014/10/11
Japanese Learning & Language Exchange Website, All New "Japanese-Online" Starts on Oct. 9 (PSP Newsletter 10/09)
"A whole new look and feel", "Registration is no longer required", "New articles and lessons", etc. → New Site
2014/10/08
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 170th, Hijiyama University, 10/4
Reading: "Kusa-Hibari", Report: "Travel to Matsue and Kukedo" (Sachiko Ukita), 48th Hearn Youth Speech Contest (Toshihiro Mishima), Energy Saving and Traditional Wooden Houses, Lafcadio Hearn's Old Residence (Yokoyama), About an Insect, Kusa-Hibari (Fujimori) → 170th Hearn Society News
○Yakumo-kai News
・Contest for New Ghost Stories, Eight Prize-winning Stories Announced
・TV Guide: BBS, BS-TBS, "Ykumo Returns Home: Shiro-Sano & Kyoji Yamamoto, Live Recital in Greece"
・Mari Christine: Event to Commemorate 110th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo's Death～Greece～
2014/09/27
110th Anniversary of Yakumo's Death → Yakumo-kai Homepage
2014/09/15
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 169th, Hijiyama University, 9/13
Reading: "Kusa-Hibari", Report: "Travel to Mihonoseki", Sachiko Ukita → 169th Society News
○ from Yakumo-kai Homepage
・New book "Kwaidan, The Family Memoirs through Four Generations", Bon Koizumi, Kodan-sha → Yakumo-kai Homepage, Related Stories
・NHK General TV "Rediscover The World of Koizumi Yakum", 13:05, 9/15 → Yakumo-kai Homepage
・Newspaper Article "Yakumo's Symposium in Greece", Masayuki Ikeda, The Kamakura Asahi, 9/1, 2014 → Yakumo-kai Homepage
2014/09/01
Easthiroshima Theme Photo of the Month: "World Heritage, Acropolis of Athens"
2014/08/25
Lecture "Link between Hearn and Hiroshima ～"Dots and Lines" linked to Ichizo Hattori～ by Mr. Katashi Furo, Shuzokan, Fukuyama, Aug. 23
2014/08/24
○Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 168th, Hijiyama University, Aug. 16 → 168th Society News
○Yakumo-kai(Matsue) News, The Irish Times: Celebrating Lafcadio Hearn, by John Moran, Panelist of International Symposium in Greece → Yakumo-kai Homepage
○HIP August Tea Ceremony Class, Ueda Soko School ～Experiencing Japanese Culture～ Hiroshima International Plaza, Aug. 1
2014/08/10
Easthiroshima Theme Photo of the Month: "The Sunset and the Ionian Sea"
2014/08/09
Koizumi Yakumo Greece Tour, Bon Koizumi's Report and others
Sanin Chuo Shimpo Newspaper: Bon Koizumi's report of "The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn" → Yakumo-kai Homepage
2014/07/27
Report: Nine-day Tour to Greece(Part 3-3)
2014/07/25
Report: Nine-day Tour to Greece(Part 3-2)
2014/07/23
Report: Nine-day Tour to Greece(part 3-1)
2014/07/19
Sunsquare info Learn Bon dance →Info
2014/07/17
Report: Nine-day Tour to Greece(Part 2)
2014/07/15
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society 167th Hijiyama Univ. 7/5 →Mr Furo's News
2014/07/14
Report: Nine-day Tour to Greece(Part 1)
2014/07/11
○Lafcadio Hearn Historical Center Opens in Lefcada, Greece 7/4 & other related articles
○Easthiroshima Theme Photo of the month: "A View of the Ionian Sea from Lefcada Island" (filmed by the site publisher, July 6, 2014)
2014/06/30
Toyosaka Kagura Dan 1st Special Performance Sunsquare 6/28 →Info, Toyosaka Kagura Group
2014/06/27
2014 Meeting Schedule for Japanese Volunteers
2014/06/25
2014 General Meeting of Yakumo-kai, Matsue city, 6/21 →The Hearn Society
2014/06/19
Yakumo-kai Homepage News: Latest stories on the coming International Symposium in Lefkada, Greece and much more
2014/06/12
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 166th, Hijiyama Univ. 6/7
Lecture "Translator, Hirai Teiichi and Koizumi Yakumo" Mr. Atsunori Asai
2014/06/02
HIP May Tea Ceremony Ueda Soko School ～Experiencing Japanese Culture～ Hiroshima International Plaza May 30
2014/05/26
Mail service to members: The Hearn Society(Matsue), Newsletter No. 54→
Sanin Japan-Ireland Association, General meeting 5/10→Homepage
2014/05/25
Seattle News: ・Hiking in the Mt. Rainier(Easy, Moderate)→Junglecity
・43rd Annual Northwest Folklife Festival May 23-26→Junglecity
2014/05/23
Reading: "Notes of a Trip to Izumo"
2014/05/12
Hiroshima Lafcadio Hearn Society, 165th, May 10, "Notes of a Trip to Izumo", Part 1→Mr. Furo’s News 165th
2014/05/12
Travelogue: Walking Matsue―L. Hearn Memorial Museum Exhibition "Hearn & Family", Fumonin, Tokoji, Ryushoji, Fujina-yaki
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