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Passing Along St. David's DayGreetings from Japan
I've received lovely greetings from these folks over the past few years. Maybe some of you are in the area or have plans to be sometime. They seem a very friendly group and I am sure they would welcome visitors.
From: Kansai St David's Society, Japan <friendofwales@yahoo.co.jp>
Subject: Happy St David's Day from Osaka, Japan !
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 10:24 AM
Dear friends of Wales all over the world,
Do the little things,
said St David.
So, we the Kansai St David's Society, Japan, holdsthe Welsh Cultural Festival annuallyin March to change the situation a little for the better in this far-east country where the Principality is little known.
(for more info on the festival please check our activity page of St David's Society Japan website. It is a bilingual site and the details aredownthe bottom)
If you have friends, relatives and/or someone who are in Japan (hopefully in Osaka, Kyoto & Kobe area) and who might be interested in our project, please pass on this news. We would very much love to welcome anyWales-related persons.
ThisFestivalisalsointroduced in the Roy Noble Show on BBC Radio Wales today!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/roynoble/
Deborah Fisher, last year's guest speaker, and Rhys Jones, this year's
guest photograhper will be interviewed in the programme. Deborah will give a report on her visit last year and Rhys will talk about his visit this year. Please tune in!
The programme starts at 14:00 and finishes at 16:00 in Britain Time, and they appear around 15:30.
( It is 0:30 in the morning of March 2nd herein Japan. if you are neither in Wales nor in Japan please check your local time)
You can listen to it live at the website above.
(Click the 'Listen Live' button next to radiowales logo in the upper spave of the page)
Or later at the page of 'Available now on BBC iPlayer' page, which is
appeared by clicking' > Recent Programmes' in the box of Roy Noble
Show in the site above. You can listen to the programme for 5 days after the show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/roynoble/
Deborah Fisher, last year's guest speaker, and Rhys Jones, this year's
guest photograhper will be interviewed in the programme. Deborah will give a report on her visit last year and Rhys will talk about his visit this year. Please tune in!
The programme starts at 14:00 and finishes at 16:00 in Britain Time, and they appear around 15:30.
( It is 0:30 in the morning of March 2nd herein Japan. if you are neither in Wales nor in Japan please check your local time)
You can listen to it live at the website above.
(Click the 'Listen Live' button next to radiowales logo in the upper spave of the page)
Or later at the page of 'Available now on BBC iPlayer' page, which is
appeared by clicking' > Recent Programmes' in the box of Roy Noble
Show in the site above. You can listen to the programme for 5 days after the show.
Your warm encouragement to the festival isgreatlyappreciated. Please keep your fingers crossed for the success of the festival !
diolch yn fawr ac
Dydd Gwl Dewi Sant Hapus !
Chikako Hirono
on behalfof the Kansai St David's Society
