Welcome to the Melbourne Uni Japanese Club.
We're a club for Japanese international students,
for students studying Japanese and for people who are interested in Japan.
Be sure to follow us on Facebook!
Special Events
Calligraphy Sessions with Hongo-sensei
If you have an interest in calligraphy, or would just like to know a little more about Japanese culture, please do not hesitate to contact enquiries@mujc.org.au to sign up for the classes!
Date: Finished for the semester.
Time: 3.45 pm - 4.45 pm
Cost: FREE! Register at Kaiwa or send us an e-mail.
Place: Sidney Myers Asia Centre Room 117
Regular Events
KAIWA (conversation sessions)
Practice Japanese/English, meet new people, and enjoy a wide range of Japanese snack foods. Our Tuesday KAIWA sessions are also the best opportunity to see what we're all about. It is our largest weekly event and everyone is encouraged to sit back and relax while having a chat with Japanese-studying student, Japanese enthusiasts as well as REAL Japanese people! Feel free to bring along anything too! While not for getting your assignments done for you (and you thought you had a chance!) , those niggling grammar/vocab/phrase/nuance/dialect questions need bother you no more!
Date: CURRENTLY END OF SEMESTER, KAIWA WILL RESUME MARCH 2010! (Every Tuesday until end of semester, excluding non-teaching periods.)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Cost: FREE!
Place: Sidney Myer Asia Centre G02/G03 (I,20 : Map)
Click here for more information!
Weekly J-Drama Sessions
Come along, relax and watch real Japanese TV with English subtitles! This is your chance to make new friends and further improve on your listening comprehension skills while watching Love Shuffle. Japanese snacks will be provided!
Date: CURRENTLY END OF SEMESTER, DORAMA WILL RESUME MARCH 2010! (Every Thursday)
Time: 1.00 - 2.00pm
Cost: FREE!
Place: Architecture Building Sisalkraft Theatre
Now Showing: Love Shuffle
Click here for more information!
Recent Events
Nomikai
The Nomikai was a great success! We've got a load of photos on Facebook for your viewing pleasure.
AGM and the New Committee
The Annual General Meeting of the Japanese Club was held on Tuesday the 21st of April.Also, a huge 'Thank you!' to the outgoing committee members, especially the (over-) hard-work and dedication of Izuma Ishikawa, our previous president! Be sure to give her your best rendition of a Karaoke-esque "Thank you, Izumi!" next time you see her. We've been left behind an incredibly successful club that would not have grown to the membership numbers that it has without her commitment and the work of all of the outgoing committee members.
The incoming crew are looking forward to adding more and more to the Japanese scene at Melbourne Uni with many great ideas for future events and activities. Be sure to welcome our new president, Melissa Ann De Silva and her motley crew. We are committed as a team to the success of the MUJC and hope that the results will show. but you can still help us make this club the best it can be by throwing any suggestions at us via email with a big "Suggestion!" in the subject line and we'll be sure to take any advice on board for the coming year (keep in mind that we can't guarantee a reply to all suggestion emails).
We all hope to see you at the next Kaiwa and any of our weekly events.
Dinner and Nomikai!
Our pre-Easter Break dinner at Hanabishi down on King St, which was a great success. The 15 seats available sold out quickly and the lucky ones dined on a selection the likes of juicy meatballs, fantastic gyoza, succulent teriyaki chicken, めっちゃ美味しいsashimi, and smooth green-tea icecream. Makes your mouth water, no? The fine selection of rice and plum wines provided the perfect companion to the feast. Mmmmmmm. We ventured out for some after-dinner drinks with the Swinburne and Monash University Japanese Clubs, ending the night with a more Aussie approach.
Be sure to watch this space for the next upcoming night out!
Travel Seminar notes and websites
For those of you who came to our travel seminar, information, notes and useful websites can be accessed from the two links below. Note that the two files are almost exactly the same as last year, so please forgive us if they're full of mistakes/old info.
Notes
Useful websites
Origami or Calligraphy Courses
Club Dinner/Nomikai
Manga Drawing Class
News & Events
Want to look after our website?
We're searching for a new webmaster, so if anyone's interested, please contact us (enquiries@mujc.org.au).
You'll need to have basic html skills, be computer literate, be able to respond to requests to put information on the website at short notice, be a club member, etc. If you want to look after our Japanese language website as well, an intermediate level of Japanese would be good (e.g. equivalent to JLPT3) and an advanced level of Japanese would be even
better (JLPT2 or JLPT1).
Non-Club News & Regular Events
Japaneasy - Japanese Language School
Are you interested in learning Japanese in Japanese by experienced, qualified and happy teachers? 5 main activities during lessons at Japaneasy Japanese language school; Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing and Laughing!
Exchange club -Japanese Village 日本村- is on every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 7:30–9:30pm!
Fee: $4 (Includes free drinks and snacks)
Culture introduction -Culture Village 文化村- is on every 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 7–9pm!
Visit us: Level 4,126 Russell St (Between Bourke st and Lt Collins St) Melbourne, or call on 0422–266–308 (Mina)
Refer Japaneasy Website for more details!
Shaberoukai by the Australia Japan Society Victoria (AJSV)
Make friends, chat in Japanese and English, exchange culture and play games in a friendly atmosphere.
Time: 6.30 to 8.30pm
Date: First and third Thursday of every month
Place: Ross House, 247 - 251 Flinders Lane (between Elizabeth and Swanston streets)
Cost: For non-AJSV members, $3 is charged to cover, room hire, drinks and snacks.
For further information, please contact Ken McArthur or visit their website.