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“Zen Zemi 2024” will be held!

Jul 05, 2024
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The International Student Counseling Office of the Student Advice and Counseling Center will host
a one-day intercultural workshop “Zen Zemi 2024.”
In this workshop, participants will be invited to participate in icebreaking, team-building exercises,
and a simulation game, followed by Zazen and Japanese tea ceremony experience.
It will be a great opportunity to get to know students from diverse cultural backgrounds and explore how culture can affect us. Join us for this special experience!

※Advance registration is required.

Dates and Contents: Friday, August 9th, 2024

Time: 9:30-17:00
Open to: All Hokkaido University students (including international students)
Language: English (with Japanese interpretation)
Place: Student Communication Station 2F, Room 214
Application Deadline: Sunday, July 21, 2024

 

Please Note:
★ If oversubscribed, 20 participants will be selected by lottery while ensuring the cultural diversity of
　 participants. Participants will be confirmed on July 22 and notified by email.
★This program includes Zazen (seated Zen meditation) by the abbot of Kozenji Temple,
    but this is not a religious event. People of various faiths and non-faiths are welcome to participate.

Inquiry: Student Advice and Counseling Center, International Student Counseling Office
Extension: 8001
Email: inq[at]sacc.hokudai.ac.jp
　        ※Please change [at] to @ when sending.

 

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