The International Student Counseling Office of the Student Advice and Counseling Center will host a one-day intercultural workshop “Zen Zemi2025.” In this workshop, you 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: Monday, November 10th, 2025

Time: 9:30-17:00
Open to: All Hokkaido University students (including international students)
Language: English (with Japanese interpretation)
Place: Clark Memorial Student Center 3F Japanese style room
Item to bring: Please bring your own lunch
Application Deadline: Sunday, October 26, 2025

Please Note:
★ If oversubscribed, 20 participants will be selected by lottery while ensuring the cultural diversity
　of participants. Participants will be confirmed by the end of October 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.
★ This program is held in English, and Japanese interpretation is offered as needed.

Inquiry : Student Advice and Counseling Center, International Student Counseling Office
Tel : 011-706-8001（9:00～17:00）
Email : inq[at]sacc.hokudai.ac.jp
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