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Admission Fee / URL) February 10 / Time: TBC Admission is generally allowed up to 30 min. prior  How to Grow Omoto (Japanese Sacred Lily) / to closing. Saturday, February 16 / 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm  Christmas Roses / February 23 (Sat.) & 24  City Forest Park & (Sun.); March 2 (Sat.) & 3 (Sun.) / 11:00 am – Insectarium noon (10173 Fujigamaru, Fukuda-cho, Higashi-ku 732-  Floral Decorations / Sunday, March 3 / 0036 / Forest Park: 899-8241, Insectarium: 899-  11:00 am - noon  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 8964 / Forest Park: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm;  Junior Project / Sunday, March 10 / Insectarium: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed: Forest  11:00 am - noon  1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Park – Wednesdays; Insectarium – Wednesdays /  How to Grow Shiitake (mushrooms) / Admission Fees for the Insectarium: Adults-¥510, Thursday, March 21 / 10:00 am - 3:00 pm / Seniors & high school students-¥170, Junior high  The lesson will finish when the wood which & elementary school students-Free (Free the shiitake grows on runs out. admission for high school students on Saturdays  Please bring cotton work gloves with you (except on national holidays and during school and wear with appropriate clothing. holidays)) / Forest Park: http://www.daiichibs- shitei.com/forest/ Insectarium: http://www.hiro-kon.jp/)  5-Days Children’s Museum of Culture and Science  The Forest Park & Insectarium have been (5-83 Motomachi, Naka-ku 730-0011 / 222-5346 / closed temporarily due to the heavy rain 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Closed February 4, 12, 13, disaster in western Japan in July. 18 & 25 / Admission fee for planetarium is required (see below).  Some Insectarium’s events will be held at 5- / http://www.pyonta.city.hiroshima.jp/) Days Children’s Museum of Culture and Science (please see the Children’s Museum ★ Planetarium ★ event information).  Admission Fee for Planetarium: Adults-¥510, Seniors & high school students- ¥250, Junior high & elementary school  The Hiroshima Botanical Garden students-Free  Free admission for high (3-495 Kurashige, Saeki-ku 731-5156 / 922-3600 / school students on Saturdays (except on most 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed on Fridays / Adults- national holidays and during school holidays). ¥510, Seniors & high school students-¥170, Admission fee for adults is ¥250 on the second Junior high and elementary school students-Free Saturday of every month (except on most (Free admission for high school students on national holidays and during school holidays). Saturdays (except on national holidays and during school holidays))  Planetarium Programs / Adults-¥510, Seniors / http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/) & high school students-¥250  Africa Pole Pole: Hear African stories of Exhibitions will close at 3:30 pm how the sky came to be so bustling, set to on their last day. African music (45 min.) / Until S unday, March 3  Tenji Onshitsu (greenhouse exhibitions) Time Schedule  Winter Plants / Until Monday, February 11  Weekdays: 11:00 am  Omoto (Japanese Sacred Lily) / Wednesday,  Sat., Sun., & national holidays: February 13 – Monday, February 18  10:00 am  3:00 pm  Earth Symphony (45 min.) / Until Monday, July 15  St. Valentine’s Day Festival / Saturday, Time Schedule February 9 – Monday, February 11  Weekday: 2:00 pm  Various events such as concerts will be held  Sat., Sun. & national holidays: during the period.  11:00 am  2:00 pm

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 360° Full Dome Show: Dinosaurs (35 min.) /  Science Show: Static Electricity / S unday, Until Friday, April 26 / Adults-¥510, Seniors & February 17 /  1:30 pm – 2:00 pm high school students-¥250  3:00 pm – 3:30 pm / 1F, Science Studio / Time Schedule Fee: Free  Weekdays: 3:00 pm  Sat., Sun. & national holidays: 1:00 pm  The events listed below require advance  Refretarium: 2018-19 Winter Program / Until applications. Friday, March 15 To APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (return Time Schedule postcard) to the museum, postmarked no later  Weekdays: 1:00 pm than each event’s application deadline, with  Sat. & national holidays: 4:00 pm the following information: applicants’ names, Admission Fee addresses, a telephone number, school year and High school students and above-¥200 the event name and time of the event you wish  This is a program for refreshing your mind to attend. and body during lunch time while watching Science Workshop the starry sky and listening to music. てづく

Although the main target of this program is  Make Konnyaku / AE 手作 EA りこんにゃく adults, anyone who wishes to rejuvenate (“Tezukuri konnyaku”) / Saturday, February 23 themselves is welcome. /  9:30 am - noon  1:30 pm - 4:00 pm / For  Starry Sky Tour: Tonight’s Starry Sky & elementary school students / Fee: ¥400 / Japanese Space Probes / Until Sunday, April Closing date for applications: Saturday, 14 / 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm / Adults-¥510, Seniors February 9  16 people will be selected at & high school students-¥250 random from a list of names for each time slot. けいたい でんわ ぶんかい きょうしつ  Take a Cellphone Apart / AE 携帯 EA 電話 EA 分解 EA E 教室 E A ★ Events ★ けいたい でんわ じぶん て ぶんかい  Events co-organized by Children’s Museum ～AE 携帯 EA 電話 EA を AE 自分 EA の AE 手 EA で AE 分解 EA しよう～ and Insectarium (“Keitai denwa bunkai kyoshitsu: keitai denwa  To uch Insects! / Sunday, February 17 / wo jibun no tede bunkai shiyou”) / S unday, th   March 3 / 10:00 am - noon / For elementary (4 P P 10:00 am - noon 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / th 3 F, Sousaku-shitsu – 6P P grade) school students and their guardians / Fee: Free / Closing date for applications:  Mount a beetle for display / Sunday, March Sunday, February 17  16 people will be 3 / 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm / For elementary (3rd th selected at random from a list of names. – 6 grade) & junior high school students ひこう

 Elementary school students should be  Flight Science : Crow Model Airplane / AE 飛行 EA accompanied by their guardians. / 3 F, かがく がた ひこうき の AE 科学 ③カラスEA AE 型 EA 飛行機 EA (“Hikou no kagaku Sousaku-shitsu : karasu-gata hikouki”) / Sunday, March 10 / To APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (return rd th 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm / For elementary (3 P P – 6P P postcard) to the museum, postmarked by grade) & junior high school students / Fee: ¥400 Sunday, February 17, with the following / Closing date for applications: Sunday, information: applicant’s name, addresses, a February 24  16 people will be selected at telephone number, school year and the event つく ひょうほん random from a list of names.

name, 作 EA ってみようカブトムシの A E 標本 E A (“Tsukutte-miyou kabutomushi no hyohon”). Craft Workshops th おとな そうさく きょうしつ  The 11P P Hiroshima Children’s Rakugo  Stained Glass / AE 大人 EA の AE 創作 EA E 教室 E A ステンドグ (traditional Japanese comic story telling) ラス (“Otona no sousaku kyoushitsu: Stained Performance / Sunday, February 10 / 2:00 pm glass”) / Friday, March 1 /  9:30 am - noon  – 4:30 pm  Doors will open at 1:45 pm. / 1F, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm / For high school students Apollo Hall (250 seats) / Free admission and above / Fee: ¥1,500 / Closing date for  Craft Workshops / February 3 (Sun.), 9 (Sat.), applications: Friday, February 15 17 (Sun.) & 24 (Sun.) / 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm /  8 people will be selected at random from a For children under elementary school entry list of names for each time slot. st rd age, elementary school students (1P P – 3P P grade) and their guardians / 3F, Kosaku-shitsu (Craft Room) / Fee: ¥30 for materials  Each day’s program is different. For more information, please contact the museum.

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 Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park  Picture Book Reading / Sunday, February 17 / (Asa-cho Dobutsuen, Asakita-ku 731-3355 / 838- 11:00 am – 11:30 am / 1F, Tamokuteki Hall / 1111 / 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed on Thursdays Fee: Free / Adults-¥510, Seniors & high school students-  Check Your Visual Performance with ¥170, Junior high & elementary school “Drivers’ Vision” / Saturday, February 23 / students-Free / http://www.asazoo.jp/)  10:00 am – noon  1:30 pm – 3:30 pm / 1 F, Entrance Hall / Fee: Free  Asa Zoo & “Miyaji-marine” (Miyajima Public Aquarium) Collaboration Event 2018: Stamp  Children’s Craft Workshops / Sundays, Rally / Until Sunday, March 31 February 3, 17 & 24 / 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm / For  Let’s Learn More about Animals through preschoolers, elementary school students and Manga & a Quiz Rally / Friday, February 1 – their guardians / 1F, Craft Room / Fee: ¥50 Sunday, February 24  A quiz rally will be for materials  Participation limited to the held on Sundays, February 10, 17 & 24. The first 100 groups first 1,000 people can participate each day.  Craft Workshop for Adults: Tumbling Ladder Animal Capture Training Observation / To y / Friday, February 22 / 10:00 am – 1:00 Monday, February 11 / 2:00 pm  You can pm / 1F, Craft Room / For 16 years old and watch training on how to catch an escaped above / Fee: ¥1,000 for materials animal.  This will be canceled if it rains. TO APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (return  Backyard Guide Tour / Saturdays, February 2, postcard) with the applicant’s name, age, 9, 16 & 23 /  11:00 am (except the 23rd) address, telephone number, event date and おとな こうさくきょうしつ  1:30 pm / Please gather near the entrance the workshop name 大人 EA の AE 工作 EA E 教室 E ：A はし at 9:00 am on each activity day. The first 10 - ごくだり (“Otona no kousaku kyoushitsu: 40 people can participate. The number of hashigo kudari”) to the museum by Tuesday, participants will differ depending on where February 12. 20 people will be selected at you visit. The tours will explore a different random from a list of names. place on each trip.  Giant Salamander Facility Tour / Saturday, February 23 / 11:00 am - 11:45 am  Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of  Participation tickets will be distributed Meteorology from 9:00 am at the main entrance until 20 (1-40-1 Eba-minami, Naka-ku 730-0835 / spots are filled. 231-0177 / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Closed on Mondays (except Feb. 11), February 12, 13 & March 22 / Adults-¥100, Seniors & high school  Numaji Transportation Museum students-¥50, Junior high & elementary school (Hiroshima City Transportation Museum) students-Free (Free admission for high school (2-12-2 Chorakuji, Asaminami-ku 731-0143 / 878- students on Saturdays except during school 6211 / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Closed on February holidays) / http://www.ebayama.jp/) 4, 12, 13, 18 & 26 / Adults-¥510, Seniors & high school students-¥250, Junior high school  Special Exhibition: Science with Balls / Until students and under-Free Sunday, March 17 / http://www.vehicle.city.hiroshima.jp)  Science Shows /  1:30 pm - 2:00 pm  3:00 pm - 3:30 pm  Vehicle Park: Playing with Giant Toy Cars  Science Magic / February 3 (Sun.), 9 (Sat.),  Have fun playing with giant bagatelle 10 (Sun.) & 11 (Mon.) table, robots and much more. / February 9  Liquid Nitrogen / February 16 (Sat.), 17 (Sat.), 10 (Sun.) & 11 (Mon.) / 1:00 pm – 3:30 (Sun.) & 24 (Sun.) pm / 1F, Craft Room & Tamokuteki Hall / Fee:  Balloons / March 2 (Sat.), 3 (Sun.) & 10 Free (Sun.)  Exhibition of a Streetcar Exposed to the A-  Amazing Experiments / March 16 (Sat.), 17 Bomb / Saturday, February 16 /  11:00 am - (Sun.), 21 (Thurs.), 23 (Sat.), 24 (Sun.) & 30 noon  1:30 pm - 3:00 pm / Okugai Hiroba (Sat.) (outdoor open space) / Fee: Free  This will  be canceled if the weather is bad. Science Workshops / 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm / For junior high school students and under  Entry  Vehicle Land: Playing with Toy C ars / Saturday, February 16 & Sunday, February 17 can be purchased from 10:00 am on the day, up / 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm / 1F, Tamokuteki Hall / to 50 people. Fee: Free  Marble / Saturday, February 2 / Fee: ¥120 for materials

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 Maze / Saturday, February 23 / Fee: ¥120 for high school students-¥180, Junior high school materials students and under–Free, Admission free for  Kaleidoscope / Saturday, March 9 / Fee: foreign students (Please show your student ID or ¥170 for materials the Hiroshima International Center  Beads Strap / Sunday, March 31 / Fee: ¥160 Complimentary Pass.) / for materials http://www.cf.city.hiroshima.jp/eizou/)

 February Special Showings of Masterpieces  Hiroshima City Museum of of Japanese Film: Setouchi & Chugoku Region History and Traditional Crafts (Screened in Japanese only) (2-6-20 Ujina-miyuki, Minami-ku 734-0015 / 253- 6771 / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Closed on Mondays  Admission Fee: Adults-¥510, Seniors (65 years (except Feb. 11), February 12 & 13/ Adults- old and above) & high school students-¥250, ¥100, Seniors & high school students-¥50, Junior Junior high & elementary school students-Free high school students and under-Free  Thursday, February 28: Adults-¥380, Seniors / http://www.cf.city.hiroshima.jp/kyodo/) (65 years old and above) & high school students-¥180, Junior high & elementary  Special Exhibitions school students-Free  Hiroshima in the Meiji Period (1686-1912) /  Saturdays, February 9, 16 & 23: Free Until Sunday, February 17 admission for high school students  Excavated Artifacts in Hiroshima: From 20,000 years ago to the Meiji Period (1686-  Friday, February 8 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm 1912) /Friday, March 1 – Monday, May 6  6:30 pm  Workshops Kagerou / かげろう (1969, ,  Make Baumkuchen / Saturday, February 23 / 103 min., B&W, 35 mm film) / Director: Kaneto 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Elementary school Shindo / Cast: , Rokko Toura, Juzo students / Fee: ¥300 (Admission fee for the Itami, museum is also required.)  Saturday, February 9 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm  Applications will be accepted by phone or  6:00 pm fax between February 1 and 5. 20 people will monogatari / 東京物語 (1953, be selected at random from a list of names. (Ofuna), 135 min., B&W, 35 mm film) / Director:  Make Wara-zori, flip-flops made of straw Yasujiro Ozu / Cast: Chishu Ryu, Chieko / Saturday, March 2 / 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Higashiyama, , Elementary school students and above / Fee:  Sunday, February 10 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm ¥400 (Admission fee for the museum is also Futari / ふたり (1991, Galuk, PSC, NHK required.)  Applications will be accepted Enterprise, 150 min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: by phone or fax between February 1 and 5. Nobuhiko Obayashi / Cast: Hikari Ishida, Tomoko 15 people will be selected at random from a Nakajima, Junko Fuji, Ittoku Kishibe list of names.  Monday, February 11 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm  Make a Bota-mochi, a rice cake covered Ashita / あした (1995, Amuse, PSC, IMAGICA, with anko, bean jam / Thursday, March 21 / Pride One, 141 min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm / Elementary school Nobuhiko Obayashi / Cast: Kaori Takahashi, Toru students / Fee: ¥200 (Admission fee for the Minegishi, Yumi Takigawa, Hitoshi Ueki museum is also required.)  Thursday, February 14 /  10:30 am  2:00  Applications will be accepted by phone or pm  6:30 pm fax between March 1 and 5. 20 people will be Hachi no su no kodomotachi / 蜂の巣の子供た selected at random from a list of names. ち (1948, Hachi No Su Eiga Bu, 84 min., B&W, 35 mm film) / Director: Hiroshi Shimizu / Cast: Shunsaku Shimamura, Masako Natsuki, Shoichi  Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Gosho, Kiyomi Imoto Audio-Visual Library  Friday, February 15 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm (3-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku 730-0011 / 223-3525 /  6:00 pm 10:00 am - 8:00 pm (Tuesday - Saturday), 10:00 Akitsu onsen / 秋津温泉 (1962, Shochiku am – 5:00 pm (Sunday, national holidays & (Ofuna), 112 min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: August 6) / Closed on Mondays (except Feb. 11) Kiju Yoshida / Cast: , Hiroyuki Nagato, & February 12 / 35mm Film Showings ⇒Adults- So Yamamura, Jukichi Uno ¥510, Seniors & High school students-¥250, Junior high school students and under-Free; Other Film Showings ⇒Adults-¥380, Seniors & Please feel free to contact the International Exchange Lounge at 082-247-9715. E-mail: [email protected] February 2019 公-4 HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS

 Saturday, February 16 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm pm  6:00 pm Kotehok (1996, Russia, 84 min., color, 35 mm film, Otoko wa tsuraiyo: Torajiro koiuta / 男はつら Japanese subtitles) / Director: Ivan Popov いよ 寅次郎恋歌 (1971, Shochiku (Ofuna), 114  Thursday, February 7 /  2:00 pm  6:00 pm min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: / Khrustalyov, mashinu! (1998, Russia, France, 142 Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi, , min., B&W, 35 mm film, Japanese subtitles) / Takashi Shimura Director: Aleksey German  Sunday, February 17 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm Setouchi shonen yakyudan / 瀬戸内少年野球 団 (1984, YOU no Kai, Herald Ace, 143 min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: / Cast: , Shiori Sakura, Takaya Yamauchi, Hiromi Go  Friday, February 22 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm  6:30 pm Oyome ni yukimasu / お嫁にゆきます (1978, Hori Kikaku, 89 min., color, 35 mm film) / Director: Katsumi Nishikawa / Cast: Masako Mori, Asao Sano, Eiko Nagashima, Baku Owada  Saturday, February 23 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm  6:00 pm Rakuyoju / 落葉樹 (1986, Marui Kobunsha, 105 min., B&W, 35 mm film) / Director: Kaneto Shindo / Cast: Keiju Kobayashi, Nobuko Otowa, Ichiro Zaitsu, Kazuki Yamanaka  Thursday, February 28 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm  6:30 pm Yokogawa suspense / 横川サスペンス (2005, Kayoko Bus Katsuyo Iinaki, θ Project, Engeki Project Bunmeshi, 89 min., color, DVD) / Director: Daisuke Miki / Cast: Ai Takeoka, Kengo Takahashi, Kazuko Yoshizaki, Tatsuya Kawamura

 Russian Films (Screened in original language with Japanese subtitles)

 Admission Fee: Adults-¥510, Seniors (65 years old and above) & high school students-¥250, Junior high & elementary school students-Free  Friday, February 1: Adults-¥380, Seniors (65 years old and above) & high school students-¥180, Junior high & elementary school students-Free  Saturday, February 2: Free admission for high school students

 Friday, February 1 /  2:00 pm  6:00 pm Kin-dza-dza! (1986, USSR, 135 min., color, Blu-ray, Japanese subtitles) / Director: Georgiy Daneliya  Saturday, February 2 /  2:00 pm  6:00 pm Gospodin oformitel (1988, USSR, 107 min., color, 35 mm film, Japanese subtitles) / Director: Oleg  Sunday, February 3 /  10:30 am  2:00 pm Abdulladzhan, ili posvyashchaetsya Stiveru Spilbergu (1992, Uzbekistan, 88 min., color, 35 mm film, Japanese subtitles) / Director: Zulfikar Musakov

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