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The Annual Schools' Special ESTABLISHED 1970 BY CORKY ALEXANDER VOL. 39 NO. 06 FREE MAR. 21–APR. 03 2008 THE ANNUAL SCHOOLS’ SPECIAL SCHOOL TRIPS—DO WHICH INTERNATIONAL YOU REMEMBER SCHOOL IS BEST YOURS? FOR YOUR CHILD? PULLOUT AND KEEP KIDS’ PARTIES GET THE SCHOOLS’ DIRECTORY ROYAL TREATMENT THE GYM THAT PLUS! NICOLE KIDMAN AND ONLY KIDS CAN JOIN JOHNNY DEPP IN TOKYO ALSO ONLINE AT WWW.WEEKENDERJAPAN.COM +VNQJOUP4QSJOHBU(ZNCPSFF1MBZ.VTJD Creativity. Confidence. Friendship. It all starts at Gymboree. Come see why we are the global leader in classes for kids. Call Us For A Free Trial ! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 www.gymboree.jp 03-5449-2311 Quality of Education is always our first priority: small size class • low ratio of teachers and students InternationalPAL Preschool & Kindergarten is an early childhood education specialist institution in the Azabu area 3-8-18 Nishi Azabu Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 TEL 03-5770-8166 FAX 03-5770-8167 [email protected] www.pal-school.com Call for free trial lesson! careful individual attention • high quality program efficient teachers • solid method of language arts ● ESL Classes (Pre-K to Adult) ● English Daycare ● Returnee Classes (K to 12) ● International Student ● Saturday 3 Hour Intensive Support Classes ● ESL Intensive courses And much more! ● International Kinder Class See our homepage for details With 3 convenient locations in Mita, Meguro, and Setagaya, English Studio was founded in 1985 with the mission “to nurture confident, independent, global communicators.” We are accepting applicationsWe support bilingual education. for the Spring Term After School Program and Summer Programs 2008 English activities and Japanese immersion classes are available For registration and information, please visit www.globalkidsacademy.com 2-13-9 Moto-Azabu Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0046 Tel: 03-5419-8277 E-mail: [email protected] Let us help create a BIRTHDAY PARTY your child and friends will never forget! 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Cell: 090-9148-4529 URL: http://partypalace.co.jp/ EMAIL: [email protected] Bodypainting copyright Dr. Heinz Linke Dr. Bodypainting copyright | Weekender—Schools Issue THINGS TO DO VOL. 39 NO. 06 FREE MAR. 21 – APR. 03 2008 06 Intro to Schools’ Issue—Editor’s note and TELL support Saturday, March 22 Saturday, March 29 07 Schools’ Special—Guide to the best schools for your kids Head to Eastside Story in Taito- Introduce your children to 12 Schools’ Directory —A pull-out and keep contacts list ku for a free poetry reading by classical music with a concert Jane Joritz-Nakagawa and Judy for kids including Ave Maria, 10 Movies & Movie Plus—J­­ohnny Depp and Nicole Kidman Halebsky from 6pm. www. Edelweiss, and more at the 16 Dining—Restaurants for all the family eastsidetokyo.com Tokyo Tiara Koto Hall at 3pm, ¥2,500. Tel. 03-3261-9933. 18 Sports—Kids get fit at the gym 19 Bill’s Partyline Sunday, March 23 Sunday, March 30 22 Schools Out—Party celebrations to remember Take the kids to the ballgame View Mouton Rothschild, Paintings for the Labels, as the Oakland Athletics play at the Mori Arts Center Gallery, celebrating 70 wine the Hanshin Tigers at noon in labels since 1945 by painters such as Picasso, through the Tokyo Dome. Tel. 03-5800- Apr. 3. www.roppongihills.com/jp/macg. 9999. Monday, March 24 Monday, March 31 ••• View films from various Arabic-speaking countries at Enjoy Turandot, based on Puccini’s the Japan Foundation’s fourth annual film festival. opera, through Apr. 27, various times. At the OAG Hall in Akasaka through Mar. 25. www. ¥9,500–¥13,500, at the Akasaka ACT It’s our annual international schools’ special issue of jpf.go.jp Theatre. Tel. 03-3234-9999. Weekender, and regular readers will notice that we have brought it forward to earlier in the year than previous Tuesday, March 25 Tuesday, April 1 issues, due to requests from our schools. Our theme Spend an afternoon with the kids at the INAX Like to travel and help people around this year is ‘School Trips’, and, even though I’m not fac- Gallery, where you can learn about Growing Up With the world? Meet fellow “Travelers With a Purpose” to ing that difficult decision of where to send children to Science For Kids through crafts and more. Until May talk and learn about upcoming Habitat for Humanity school, I have really enjoyed reading all about the trips 24. http://inax.co.jp/culture trips. 7pm, free, at The Pink Cow. our local international schools take their lucky children Wednesday, March 26 Wednesday, April 2 on! Travel to the Yokohama Museum Groove down to Club Quattro in Shibuya for the In addition to our pull-out schools’ directory and of Art to learn about Goth: acoustic beats of the John Butler Trio. At 7pm, five-page focus on schools, we have plenty of other help- Reality of the Departed World, ¥6,500. Tel. 03-3444-6751. ful information for parents. Tokyo English Life Line is which closes today. http://jiu. introducing a vital support service for parents—see page ac.jp/yma/goth/index.html six for more information. Our double-page Dining sec- tion features three great child-friendly restaurants, and Thursday, March 27 Thursday, April 3 page 18 covers a very special gym with an interesting Get your brainiest friends together for the Paddy Take in the best of Tokyo’s philosophy for those who worry about their children Foley’s pub quiz, from 7:30pm. ¥500 each, and all contemporary art scene at being glued to a TV or computer screen. At the end of are welcome; prizes for the top three teams. www. 101 Tokyo, through Apr. 6. this issue, we’re also looking at Party Palace, a great party paddyfoleystokyo.com For times and locations see production company for adults and children alike! www.101tokyo.com/en Enjoy! Caroline Pover, Publisher Friday, March 28 Friday, March 4 Start off the weekend by heading to What the Dickens Head to Roy’s for a burger and in Ebisu for a pint, some pub grub, and the music of while you’re there, pick up the rock band Kinlay. www.whatthedickens.jp newest issue of Weekender, due out today. On the cover: students from Gregg International School enjoy a tug of war on a school event. ••• My Major is Mangate WEEKENDER—JAPAN’S QUALITY ENGLISH MAGAZINE Summer Courses at TUJ­­—It’s Time to Sign Up! by Danielle Tate Stratton PUBLISHER Caroline Pover ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Rajiv Trehan EDITOR Marie Teather EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Danielle Tate-Stratton TRAVEL & SOCIETY EDITOR Bill Hersey DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Stephen Young ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Amy Dose, Sheree Hsu CONTRIBUTORS William ooking for some summer enrichment this year? and language, as well as a lecture series. Guest lecturers Casper, Louise Nakanishi-Lind, Marie Teather. OFFICES at Caroline Pover, Why not enroll in one of Temple University have included Ian Condry, Associate Professor at M.I.T Inc., 5th floor, Chuo Iikura Building, 3-4-11 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106- L 0041 Tel. 03-5549-2038 Fax: 03-5549-2039 Email: editor@weekenderjapan. Japan (TUJ)’s summer courses? specializing in media, popular culture, and globaliza- com. Opinions expressed by WEEKENDER contributors are not necessarily One course, for anyone interested in that oh- tion; and Frederik Schodt, author of Manga, Manga, those of the Publisher. so-Japanese form of entertainment, manga, will be Manga and Dreamland Japan. FOUNDED IN 1970 BY MILLARD H. “CORKY” ALEXANDER Studies in Japanese Popular Media: Manga and An- Other courses offered by TUJ this summer include ime course. It’s a six-week, six-credit program that the Tyler Summer Art Workshop, which includes explores manga and anime and their relation to Jap- Answers from Crossword #22 (Weekender Mar 7) printmaking; photography; painting; architecture and anese and global culture. In addition to lectures and graphic design; Asian Studies; Japanese Visual Anthro- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 M O T H E R B H U M I P O L class discussions, the program includes field trips to pology; and more. The deadline for applicants from O H L O A H A art and anime exhibitions, and to studios to see how Japan not requiring a student visa is March 28. 9 10 N E A R L Y B U D D H I S M anime and manga are made. Students also have the 11 O I A T S E P E opportunity to participate in university-organized For more information about summer programs at TUJ, 12 13 14 P A L M S W E E T T H E N field trips and excursions that are of general interest please contact: Geeta Mehta, Ph.D., AIA Director of TUJ 15 16 to students of Japanese culture. O A T O S L I T Summer Institute at: [email protected] or see www. 17 TUJ is home to the Institute of Contemporary temple.edu/studyabroad/programs/summer/. L A N D O F S M I L E S 18 19 Japanese Studies (ICJS), which sponsors special pro- Y D N T T M M I 20 grams devoted to Japanese contemporary culture S I L E N T M O V I E S 21 22 A S C P I N S O 23 24 25 B A H T U S I N G E T A L To register your opinion on the 26 27 Are you happy with the medical services available in Japan? A R X B G W A A medical services available to foreigners here, go to www.weekenderjapan.com and take part in our 28 29 C H A I R M A N P H U K E T survey.
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