June 16, 2016

SWET Summer Party in Tokyo!

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 will have the use of the large dining room at the Kantokutei restaurant, at the entrance to the garden. The party will be “potluck”* and BYOB. Please bring something to contribute to the nibbles and beverages so that we can enjoy and share dishes and drinks of our own choice. SWET will provide paper cups, chopsticks, plates, and napkins. Participants will be asked to help with clean-up and disposal of trash.

* Please note: “Potluck” can mean whatever portable snack or dish you can bring to contribute to the feast given your circumstances at the time--not just home-prepared dishes, but a block of cheese, a bunch of grapes, a bag of potato chips, a loaf of bread, a bottle or package of pickles, a package of luncheon meat, something from the o-sozai section of the supermarket, etc. The pleasure of potluck is seeing what comes together.

As the food is sure to come together, do take this chance to: enjoy a pre-party stroll around one of Tokyo’s nicest landscape gardens (the entrance fee is ¥300*), which will be pleasant in the late afternoon of a hot July day; call on far-flung friends to meet up in central Tokyo; and gather with other wordsmiths for stimulating conversation and networking. 

* Please note also: Entry to the garden is only possible until 4:30 p.m.

SWET held its 2009 summer party at Koishikawa Korakuen with a talk by Enbutsu Sumiko. The article about that event includes information about this venue. Our 2014 Summer Party at Kantokutei was attended by 25 people.