HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS G Facilities pm / Fee: ¥120 for materials, plus museum (Address / Telephone / Open Hours / Closed / admission fee Admission Fee / URL) ! St. Valentine’s Day Event: Take a Photo with Admission is generally allowed up to 30 min. prior Butterflies / Sun., Feb. 11 & Mon., Feb. 12 / to closing. j 10:00 am - noon k1:00 pm - 3:00 pm P Hiroshima City Forest Park & Insectarium E The Hiroshima Botanical Garden (173 Fujigamaru, Fukuda-cho, Higashi-ku 732- (3-495 Kurashige, Saeki-ku 731-5156 / 922-3600 / 0036 / Forest Park: 899-8241, Insectarium: 899- 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed on Fridays / Adults- 8964 / Forest Park: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm; ¥510, Seniors & High school students-¥170, Insectarium: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed: Forest Junior High and Elementary school students-Free Park – Wednesdays; Insectarium – Wednesdays / (Free admission for High school students on Admission Fees for the Insectarium: Adults-¥510, Saturdays (except on national holidays and Seniors & High school students-¥170, Junior High during school holidays)) & Elementary school students-Free (Free / http://www.hiroshima-bot.jp/) admission for High school students on Saturdays (except on national holidays and during school <Exhibitions> Exhibitions will close at 3:30 pm holidays)) / Forest Park: http://www.daiichibs- on their last day. shitei.com/forest/ Insectarium: v Tenji Shiryo-kan http://www.hiro-kon.jp/) { Japanese-style Botanical Paintings / Sat., Feb. 10 - Thurs., M ar. 1 Events at the Forest Park { Floral Decorations / Sat., M a r. 3 – Thurs., Mar. 8 ! Mamemaki (bean-throwing) Event / Sat., { The World of Plant Dyeing / Sat., Mar. 10 – Feb. 3 / From 1:00 pm onward / Dai-ichi Thurs., Apr. 5 Parking Lot ² Numbered tickets will be distributed from v Te n j i Onshitsu (hothouse exhibitions) 12:30 pm. The first 200 participants will be { accepted. Kalanchoe & Winter Plants / Sat., Jan. 13 – ² This will be canceled if the weather is bad. Mon., Feb. 12 ! St. Valentine’s Day Event / Sun., Feb. 11 & { Omoto (Japanese Sacred Lily) / Wed., Feb. Mon., Feb. 12 / 10:00 am - 2:00 pm / Next to 14 - Mon., Feb. 19 Kanri Center (in front of papillon tower) { Orchids / Sat., Feb. 24 - Sun., Mar. 4 { ² Free photo service and chocolates for male Geraniums / Sat., Mar. 10 - Wed., Apr. 18 visitors will be offered to the first 100 v couples or groups each day. Okugai Te nji-jo (outdoors exhibitons) ! Let’s Make & Eat a Baumkuchen / Sun., Feb. { Christmas Roses / Sat., Feb. 24 – Sun., Mar. 4 18 & 25 / 9:30 am – 1:00 pm / Chuo Hiroba / Fee: ¥200 / group <Event> ² Participants will be accepted from 9:00 am { St. Valentine’s Day Festival / Sat., Feb. 10 – at the kanri center on the day of. Numbered Mon., Feb. 12 tickets will be distributed at the gate. The ² Various events such as concerts will be held first 70 groups will be accepted each day. during the period. ² This will be canceled if the weather is bad. <Lectures> Events at the Insectarium { Cacao Grinding Demonstration / Event date ! Hold Insects in a Hidden Room / Feb. 3 and time have not been finalized yet. (Sat.), 4 (Sun.), 10 (Sat.), 17 (Sat.), 18 (Sun.), { Junior Project / Sun., Feb. 11 & Sun., M a r. 1 1 24 (Sat.) & 25 (Sun.) / 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm / / j 11:00 am – noon k 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Participation Fee: Insectarium admission fee { How to Grow Shiitake (mushrooms) / Mon., ² The first 30 groups will be accepted each Feb. 12 / 10:00 am - 3:00 pm / Fee: ¥500 per day. piece of wood ² The first 30 participants ! Craft Workshop with Silkworm Cocoons / will be accepted on the day. ² Please bring cotton work gloves with you Feb. 3 (Sat.), 4 (Sun.), 10 (Sat.), 11 (Sun.), 12 and suit up with appropriate clothing. (Mon.), 17 (Sat.), 18 (Sun.), 24 (Sat.) & 25 (Sun.) / j 10:00 am - noon k1:00 pm - 3:00 Please feel free to contact the International Exchange Lounge at 082-247-9715. E-mail: [email protected] February 2018 公-1 HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS { How to Grow Omoto (Japanese Sacred Lily) / starry sky and listening to music. Although Sat., Feb. 17 / 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm the main target of this program is adults, { Christmas Roses / Feb. 24 (Sat.) & 25 (Sun.); anyone who wishes to rejuvenate themselves M a r. 3 (Sat.) & 4 (Sun.) / 11:00 am – noon is welcome. { Floral Decorations / Sun., M a r. 4 / j 11:00 ¶ Starry Sky Tour: Dwarf Planets – Solar System am - noon k 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Exploration / Sundays between Sun., Jan. 28 { Lecture on Plant Dyeing / Sun., Mar. 18 / and Sun., Apr. 15 / 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm ★ Events ★ ¶ Exhibition: Meteorites / Sat., Feb. 17 – Sun., ¿ 5-Days Children’s Museum of Culture Mar. 11 / 3F, Tenji Hall / Free admission and Science ¶ The 10th Hiroshima Children’s Rakugo (5-83 Moto-machi, Naka-ku 730-0011 / 222-5346 / (traditional Japanese comic story telling) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm / Closed on Feb. 5, 13, 14, 19 Performance / Sun., Feb. 11 / 2:00 pm – 4:30 & 26 / Admission fee for planetarium is required pm ² Doors will open at 1:45 pm. / 1F, Apollo (see below). Hall (250 seats) / Free admission / http://www.pyonta.city.hiroshima.jp/) ¶ Craft Workshops / Feb. 3 (Sat.), 12 (Mon.), 18 (Sun.) & 25 (Sun.) / 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm / For ★ Planetarium ★ children under elementary school entry age, I Admission Fee for Planetarium: elementary school students (1st – 3rd grade) Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students- and their guardians / 3F, Kosaku-shitsu (Craft ¥250, Junior High & Elementary school Room) / Fee: ¥30 for materials students-Free ² Free admission for High ² Each day’s program is different. For more school students on Saturdays (except on most information, please contact the museum. national holidays and during school holidays). ¶ Science Show: Experiments Using Daily Admission fee for adults is ¥250 on the second Materials / Sun., Feb. 4 / • 1:30 pm – 2:00 Saturday of every month (except on most pm ‚ 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm / 1F, Science Studio national holidays and during school holidays). / Fee: Free ¶ Planetarium Programs / Adults-¥510, Seniors µ The events listed below require advance & High school students-¥250 applications. Œ Norman the Snowman (a stop motion film) To APPLY: Send an ofuku-hagaki (return (45 min.) / Until Sun., Mar. 4 postcard) to the museum, postmarked by each Time Schedule event’s application deadline with the following v Weekdays: 11:00 am information: applicants’ names, address, v Sat., Sun., national holidays: telephone number, school year and the event • 10:00 am ‚ 3:00 pm name and time you wish to attend. • Feel the Earth ~ Music by Taro Hakase ~ / Until Mon., Jul. 16 Science Workshops ひこう Time Schedule ® Flight Science l: Make a Toy Airplane / 飛行 EA かがく えんばんがた ひこうき v Weekdays: 2:00 pm の AE 科学 ③EA AE 円盤型 EA プロペラ AE 飛行機 EA (“Hikou no v Sat., Sun., national holidays: kagaku l: Enban-gata propeller hikouki”) / • 11:00 am ‚ 2:00 pm Sun., Mar. 11 / 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm / For ¶ 360° Full Dome Show: rd th elementary (3P P – 6P P grade) & junior high school Emperor Penguins in Antarctica (40 min.) / students / Fee: ¥400 / Closing date for Until Fri., Apr. 27 / Adults-¥510, Seniors & applications: Sun., Feb. 25 High school students-¥250 ² 16 people will be selected at random by a Time Schedule drawing of names. v Weekdays: 3:00 pm Craft Workshops v おとな そうさくきょうしつ Sat., Sun., national holiday: 1:00 pm AE 大人 EA の AE 創作 EA E 教室 E A ステンドグ ¶ Refretarium: 2017/18 Winter Program / Until ® Stained Glass / Fri., Mar. 16 ラス (“Otona no sousaku kyoushitsu: Stained Time Schedule glass”) / Sat., Ma r. 3 / j 9:30 am - noon k v Weekdays: 1:00 pm 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm / For high school students v Sat., national holiday: 4:00 pm and up / Fee: ¥1,500 / Closing date for Admission Fee applications: Sat., Feb. 17 High school students and above-¥200 ² 8 people will be selected at random by a ² This is a program to refresh your mind and drawing of names for each time slot. body during lunch time while watching the Please feel free to contact the International Exchange Lounge at 082-247-9715. E-mail: [email protected] February 2018 公-2 HIRO CLUB NEWS ・ EVENTS J Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park ® Experience Driver’s Vision / (Asa-cho Dobutsuen, Asakita-ku 731-3355 / 838- Sat., Feb. 24 / • 10:00 am – noon k 1:30 1111 / 9:00 am - 4:30 pm / Closed on Thursdays pm -3:30 pm / 1F, Entrance Hall / Fee: Free / Adults-¥510, Seniors & High school students- ¥170, Junior High & Elementary school Ž Science Show: Experiment Show by Mr. O / students-Free / http://www.asazoo.jp/) Sat., Feb. 10 – Mon., Feb. 12 / j 11:30 am – 11:50 am k 1:30 pm -1:50 pm ƒ 2:30 pm – ò Let’s Learn More about Animals through 2:50 pm / 1 F, Tamokuteki Hall / Fee: Free Manga & a Quiz Rally / Fri., Feb. 2 – Sun., Ž Exhibition on a Streetcar Exposed to the A- Feb. 25 J A quiz rally will be held on Sun., Bomb / Sat., Feb. 17 / j 11:00 am - noon Feb. 11, 18 & 25. The first 1,000 people can k 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm / Okugai Hiroba participate each day. (outdoor open space) / Fee: Free òAnimal Capture Training Observation / Sun., ² Exhibition will be canceled if the weather is Feb. 4 / 2:00 pm ² You can watch training bad.