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.
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Place: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho, Gulliver Room
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. We will be on the ground floor at the back...
Date: Nov 10, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Place: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho, Tokyo http://bookhousecafe.jp/
This talk will introduce Yoshino Genzaburo’s Kimitachi wa do ikiru ka? (How Do You Live?), which is the inspiration behind a future Hayao Miyazaki movie of the same title....
SCBWI Japan Translation Day on October 20, 2018, in Yokohama will feature a workshop by Louise Heal Kawai, translator of Ms. Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami. Ms. Kawakami is described in the Japan Times this month as "one of Japan’s brightest stars . . . set...
Translating Ryōma!: The Life of Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese Swordsman and Visionary (vol. 1)
A Talk by Juliet Winters Carpenter, Kyoto, October 7 (Sun.), 2018
Time: 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Place: Room 207, James-kan, Doshisha Women's College, Imadegawa Campus (for directions to the campus, see
Date: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Gulliver Room, Book House Café (Jimbocho, Tokyo)
https://www.bookhousecafe.jp/
Come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. Look for the SWET sign.
Fee: Free for SWET...
Time: 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Place: Shinsentei teahouse, Rikugien, Komagome, Tokyo (see below for details)
Fee: The event itself is free of charge, but there is a 300-yen admission fee to enter the Rikugien grounds.
Potluck: Please bring one dish and drinks to contribute to a late...
Please note this was originally scheduled for July 18 but is now on July 19 because of event space availability.
Date: July 19, 2018 (Thurs.)
Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Location: Tokyo (Book House Café, Jimbocho, 2F Gulliver Room)
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
Come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and...
Special guest Alan Gleason
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place (new venue): Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website for map; come out Jinbocho subway exit A1, turn right and walk about 15 meters to the Kitazawa Building. We will be on the...
Double-Header
• Rob Goss, on a SWET special interest group for travel writers
• Getting down to Brass Tacks on the Japan Style Sheet, 3rd edition
Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Discussion starts at 7:00.
Place: Book House Cafe, Jinbocho
http://bookhousecafe.jp/
See website...
