HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS
Facilities (Address / Telephone / Open Hours / Closed / Stamp Rally / Sun., Apr. 24 / 9:30am - 2:00pm Admission Fee / URL) / Fee: Free Admission is generally allowed up to 30 min. prior Participants will be accepted at Shibafu to closing. Hiroba on the day of. A Capella Concert / Fri., Apr. 29 / 1:00pm - Hiroshima City Forest Park & 3:00pm / Shibafu Hiroba, Kyukei-jo / Fee: Insectarium Free (173 Fujigamaru, Fukuda-cho, Higashi-ku 732-0036 / Forest Park: 899-8241, Insectarium: Events at the Insectarium 899-8964 / Forest Park: 9:00am – 4:30pm; Craft Workshop: Origami / Sun., Apr. 3, 10 & Insectarium: 9:00am - 4:30pm / Closed: Forest 17 / 10:00am - 3:00pm / Fee: museum Park – Wednesdays; Insectarium – Wednesdays / admission fee Admission Fees for the Insectarium: Adults-¥510, Spring Exhibition: Insect Babies ~ Seniors & High school students-¥170, Junior high Caterpillars ~ / Sat., Apr. 23 – Sun., May 8 & Elementary school students-Free (Admission free for high school students on Saturdays (except on national holidays and during school The Hiroshima Botanical Garden holidays)) / Forest Park: (3-495 Kurashige, Saeki-ku 731-5156 / 922-3600 / http://www.daiichibs-shitei.com/forest/ 9:00am - 4:30pm / Closed on Fridays (except Apr. Insectarium: http://www.hiro-kon.jp/) 29) / Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students- ¥170, Junior high and Elementary Events at the Forest Park school students-Free (Admission free for high Park Sports: Kubb / Sun., Apr. 3 / 1:00pm - school students on Saturdays (except on 3:00pm Participants will be accepted national holidays and during school holidays)) / between 10:00am and 1:00pm. The first 50 http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/) people will be accepted on the day of. / Shibafu Hiroba / Participation fee: Free
Kubb is a Swedish lawn game. on their last day. Make & Play with Menko / Sun., Apr. 3 / Tenji Shiryo-shitsu 10:00am - noon 1:00pm - 3:00pm / Pressed Flowers / Sat., Apr. 2 - Wed., May 11 Shibafu Hiroba, Kyukei-jo / Fee: Free Botanical Arts / Sat., May 14 – Thu., Jun. 9 The first 200 people will be accepted on
the day of. Tenji Onshitsu (hothouse exhibitions) Menko are thick cards used in a classical children’s game in Japan. Geraniums / Sat., Mar. 12 - Wed., Apr. 20 Ebine (Calanthe) / Sat., Apr. 23 - Thu., Apr. 28 Night Opening & Kagura Performance / Sat., Spring Orchids / Sat., Apr. 30 - Thu., May 5 Apr. 9 & 16 / 6:30pm - 8:30pm / Shibafu Sekkoku & Chosei-ran (Japanese wild orchids) Hiroba, Kyukei-jo / Fee: Free / Sat., May 7 - Thu., May 12 This will be canceled if it rains. Herbs / Sat., May 14 – Thu., May 26 Cherry blossom trees will be illuminated at
night. Okugai Tenji-jo (outdoor exhibitions) Nature Observation: Plants / Sun., Apr. 10 / Sakuraso (Primroses) / Sat., Apr. 16 - Thu., 1:00pm – 2:00pm / Shibafu Hiroba / Apr. 21 The first 50 people will be accepted from Spring Wild Plants / Sat., Apr. 23 - Thu., Apr. 12:30pm on the day of. 28 Nature Game / Sun., Apr. 17 / 1:00pm – Clematis / Sat., Apr. 30 - Sun., May 8 3:00pm / Shibafu Hiroba The first 50 people will be accepted on the day of.
An Evening of Cherry Blossoms / Apr. 2 (Sat.), Admission free for high school students on 3 (Sun.), 9 (Sat.) & 10 (Sun.) / 4:30pm - Saturdays (except on most national holidays 9:00pm Entrance will be close at 8:30pm. and during school holidays) Night viewing of illuminated cherry Admission fee for adults is ¥250 on the blossoms while listening to a concert second Saturday of every month (except on Junior Project / Sun., Apr. 10 / 11:00am - most national holidays and during school noon 1:30pm - 2:30pm holidays). Events on Greenery Day & Botanical Garden Day / Wed., May 4 / 9:00am - 4:30pm Planetarium Spring Program: Pyonta vs Various events such as a potted plant give Hatenaman / Fri., Apr. 15 – Middle of away (for the first 1,000 people) and September (except weekdays between Jun, 14 concert(s) will be held. and Jul. 7) / Weekdays: 11:00am Admission free on this day (parking fees Sat., Sun. & national holidays: 10:00am remain unchanged). 3:00pm / Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students-¥250
Children’s Museum of Culture and ★ Events ★ Science Craft Workshops / Apr. 9 (Sat.), 10 (Sun.), 23 (Sat.) & 29 (Fri.) / 1:00pm - 3:30pm / For (5-83 Moto-machi, Naka-ku 730-0011 / 222-5346 children under elementary school entry age, / 9:00am - 5:00pm / Closed on Apr. 4, 11, 18 & elementary school students (1st – 3rd grade) 26 / Admission fee for planetarium is required and their guardians / 3F, Kosaku-shitsu (Craft (see below). / Room) / Fee: ¥30 for materials http://www.pyonta.city.hiroshima.jp/) Each day’s program is different. For more information, please contact the museum. ★ Planetarium ★ Science Show: What are Electric Waves? / Admission Fee for Planetarium: Sat., Apr. 9 / 1:30pm - 2:00pm 3:00pm - Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students- 3:30pm / 1F, Science Studio / Fee: Free ¥250, Junior high & Elementary school
students-Free
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The events listed below require advance Make an Accessory from Glass Beads / とん applications. だま ぼ玉のアクセサリー (“Tombo-dama no To APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (pre-paid accessory”) / Thu., May 5 / 9:30am - noon reply postcard) to the museum, postmarked by 1:30pm - 4:00pm / For elementary (3rd – 6th each event’s application deadline with the grade) & junior high school students / Fee: following information: applicants’ names, Free / Closing date for applications: Thu., Apr. address, telephone number, school year and 21 8 people will be selected at random by the event name and time you wish to attend. a drawing of names for each time slot.
Science Workshops Flight Science : Principles of Gliders & ひこう かがく Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park Make a Large-sized Glider / 飛行の科学①よく (Asa-cho Dobutsuen, Asakita-ku 731-3355 / 838- と おおがた と 1111 / 9:00am - 4:30pm / Closed on Thursdays 飛ぶ大型グライダーを飛ばしてみよう (“Hikou (except May 5) / Adults-¥510, Seniors & High no kagaku: Yoku tobu ogata glider wo school students- ¥170, Junior high & tobashite-miyou”) / Fri., Apr. 29 / 9:30am - noon 1:30pm - 4:00pm / For elementary (3rd Elementary school students-Free / – 6th grade) & junior high school students / Fee: http://www.asazoo.jp/) ¥300 / Closing date for applications: Fri., Apr. 15 16 people will be selected at random by Backyard Guide Tour / Sat., Apr. 2, 9, 16, 23 a drawing of names for each time slot. & 30 / 11:00am (except Apr. 30) Edison’s Phonograph & the Science of Sound 1:30pm / Please gather near the entrance at ちくおんき おと かがく 9:00am on each activity day. The first 10 - 40 エジソンの蓄音機と音の科学 / (“Edison no people can participate. The number of chikuonki to oto no kagaku”) / Thu., May 5 / participants will differ depending on where 1:30pm - 4:00pm / For elementary (3rd – 6th you visit. We will explore a different place on grade) & junior high school students / Fee: each trip. ¥200 / Closing date for applications: Thu., Apr. Giant Salamander Facility Tour / Sat., Apr. 21 16 people will be selected at random 30/ 11:00am - 11:45am by a drawing of names. はつ でんき Reservations will be accepted from 9:00am Make a Generator / マイ発電機をつくろう at the main entrance until 20 spots are filled. (“My hatsudenki wo tsukuro”) / Sun., May 15 Feeding Animals / Sat., Apr. 2 & Sun., Apr. 3 / rd th / 2:00pm – 3:30pm / For elementary (3 – 6 Giraffes: From 11:00am onward Goats grade) & junior high school students / Fee: & Sheep: From 1:00pm onward Free / Closing date for applications: Sun., Tickets will be distributed from 10:30am for May 1 16 people will be selected at and from 12:30pm for to the first 50 random by a drawing of names. people () and for the first 100 people (). Craft Workshops Feeding giraffes will be canceled if it rains. Craft Workshop with Nature Materials / しぜんそざい つか こうさく Talk Lecture by a Zoo Keeper / Sun., Apr. 17 自然素材を使った工作 (“Shizen-sozai wo / 11:00am – 11:30am 2:00pm - 2:30pm / tsukatta kosaku”) / Sun., Apr. 24 / 1:30pm - Yagai Stage 4:00pm / For elementary school students / Road Safety Lecture by Mei-chan the Fee: ¥300 / Closing date for applications: Sun., Elephant / Sat., Apr. 23 / 11:30am - noon Apr. 10 20 people will be selected at This will be canceled if it rains. random by a drawing of names. Make a Cell Phone Strap with a Deer Horn / づく Stained-glass / ステンドグラス作り Fri., Apr. 29 / From 9:00am onward / Yagai (“Stained-glass zukuri) / Fri., Apr. 29 / Stage 9:30am - noon 1:30pm - 4:00pm / For The first 1,000 people will be accepted. elementary (4th – 6th grade) & junior high Animal Balloon Art Show / Sat., Apr. 30 & school students / Fee: ¥1,500 / Closing date Sun., May 1 / 11:30am – noon 2:30pm – for applications: Fri., Apr. 15 8 people will 3:00pm / Yagai Stage be selected at random by a drawing of names Frog Observation / Mon., May 2 / 11:00am for each time slot. 11:30am / In front of Dobutsu Byoin (animal でんしょう hospital) The first 25 people for each time Make a Traditional Japanese Toy / 伝承お slot will be accepted from 9:00am at the main もちゃ (“Densho omocha”) / Tue., May 3 / entrance. 1:30pm - 4:00pm / For elementary school ☺ Watch as hibernating frogs dig out of the students / Fee: ¥300 / Closing date for ground. applications: Tue., Apr. 19 20 people will be selected at random by a drawing of names.
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Sheep Shearing and Wool Spinning / Tue., Children’s Craft Workshops / Sun., Apr. 3, 10, May 3 & Wed., May 4 / Peechiku Park 17, 24 & Fri., Apr. 29 / 1:00pm - 3:30pm / For Demonstration of Sheep Shearing / preschoolers, elementary school students and 10:30am 1:30pm their guardians / 1F, Craft Room / Fee: ¥50 for Learn How to Spin Wool / 11:00am - materials The first 100 groups can 2:00pm / Fee: Free participate in each day. The first 150 people will be accepted for Craft Workshop for Elementary School each day. Students: Remote-controlled Toy Taxi / Sat., Try to Ride on a Mini Carp Shinkansen / Thu., Apr. 16 / 1:00pm – 4:00pm / 1F, Craft Room / May 5 / 11:00am – noon 2:00pm – For elementary school students (1st – 4th grade 3:00pm / Tenbo Hiroba students should be accompanied by their This event will be postponed until Sat., May guardians.) / Fee: ¥400 for materials 7 if it rains. TO APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (pre-paid and reply postcard) with applicant’s name, address, telephone number, name of the school you しょう Numaji Transportation Museum belong to, grade and the workshop name 小 (Hiroshima City Transportation Museum) がくせいこうさくきょうしつ 学生工作教室 (“Shogakusei kousaku (2-12-2 Chorakuji, Asaminami-ku 731-0143 / kyoushitsu”) to the museum by Wed., Apr. 6. 878-6211 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / Closed: Mondays 20 people will be selected at random by a / Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school drawing of names. students-¥250, Junior high school students or Science Show: Experiments You Can Do at younger-Free / Home / Sat., Apr. 9 & Sun., Apr. 10 / http://www.vehicle.city.hiroshima.jp) 11:30am – 11:50am 1:30pm -1:50pm
2:30pm – 2:50pm / 1F, Tamokuteki Hall / Fee: The Museum’s Special Exhibition: Taxis / Fri., Free Mar. 4 – Sun., May 8 Exhibition on a Streetcar Exposed to the A-Bomb / Sat., Apr. 16 / 11:00am - noon Special Exhibition-Related Events 1:30pm - 3:00pm / Okugai Hiroba (outdoor Step Inside a Three-wheeled Taxi / Sat., open space) / Fee: Free Sun. & national holidays in during the event Exhibition will be canceled if it rains. period (except on Apr. 9, 10, 16 & 17) / 1F, Vehicle Land: Playing with Toy Vehicles / Elevator Hall / Fee: Museum admission Sat., Apr. 16 & Sun., Apr. 17 / 1:00pm – The car engine will not be started. 3:45pm / 1F, Tamokuteki Hall / Fee: Free Taxi Driver Experiment / Sat., Sun. & Astramline Rail Yard Tour / Sun., May 29 / national holidays in during the event period 10:30am – 11:10am 11:30am – 12:10pm / (except on Apr. 9, 10, 16 & 17) / 1F, Fee: Admission fee for the museum (Adults- Entrance Hall / Participation fee: Free ¥510, Senior & High school students- ¥250) The car engine will not be started. To APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (pre-paid Step Inside a Hiroshima Toyo Carp Taxi / reply postcard) with all applicants’ names, Sat., Apr. 9 & Sun., Apr. 10 / 10:30am – address, telephone number, age and the 11:30am 2:00pm – 3:00pm / 1F, ちょうらくじしゃりょう event name アストラムライン長楽寺車両 Entrance Hall / Participation fee: Free きちけんがくかい The car engine will not be started. 基地見学会 (“Astramline Chorakuji sharyo- Step Inside a London Taxi (Black Cab) / kichi kengaku-kai”) to the museum by Sun., Sat., Apr. 16 & Sun., Apr. 17 / 10:00am - May 15. 60 people will be selected at random noon 1:30pm - 3:30pm / 1F, Entrance by a drawing of names for each time slot. Hall / Participation fee: Free Parents with baby buggies should refrain The car engine will not be started. from participating in the event. Safety License Present for Children / Sat., Apr. 23 & Sun., Apr. 24 / 10:00am – noon 1:30pm – 3:30pm / 1F, Entrance Hall / Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Participation fee: Free Presents will be Meteorology given as long as supplies last. (1-40-1 Eba-minami, Naka-ku 730-0835 / Taxi Driver’s License Present for Children / 231-0177 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / Closed on Sat., May 7 & Sun., May 8 / 10:00am – Mondays & May 6 / Adults-¥100, Seniors & High 11:30am 1:30pm – 3:30pm / 1F, school students-¥50, Junior high & Elementary Entrance Hall / Participation fee: Free school students-Free (Admission free for high The first 100 participants will accepted for school students on Saturdays except during each time slot. school holidays) / http://www.ebayama.jp/) Please feel free to contact the International Exchange Lounge at 082-247-9715. E-mail: [email protected] April 2016 公-4 HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS
Photo Exhibition: Ebayama-yamazakura (Mt. Indigo Dyeing a Handkerchief / Sat., Jun. 4 Eba cherry blossoms) / Thu., Mar. 24 - Sun., Apr. / 1:00pm - 3:00pm / 4 years old - 10 Elementary school students Preschoolers Science Show / 1:30pm - 2:00pm 3:00pm should be accompanied by their guardians. / - 3:30pm Fee: ¥300 (Admission fee for the museum is Amazing Experiments / Apr. 2 (Sat.), 3 also required.) (Sun.) & 10 (Sun.) Applications will be accepted by phone or Fire Experiments / Apr. 16 (Sat.), 17 (Sun.) fax between May 1 and 5. 30 people will & 24 (Sun.) be selected at random by a drawing of Science Workshop: Key Chain / Sat., Apr. 9 & names. 23 / 1:00pm - 3:30pm / For junior high school Koinobori, Carp-shaped streamer / Tue., students and under / Fee: ¥150 for materials May 3 – Thu., May 5 / 11:00am - 5:00pm / The first 50 people will be accepted for each Fee: Free workshop from 10:00am on the day of. This workshop will be held at the venue of “Golden Week” Event: Special Science Show the Hiroshima Flower Festival (around / Fri., Apr. 29 – Thu., May 5 (except May 2) / Peace Memorial Park). 11:00am – 11:30am 1:30pm - 2:00pm 3:00pm – 3:30pm Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library Hiroshima City Museum of (3-1 Moto-machi, Naka-ku 730-0011 / 223-3525 History and Traditional Crafts / 10:00am - 8:00pm (Tue.-Sat.), 10:00am - (2-6-20 Ujina-miyuki, Minami-ku 734-0015 / 5:00pm (Sun., national holidays & August 6) / 253-6771 / 9:00am - 5:00pm / Closed on Closed on Mondays / 35mm Film Showings ⇒ Mondays / Adults-¥100, Seniors & High school Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students-¥50, Junior high school students and students-¥250, Junior high school students or younger-Free / younger-Free; Other Film Showings ⇒ http://www.hiroins-net.ne.jp/kyodo/) Adults-¥380, Seniors & High school students -¥180, Junior high school students or younger Special Exhibitions: Rediscover Hiroshima 3 –Free, Admission free for foreign students / Sat., Apr. 23 – Sun., Jul. 3 (Please show your student ID or the Hiroshima Workshops, etc. International Center Complimentary Pass.) / Make a Wagashi (Japanese-style http://www.cf.city.hiroshima.jp/eizou/) confectionary) / Sat., Apr. 17 / 1:00pm - 3:00pm / Elementary school students and their guardians / Fee: ¥300 per person April Special Showings of Masterpieces of (Admission fee for the museum is also Japanese Film: Period Films (Screened in required.) Applications will be accepted Japanese only) by phone or fax between Apr. 1 and 5. 10 groups will be selected at random by a Admission Fee: drawing of names. Adults-¥510, Seniors (65 years old and up) & Make a Kashiwamochi (a rice cake stuffed High school students-¥250, Junior high & with sweet bean paste and wrapped in an oak Elementary school students-Free leaf) / Fri., Apr. 29 / 1:00pm - 3:00pm / Sat., Apr. 9, 16 & 23: admission free for Elementary school students / Fee: ¥100 high school students Applications will be accepted by phone or fax between Apr. 1 and 5. 20 people will Fri., Apr. 1 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:00pm be selected at random by a drawing of Genji monogatari / 源氏物語 (1951, Daiei names. (Kyoto), 123 min., B&W) / Director: Kozaburo Fieldwork: Learn Ujina’s History through Yoshimura / Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa, Michiyo Kogure, its Geography / Sat., May 28 / 9:00am – Machiko Kyo, Nobuko Otowa noon / 18 years old and up / Fee: ¥50 Sat., Apr. 2 / 10:30am 3:00pm Applications will be accepted by phone or Shichi-nin no samurai / 七人の侍 (1954, Toho, fax between May 1 and 5. 20 people will 206 min., B&W) / Director: Akira Kurosawa / Cast: be selected at random by a drawing of Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, Seiji names. Miyaguchi
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Sun., Apr. 3 / 10:30am 2:00pm Sun., Apr. 24 / 10:30am 2:00pm Same / 鮫 (1964, Toei (Kyoto), 165 min., color) / Soreike! Anpanman Kira kira boshi no Director: Tomotaka Tasaka / Cast: Kinnosuke namida / それいけ!アンパンマン キラキラ Nakamura, Yoshiko Mita, Daisuke Kato, Minoru 星の涙 (1989, Nihon TV Hosomo, Shochiku Fuji, Chiaki Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Froebel-kan, 75 min., color) Fri., Apr. 8 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:00pm / Director: Akinori Nagaoka / Voice actor: Keiko Kumo no su jo / 蜘蛛巣城 (1957, Toho, 109 min., Toda, Ryusei Nakao, Hiroshi Masuoka, Rei Sakuma B&W) / Director: Akira Kurosawa / Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Polish Film Festival (Screened in original Chiaki language with Japanese subtitles) Sat., Apr. 9 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:00pm Kakushi toride no san akunin / 隠し砦の三悪 Admission Fee: 人 (1958, Toho, 138 min., B&W) / Director: Akira Adults-¥380, Seniors (65 years old and up) & Kurosawa / Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, High school students-¥180, Junior high & Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara Elementary school students-Free Sun., Apr. 10 / 10:30am 2:00pm Sat., Apr. 30: admission free for high Shinobi no mono / 忍びの者 (1962, Daiei school students (Kyoto), 104 min., B&W) / Director: Satsuo Yamamoto / Cast: Raizo Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Wed., Apr. 27 / 2:00pm 6:30pm Yunosuke Ito, Kyoko Kishida 2 films, 72 min. Fri., Apr. 15 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:30pm Joanna (2013, 45 min., color) / Director: Isshin Tasuke Tenka no ichidaiji / 一心太助 天 Anota Kopacz 下の一大事 (1958, Toei (Kyoto), 91 min., color) / Nasza Klątwa (2013, 27 min., color) / Director: Tadashi Sawashima / Cast: Kinnosuke Director: Tomasz Sliwinski Nakamura, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Hitomi Nakahara, Thu., Apr. 28/ 2:00pm 6:30pm Satomi Oka Śpiewający Obrusik (2015, 91 min., color) / Sat., Apr. 16 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:00pm Director: Mariusz Grzegorzek Shinken shobu / 真剣勝負 (1971, Toho, 76 min., color) / Director: Tomu Uchida / Cast: Kinnosuke Fri., Apr. 29 / 10:30am 2:00pm Nakamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Hideko Okiyama, Pokolenie (1954, 88 min., B&W, Digital Hiroshi Tanaka remastering) / Director: Andrzej Wajda Thu., Apr. 21 / 10:30am 2:00pm Sat., Apr. 30 / 2:00pm 5:30pm 6:30pm Ziemia Obiecana (1974, 169 min., color, Digital Miyamoto Musashi / 宮本武蔵 (1954, Toho, 93 remastering) / Director: Andrzej Wajda min., color) / Director: Hiroshi Inagaki / Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada Fri., Apr. 22 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:30pm Zoku Miyamoto Musashi Ichijoji no ketto / 続 宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗 (1955, Toho, 103 min., color / Director: Hiroshi Inagaki / Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito Sat., Apr. 23 / 10:30am 2:00pm 6:00pm Miyamoto Musashi Kanketsu-hen Ketto Ganryujima / 宮本武蔵 完結篇 決闘巌流島 (1956, Toho, 104 min., color) / Director: Hiroshi Inagaki / Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga
Family Theater (Animated Films are in Japanese only)
Admission Fee: Adults-¥380, Seniors (65 years old and up) & High school students-¥180, Junior high & Elementary school students-Free
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