Event by JSOS. Date – Saturday 1st of February 2025 at approx. 11.30am Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room G.04 Also on Zoom (Approx. 11:30am start) Guest Speaker – Daniel Goldie-Furlong Neil Gordon Munro was a Scottish anthropologist and doctor who lived among Hokkaido’s indigenous Ainu people in the village of NibutaniContinue reading “NEIL GORDON MUNRO: Connecting Scotland and the Ainu”
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The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling
Event by JSOS. Date – Monday 3rd of March 2025 at 7pm prompt start (doors open 6.30pm) Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G1.06 Also on Zoom (7pm prompt start) Join us for an evening with Professor Ian Gow on the Scottish admiral who, without prompt, reopened Anglo-Japanese relations. In 1854Continue reading “The Scot Who Reopened Anglo-Japanese Relations: Admiral Sir James Stirling”
Annual General Meeting 2025
Held on Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11am The 38th AGM of The Japan Society of Scotland Society members and guests gathered on Saturday 1st Feb., for our 38th AGM and we were delighted to welcome the Deputy Consul General of Japan in Edinburgh, Ms Minori Ishii. Attendance was encouraging with 30 attending In-person,Continue reading “Annual General Meeting 2025”
The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Please note that this is not a JSOS event. Dates: Between the 7th of February and the 31st of March 2025 Locations: Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness, & Kirkwall The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme will be showing various films across the UK on the theme of “Am I right?: Justice, Justification and Judgement in Japanese Cinema”.Continue reading “The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme”
Annual General Meeting 2025
The 38th AGM of the Japan Society of Scotland Date – Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11am Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room G.04 Join us at our AGM to hear what we have been up to for the last year, vote on the election of council members, and network withContinue reading “Annual General Meeting 2025”
PAST EVENT – NEIL GORDON MUNRO: Connecting Scotland and the Ainu – 1st Feb 2025
Event by JSOS. Held on – Saturday 1st of February 2025 at 11.30am Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square, Room G.04 Guest Speaker – Daniel Goldie-Furlong Neil Gordon Munro was a Scottish anthropologist and doctor who lived among Hokkaido’s indigenous Ainu people in the village of Nibutani for many years, recording and writingContinue reading “PAST EVENT – NEIL GORDON MUNRO: Connecting Scotland and the Ainu – 1st Feb 2025”
JSOS Bonenkai 2024
Held on 2nd of December 2024 On the evening of the 2nd of December, a small group of members joined our Bōnenkai 忘年会. Bōnenkai are parties that take place at the end of the year and are a time for drinking and socializing with friends or colleagues. The name translates to “forget-the-year party”. Far fromContinue reading “JSOS Bonenkai 2024”
A lifetime of experience with Japan and the Japanese – Guest speaker Jim Cuthbert
Event by JSOS. Date – 18th November 2024 at 7pm prompt start Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G.05 Guest Speaker – Jim Cuthbert Relating my experience of eight and a half years living in Kobe, Japan and all my subsequent working life involved with Japanese people, and still working withContinue reading “A lifetime of experience with Japan and the Japanese – Guest speaker Jim Cuthbert”
A Winter Tour in Southern Japan – Guest Speaker Jackie Reid
Event by JSOS. Date – 7th October 2024 at 7pm Venue – University of Edinburgh, 50 George Square – Room G.05 Guest Speaker – Jackie Reid Join us for an evening with Jackie Reid who will kindly share her experience of travelling from Taiwan through the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa), Kyushu and Shikoku by bicycle duringContinue reading “A Winter Tour in Southern Japan – Guest Speaker Jackie Reid”
The Henry Dyer Collection – Members Only Private Viewing – Sep 2024
On the 4th of September, a small group of ten members gathered for a private viewing of The Henry Dyer Collection at the Central Library Edinburgh. This was kindly suggested and organised by JSoS members and we were delighted that Deputy Consul General Ishii (Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh) was able to join us.Continue reading “The Henry Dyer Collection – Members Only Private Viewing – Sep 2024”