Past Events
Past event notices are listed here in chronological order. Detailed summaries or reports of most past events have been published in the SWET Newsletter between February 1981 until April 2012; for these older events, check the Newsletter Archive.
Discounted for SWET Members
Date: October 22, 2016
Place: Yokohama International School, Yokohama
Fee: Advance registration 3,500 yen for current SCBWI or SWET members; 5,000 yen for nonmembers. At the door 4,500 yen for current SCBWI or SWET members; 6,000 yen for nonmembers.
Advance registrations...
Bring your professional news and views, entertaining stories, wonderings, and woes for a workout among wordsmiths. Join us, where the paths of editors, translators, and writers cross at the quiet Books on Japan library in Jinbocho.
Date: October 19, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00...
Presenter: Susan Jones
Date: September 25, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 2:30–5:00 p.m. (followed by early dinner nearby, details to follow)
Place: 西宮市国際交流協会, Frente Nishinomiya 4F (Just south of JR Nishonomiya Sta.) (Map)
Fee: 1,000 yen SWET/JAT members, 1,500 yen JTF members, 2,000 yen...
At this time of year in Japan, all you can think about is how to keep cool. When you live in the countryside, there must be a very good reason to go into the city, even a city as wonderful...
Date: Sunday, July 24, 2016
Time: 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Koishikawa Korakuen Garden (Iidabashi area; see here for a map and how to get there by train or subway)
Fee: Free of charge
RSVP: By July 23, 2016 (Saturday) to events@swet.jp
We...
Date: June 15, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with a...
Date: May 18, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with a...
Panel Discussion with Greg Goodmacher, Alice Gordenker, and Rob Goss
Date: April 22, 2016
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Fee: Free of charge; please bring drinks and snacks to share
Place: Sumida Riverside Tower, 2F Meeting Room, Shinkawa 1-28-7, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-003....
Date: March 23, 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with a small flag...
SWET Talk: "Whisper of the Land: Visions of Japan"
Edward Levinson on Writing and Photography
Date: January 16, 2016 (Saturday)
Time: 6:00–7:30 p.m.
Place: Wesley Center, Room 204 (http://www.wesleyfoundationjp.com/en/access.html)
Fee: 500-yen donation
Attendance: No reservations necessary
Followed by
2016 SWET Kanto New Year’s Party
Date:...
