College/University - N/A, N/A, GB
The AJS (Anglo-Japanese Society) provides a friendly interface between Japanese and non-Japanese in Cambridge: socially at the pub meetings, dinners and clubbing events, but also by organising Japanese cultural events during the term. These include sushi parties, film nights, language lessons and karaoke! We have an annual New Year's Party (involving Japanese food and umeshu!) and an end-of-term BBQ in the summer alongside with lots of cultural and social events allowing members to experience and learn more about Japanese culture!Currently the CUAJS involves around 100 active members, excluding those with life membership who have left University, and a mailing list of around 700 people. This includes Japanese and non-Japanese undergraduate and graduate students in Cambridge University as well as other people within the Cambridge area with a strong interest in Japan. Many native Japanese students are older, often graduate students, or visiting students from Japan, while undergraduates are an even mix of non-Japanese and Japanese students with familiarity to international environments.We are open to all who are interested in finding out more about Japanese culture, of any nationality, whether university students or not. You don't need to know any Japanese to join in, either! For the past three academic years we have also run successful Japanese conversation classes.