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This month’s key topics: ■ St. David’s Day event write up ■ News from Wales ■ Special mentions

↓↓↓Download the PDF file below to read!↓↓↓

A huge thank you to all those who attended our postponed St David’s event on April 2nd; we had a great time and hope you did too. We have greatly missed in-person interactions so it was good to see existing friends re-united and new friendships made. And the icing on the cake was that we were able to collect ¥45,000 towards a rugby related trophy for Oita to thank them for their support to Wales during the Rugby World Cup and ¥34,000 that we have donated to International Red Cross. 

Thank you all for your generosity in giving and also to those who kindly donated prizes. 

We look forward to the next time we can all get together!

[Posted Apr 4, 2022]

Today is the last day to sign up for our St. David’s (+ one month) event, which will be held on 2nd April. Check the events tab for the details. If you have already signed up but haven’t paid yet, please get in touch and we will forward you the details again! We look forward to seeing you on the 2nd!

Happy St. David’s Day / Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

If you’re unsure how to 'Welsh' up your day, check out some of these “random acts of Welshness” for inspiration! →https://www.wales.com/randomacts

[Posted Mar 1, 2022]

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This month’s key topics:

■ St. David’s Day event has been postponed

■ News from Wales

■ Online St. David's program by the St. David’s Society’s Kansai branch

↓↓↓Download the PDF file below to read!↓↓↓

[Posted Feb 22, 2022.]

We have some sad news, followed by some very EXCITING news! Unfortunately, due to the current COVID situation and still being in a quasi state of emergency, we have decided it best to postpone our St. David’s Day celebrations. So - instead our holding our event as a lunch of the 27th February, we will be holding it on the 2nd April  as a dinner. All other details, including location and price, will be the same. Check events for the updated poster!

Please let us know if you are able to come and join us for a great evening of singing, dancing, humour, great food and fabulous company! We will also be holding a raffle with some great prizes!!

[Posted Feb 18, 2022.]

The Welsh Government invite us all to join them in celebrating our national day by taking part in our own “little act of Welshness” and sharing it on social media. 

What are "little acts of Welshness?” - Well, it could be anything! From dressing up in your best Welsh clothes, to cooking up a batch of Welsh Cakes, to simply doing a bit of “canu” and “dawnsio” (singing and dancing). All you have to do it photograph or film yourself doing the act ready to post it on the day (March 1st) with the hashtags #RandomActsOfWelshness and #PethauBychain.

Let’s turn the world Welsh this St. David’s Day!

Check here for more details and inspiration: Random Acts of Welshness

Wales International are running 4 youth singing competitions virtually for the St. David’s Day Weekend!

Opportunity to win $1000 towards travel and a chance to perform at the 2023 North American Festival of Wales in Lincoln, Nebraska. Submissions must be uploaded February 11th/12th depending your location. Check the PDF below for more info!

Calling on all Welsh, especially Welsh Rugby Fans and those who enjoyed the hospitality of Kumamoto and the area during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan! We are currently aiming to raise £1,000 to help with the relief effort in Kumamoto City, Japan after torrential flooding.

If you were able to visit Kumamoto and nearby areas during the RWC, you will have experienced the incredible hospitality that they gave the Welsh fans and team. Not only did they learn our national songs, they sang proudly with us at the games and waved our flag. 

Kumamoto is one of the areas currently suffering from record breaking flooding and landslides, which has devastated the area leaving thousands without a place to call home.

Please donate anything you can to our fundraising page below. Diolch!

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/st-davids-japan-relief-effort?utm_term=Advv9K866

For many of us Welsh (and lovers of Wales) in Japan, the spread of COVID-19 has not only isolated us from our friends in Japan, but from family and friends back in Wales too. While the State of Emergency has been lifted for Japan and we are no longer "stuck" at home, many of us are still working from home or simply opting to stay at home where possible.

Many of our events this year, including our monthly meet-ups, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus, which has made it difficult to keep our Welsh community active. But we feel that in times like these, it is especially important to try to stay united! 

We are currently in the process of planning our next event, and under the current situation, we think it will be held in early September. For the time being, let us know how you have been doing by entering our 2020 Summer #AtHome Photo contest!

Share with us a photo and a little comment which you feel sums up your time during the Covid-19 pandemic. See the attached poster for details and an entry example by the CDS president, Ursula.

We look forward to seeing your photos!

Dear CDS Members,

Hello to all of you, trusting you are all being sensible Welsh men and women and keeping well in this age of Covid-19?  We are sad that we have had to cancel our fun events, our pub nights, our Ohanami party and have had to postpone our Shakespeare and Welsh event.  However, we look forward to hosting future fun events when we can all celebrate the return to normal life and enjoy being Welsh together as soon as it is safely possible to do so!

Please do be careful and stay well.  Use your "Brains" as they say in Cardiff!

While the daily news seems bleak we thankfully have so many apps to help us keep in touch with loved ones in Wales and around the world. I thought you might enjoy these videos I found online which give us a glimpse of home.

Enjoy and stay healthy.

1) Walk the Wales Coast Path 

 WALES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD with a continuous path around its entire coast. The Wales Coast Path (or Llwybr Arfordir Cymru, in Welsh) promises 870 miles of unbroken, unspoilt, coastal walking around the entire Welsh coast — making it arguably the best walk in Wales.

2) Visit Wales once this is all sorted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCr4gt-lUP4#action=share

3) Fun video showing the best of Wales to Obama and us!

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2014-09-03/welsh-stars-record-welcome-message-for-obama-and-nato-leaders/

Enjoy and stay healthy.

Ursula, Bethany and Chris.

The occasion this year was rather special, as it was exactly 100 years since the 1918 Armistice, and the ceremony took place on Sunday the 11th of November at eleven o’clock exactly.

This year the New Zealand Embassy was organizing, and as usual, the St. David’s Society was able to participate. We were blessed with perfect weather, which was an added plus.

Spokespersons from various faiths said prayers, which served as a reminder that so many people from the old colonies participated in the hostilities. There were readings of poems by John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields and Binyon’s They Shall Not Grow Old. The Last Post was sounded and at exactly 11 am. there was two minutes’ silence, followed by the laying of the wreaths and I felt honoured to be able to lay one on behalf of our Society. All in all, a very touching and tasteful ceremony. 

- Christopher Barnett

Doreen Simmons a long term loyal member of  the St David's Society was recently honoured by the Japanese Government, invited to the Imperial Palace and awarded the Order of the Rising Sun. Gold and Silver Rays. In her words, the Order of the Rising Sun. Gold and Silver Rays is mainly given to people at the bottom of the list who do all the work themselves. As usual Doreen is being very polite about the wonderful work she has done promoting Sumo over many years in English.  For our society she has been an invaluable singer of Welsh songs and helped us win the Inter-loyal- society's brain bowl.   

Our congratulations to Doreen a member to be proud of! (7 Jan 2018)

Annwyl gyfeillion / Dear all

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda / Happy New Year!

Newydd da: byddaf yn cynnig gwersi Japaneg, Cymraeg, Saesneg i Siaradwyr Ieithoedd Eraill, Piano, Clarinet, Darllen Cerddoriaeth, a Theori Cerddoriaeth. Byddaf hefyd yn ymgymryd â gwaith cyfieithu a golygu, ac ar gael i gyfeilio mewn arholiadau Associated Board. Wele’r atodiadau am fanylion pellach.

Byddaf yn gweithio o gartref (Kirton Close, Radyr Way, Y Tyllgoed); mae hefyd fodd dysgu iaith ar skype. Os oes diddordeb gennych chi, eich plant neu eich cydnabod mewn dysgu gyda fi eleni, cysylltwch am ymgynghoriad. Byddaf yn gwerthfawrogi unrhyw gymorth y gallwch ei gynnig drwy ledu’r gair ar lafar, drwy ebostio, neu osod ffleiar yn y gweithle ac ati. Pob hwyl ichi ar gyfer 2018.

Good news: I will be offering lessons in Japanese, Welsh, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Piano, Clarinet, Sight Singing, and Music Theory. I will also be taking on translation and proofreading work (Welsh/English), and will be available to accompany in Associated Board examinations. See attachments for further details.

I will be working from home (Kirton Close, Radyr Way, Fairwater); Ianguages can also be taught via skype. If you, your children or your acquaintances are interested, please contact me for a consultation. I would appreciate any help you can offer in spreading the word verbally, by email, or by posting a flyer in your workplace and so forth. All the best to you for 2018.

Top 20 beautiful roads in Europe" North Wales is awarded as one of Top 20 "Road of Castles in a country in Wonderland/Wales.

Welsh Government will exhibit at E-23 (East 1 hall) in the Europe square for the first time.

Followed by Conwy’s success as one of “Top 30 beautiful villages in Europe” awarded in Jun.2015,

“Road of castles in a country of Wonderland/Wales” is now again awarded as “Top 20 beautiful roads in Europe” by JATA in August 2017.

Jim Jones, Managing Director of North Wales Tourism, visits Japan to do a presentation about  the newest and improved North Wales as Tourism Direction from Japan at Europe Square of East-1 hall

at Tourism Expo/Tokyo Big Site on Saturday 23th and Sunday 24th of September 2017.

Please come to Tourism Expo to meet Jim Jones to cheer him up for his promotion of North Wales.

Admission fee of the Tourism Expo is JPY1,300.

Tourism Expo：　http://www.t-expo.jp/biz/

23rd September（Sat.）24th September（Sun.）2017

U.K. Seminar   13:25 – 14:55 (Wales Tourism Seminar will start at 13:55- 14:55)

ウェールズについて広く研究する学会、日本カムリ学会の第22回例会が

下記のとおり、大阪で開催されます。

会員でなくても、当日500円お支払いいただければ、参加いただけます。

ご興味がおありの方は、ぜひ、ご参加ください。

日時：２０１５年１２月１２日（土）１３：３０～１７：００

場所：大阪大学中之島センター事務室　　講義室２０

＜プログラム＞

受付開始　１３：３０～

個別報告　１４：００～１４：４５

         「Ｉ.Ｋ.ブルネルと南ウェールズの鉄道」

                                         報告者　梶本元信氏

休憩　　　　１４：４５～１５：００

講演　　　　１５：００～１６：４０

　「ギラルドゥス・カンブレンシスと「ブレコン大助祭問題」」

                                                 講演者　永井一郎氏

総会　　　　１６：４０～１７：００

懇親会　　　１８：００～

　　　　　　　　大阪・梅田「シャーロック・ホームズ」にて

　　　　　　　　関西ウェールズ会と合同のクリスマスパーティー

====＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

例会への参加ご希望の方は、12月5日（土）までに

日本カムリ学会　まで

お名前と連絡先を明記の上、お申込みください。

The Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones is visiting Japan from September 7th for five days. During his trip he will visit a number of companies with businesses interests in Wales and attend an event at the Embassy to promote Welsh food and drink.

To read his speech ahead of his Japan visit see the Welsh Government page.

To follow his visit in Japan follow him on Twitter.

Cwrs Dwys Haf Aberystwyth / Intensive Welsh Summer Course in Aberystwyth. 

For further information please see the website or e-mail the Centre.

Classes will run over a period of 4 weeks and will be adapted to suit each level. It is possible to join for any number of weeks. Accommodation is available, with the option of an en-suite or a non en-suite room. For prices, please contact the Centre .

アバリストウィス大学の夏期短期集中ウェールズ語コース　

詳細はこちらをご覧いただくか、コースの担当部署に英文メールでお問い合わせください。

8月3～28日までの4週間ですが、1週間から4週間まで希望のコース期間が選べます。

授業も各レベルに合わせた内容で行われます。

宿泊付／宿泊なしが選べ、宿泊付の場合はバス・トイレ付／バス・トイレ共用の部屋が選べます。

それぞれの料金についても担当部署にお問い合わせください。

Cwrs Dwys Haf Aberystwyth. Os hoffech mwy o fanylion am y Cwrs, ewch i’r wefan 

neu e-bostiwch y Ganolfan .

Mae yna ddosbarth yn rhedeg ar gyfer bob lefel am y 4 wythnos a does ddim rhaid i chi fynychu am y 4 wythnos cyfan.

Mae llety hefyd ar gael gyda opsiwn o lety en-suite ac heb en-suite. Am brisiau, cysylltwch â’r Ganolfan.

The Welsh Government is providing an opportunity for Welsh businesses to participate in a trade mission to Tokyo, Japan, with a vision to increase Welsh exports to Tokyo and the wider Japanese market. 

Read the full report. 

イギリス文化辞典

A Dictionary of UK Culture "IGIRISU BUNKA JITEN" (in Japanese), published by Maruzen.

The book is made up of 15 chapters, which looks at various aspects of Welsh culture and traditions, including Welsh society, literature, poetry, drama, film, music, art, education, sports, and history. Many members from St. David’s Society, Japan and the Academic Society of Welsh Studies in Japan contributed their work to the book. You are sure to find many familiar names among the authors.

It also looks at the other countries in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with a total of 389 topics covering a range of topics on British culture. The book is divided into sections making it an easy book to either read from cover to cover or just to dip into.

Price: 20,000 yen plus consumption tax.

Happy reading!

 このたび丸善出版から、英国の魅力を余さず伝える『イギリス文化辞典』が発刊されました。

「社会」「物語・小説」「詩」「演劇」「映画」「音楽」「絵画・彫刻・建築」

「教育・スポーツ」「哲学・思想」「歴史・王室」「日英関係」という章立てに加え、

「スコットランド」「ウェールズ」「北アイルランド」に関しても独立した章で紹介。

総計389項目を各見開き2ページで完結させているため、読みやすく、

どこを開いても興味深く読め、楽しめる内容になっています。

A5版のハンディサイズです。

特筆すべきは、「ウェールズ」の章の執筆陣。

当日本ウェールズ協会や日本カムリ学会のメンバーが、

専門家としてお名前を連ねていらっしゃいます。

「イギリス文化辞典」と“イギリス”というワードが使用されていることは

はなはだ不満ではありますが、ウェールズ、スコットランド、

北アイルランドに関しても それぞれの独自の民族性、歴史、文化、慣習、言語などを

網羅した辞典は 他に例を見ないものでしょう。

価格は税別2万円と高額ではありますが、英国通になれる1冊です。

ぜひ、本屋さんでお確かめの上、お求めください。 

Short Modern Welsh Stories in Japanese, translated by Kuniko Fujisawa, a CDS member.

Mrs. Fujisawa is a professional translator who holds Welsh literature deer to her heart. In her new website she introduces short modern Welsh stories from the 20th century to Japanese readers.

Mrs. Fujisawa gained copyright permission directly from the authors, copyright holders and other agents to publish this work. As a result of the Welsh Literature Exchange’s corporation and encouragement her ‘Hiraeth’ to Wales was able to be realized.

The stories are written in Japanese. Please feel free to share them with others who may be interested in Welsh culture. More stories will appear on the site in the summer.

Happy reading!

CDS会員でいらっしゃる藤沢邦子さんが訳された20世紀ウェールズ短編集をご案内します。

藤沢さんは高い評価を受けている翻訳家でいらして、現代ウェールズ社会を反映する20世紀のウェールズの短編を日本に読者に紹介したいという思いを長らく温めてこられました。

著作権が切れている作品以外の翻訳許諾は、作者、その家族などの著作権保持者、または著作権代理人から直接得たものです。その交渉では、Welsh Literature Exchangeに多大の協力と応援をいただき、ウェールズへの想いが実現しました。

夏には新作も追加される予定です。

ごゆっくりお楽しみください。 

英国初の日本人市会議員

2012年5月の英国統一地方選挙でウェールズ愛国党から出馬し、

見事カーディガンの市会議員になられた島崎晃さんのインタビュー記事が

ロンドンの日系誌に掲載されました。

下記のPDF文書を開いてお読みください。 

ウェールズ人のヒーローの一人、

 ギラルダス・カンブレンシス（ウェールズのジェラルド）に

関する本が出版されました！

研究書以外では、ギラルダスを紹介した初めての一般書でしょう。

著者の桜井俊彰さんはCDSメンバーのお一人です。

東京CDSメンバーの桜井俊彰さんが、吉川弘文館発行の「歴史文化ライブラリー」シリーズの一冊として

『イングランド王国前史―アングロサクソン七王国物語』という本を出版されました。

イングランドの地に興ったアングロサクソンの各王国の相克の歴史の合間から、ブリトン人、

すなわち現ウェールズ人の祖先たちの歴史も見ることができる一冊です。
書店やオンラインでも購入できますので、ぜひお読みください。

『イングランド王国前史―アングロサクソン七王国物語』

<<<以下桜井さんからのメッセージです。>>>

この本の内容は、ローマがブリテン島から撤退した後、六世紀後半から十世紀初めにかけて成立したアングロサクソンの七王国（ヘプターキー）をテーマにしたものであり、ケント、イーストアングリア、ノーサンブリア、マーシア、ウェセックスの各王国をそれぞれ章を立てて、その成り立ちや、王国間の戦い、英雄譚を紹介したものです。わが国で出されている英国史の書物は、現状ではそのほとんどがノルマンの征服以降のものであり、この時代の一般向けの書物としては、本書は日本初となります。手前味噌になりますが、読みやすくかつ面白いと、いま結構評判になっています。

桜井俊彰

Hayase Yamagishi, a Cardiff University graduate, has created an E-bookversion of her art exhibition, ‘Love from Wales’, which was held last June. It is now FREE to download. Ms. Yamagishi says, “I made this e-book to let more people know about Wales, I would appreciate it if you could spread this e-book via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter!”

Love from Wales (E-book)

カーディフ大学卒業生で、東京CDS会員の山岸早瀬さんが開催された

絵と詩の個展「Love from Wales-イギリス・ウェールズの生き方」の作品集が

電子書籍になりました。ぜひダウンロード下さい。（閲覧・ダウンロード無料）

電子書籍版「Love from Wales ―イギリス・ウェールズの生き方―」

【山岸さんよりお願い】

この個展および電子書籍は、お世話になったウェールズの皆さんへの感謝と、

日本および世界の人に、もっとウェールズのことを知って欲しいという

強い想いを込めて作りました。

そこで皆さんにお願いですが、ぜひ上記のページ末のTwitterなどのソ

ーシャルメディアのボタンで、周りの方にもお伝えいただければ幸いです。

コメント欄にみなさんのご感想もお待ちしています。よろしくお願いします。