［Event］ Workshops and networking events for mothers in our community in October 2015

日本語でのご案内はブログ下部をご覧ください。

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We will organize various events in October. Free babysitting service will be provided for the Deko Maki Sushi workshop. Please feel free to join us!

Please see below for the details and apply via e-mail. We are looking forward to seeing you!

Deko Maki Sushi Workshop Thursday, October 8th, 10：30-12：30

We'll learn how to make Rabbit Deko Maki Sushi. The demonstration of Jack-o'-Lantern Deko Maki Sushi will be performed, too.

• Instructor：Ms. Maeda Emi (JLL Japan Deko Sushi Association Master Instructor)
• Fee: JPY 1,500 (Materials included)
• Capacity：About 12 people
• Venue: Nishi-ward Chiku Center (12-minute walk from West Gate of Yokohama Station)
• Application Deadline:September. 28th

*In case the number of application exceeds the capacity, we will pick up the participants through a drawing.

Picnic 　Saturday, October 17th,　12：30-

Enjoy a Picnic in a park! Young children are also very welcome.
You can come and leave anytime you want. If you can't find us on that day, please contact us (we'll let you know our contact later).

• Fee: Free
• Venue: Rinko Park　(5-minute walk from Minatomirai Station)
• What to bring: Lunch & Drinks, A picnic blanket (it would be nice if you could bring some food to share with others)
• Application Deadline: October. 15th

*Detailed direction will be provided to participants later.

Exchange & Chat CAFE　　Wednesday, October 28th, 15：00-16：30

Let's chat with international moms(dads)!
You can bring used baby & kids articles and exchange with others' items. You can come and leave anytime during the hours.

• Fee: Free
• Venue: Fukushia　(4-minute walk from East Gate of Yokohama Station.)
• Application Deadline: October. 26th

*More details will be updated later.

This time we don't collect "ideas" so we changed the system a little: please bring something (used items such as child's clothes, toys or books in good condition) to GIVE AWAY, not to exchange. If your items are left in the end of the meeting, please bring them back home.The number of items you can choose from the used items to bring back is up to 2 or 3 per person.

We don't prepare tea this time, so please bring your own drink(s). We'll prepare homemade cakes/cookies and if you like some, we would like to ask you only the material cost, which will be about 100 yen.
Thank you for your understanding.

Application and Inquiries: e-mail to imcy.info@gmail.com

Please apply via e-mail with these infomation. We will reply to you for confirmation within two days.

[Your name]
[Cell phone number]
[E-mail address]
[Your Ward](the name of the city if you are outside Yokohama)

↓For Deko Maki Sushi Workshop Only

[Babysitting] Yes / No
If Yes, [Child's name]

[Child's age]
[Allergy information]

Organizer ：International Mothers Community in Yokohama（IMCY）　
IMCY is a group of international mothers providing a place to share information
related to child-care on Facebook and a blog in English.

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秋のイベントを開催します！
～国籍、言葉の壁をこえて地域のママがつながるワークショップ＆交流会～

10月、IMCYでは3つのイベントを企画しています。子育て中のママが少しでもリフレッシュできるようにと、保育付きのイベントも準備しました。はじめての方も大歓迎です。ぜひ、お気軽に遊びに来てください。参加にはお申込みが必要です。詳しくは、この記事の下部をご覧ください。

デコ巻き寿司ワークショップ　10月8日（木）10:30～12:00 

昨年大好評だったデコ巻き寿司ワークショップを今年も開催します！当日は、簡単で可愛いうさぎの巻きずしの作り方を学びます。ハロウィーンかぼちゃのデモンストレーションもあります。お子様は別室にて保育スタッフがお預かりします。

• 講師：前田恵美さん　(日本デコずし協会認定マイスター)
• 参加費：1500円
• 定員：12名程度
• 場所：横浜市西地区センター （横浜駅西口より徒歩約12分
• 申し込み締切：9月28日（月）

*応募が定員を上回った場合、抽選にて参加者を決定いたします。

親子でピクニック　10月17日（土）12：30～

臨港パークでピクニックを楽しみましょう。ぜひご家族でご参加ください。
当日は、好きな時間に来て、好きな時間に帰って大丈夫です。場所が見つからない場合は、ご連絡下さい（連絡先は後ほどお知らせします）。

• 参加費：なし
• 場所：臨港パーク   （みなとみらい駅徒歩約5分）
• 持ち物：お弁当、飲み物、レジャーシート。可能であれば、皆で食べられる１品をお持ちください。
• 申し込み締切：10月15日（木）

*行き方の詳細は後日参加者にお知らせします。


Exchange & Chat CAFE　10月28日（水）15:00～16:30
国籍を超えて楽しくおしゃべりしましょう。 子ども達はプレイエリアで遊ぶことができます。当日は育児グッズの交換会もあります。

• 参加費：無料
• 場所：西区福祉保健活動拠点フクシア　(横浜駅東口より徒歩4分)
• 申し込み締切：10月26日（月）

*前回のExchange & Chat CAFEの様子は、こちらのブログもご覧下さい。
*チャットカフェに関する詳細は後日更新します。

今回は「アイディア」は集めませんので、仕組みを変更し、「交換」ではなく「誰かにあげたい」不要品（状態の良い服、おもちゃ、本など）があればお持ち下さい。当日残った場合は、お手数ですがお持ち帰り下さい。尚、持ち帰ることのできるアイテムは、おひとり２～３点とさせていただきます。

また、お茶のご用意はございませんので、必要な方はご自身のお飲物を持ち下さい。手作りお菓子の用意はする予定ですが、お求めの方には材料費のみ（100円程度）頂戴いたします。

ご理解の程、よろしくお願い申し上げます。

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お申込方法：

下記の情報を添えて、imcy.info@gmail.com までお申込み下さい。2日以内に折り返し確認の連絡（基本メールにて）をさせて頂きます。

【お名前】
【携帯電話番号】
【Emailアドレス】
【お住まいの区】（横浜市外の場合は都市名）

＊デコ巻き寿司ワークショップにご参加希望の方は以下も
【保育】要・不要
要の場合【お子さんの名前】
【お子さんの年齢】
【アレルギーの有無】

お問合せ： imcy.info@gmail.com

主催：International Mothers Community in Yokohama（IMCY）　

ＩＭＣＹは、日本語を話さず、情報を入手しにくいママ向けに英語での子育て情報をブログやFacebookで提供、共有している子育て中のママによる市民活動団体です。ボランティア募集中！

[GOVERNMENT] Population Census 2015

Population Census is held every five years in Japan. And 2015 is the year.

The target includes foreign residents, but foreign diplomats and military (and their family) were excluded at the last census. Please confirm your superior.

You can answer online from September 10th to 20th. A census taker of your area will visit your house to hand the document around September 10th to 12th (the date may change according to where you live). If you don't answer online, the taker will visit you again to hand you paper document (write-in type) along with an envelop to turn it in from September 26th to 30th. 

Answering the census is a duty under Japan's law of statistics. 
Please be careful of false census takers. 

For more information, please visit the official page (English):
http://kokusei2015.stat.go.jp/en/

[IMCY Activity Report] A Visit to Cookpad Office & Light Lunch Cooking

We had "A Visit to Cookpad Office & Light Lunch Cooking" on 31st July, 2015!

The international division at Cookpad kindly invited IMCY members to their fabulous kitchen to have a visit and light lunch cooking party.

The cooking theme was "Kids-friendly".

A recipe that's fun for kids?
A recipe friendly for kids?

If you are a mother with young children, you must have been at a loss trying to think up a over these questions: what shall we cook? What can please them and be nutritious at the same time?

So we decided this time to try some menus which, not only look good but are fun to make with kids. Mothers and children all had fun cooking together!

Cookpad provided us the location for this event, the kitchen in their head office on the 12th floor of Ebisu Garden Place. The spacious kitchen also had fantastic view!



The menu of the day was:

-Tortilla sandwich
-Ratatouille
-Stewed pumpkin
-Kakikori(Japanese shaved ice)

Participants all brought their own recipes and we started by sharing recipes as we began to cook together.And kids were happy to help cooking.

 

Making "shiratama dingo"… sticky rice flour dumplings.
Every single one of these were made by the kids.










Stewed pumpkin.

By sprinkling sugar over the pumpkin and letting it sit for 30 minutes, the pumpkin releases its natural moisture and becomes sweeter.

Tortilla sandwich.
The combination of the multi-colored vegetables adds an appetizing freshness to its presentation.

We cooked 4 dishes in about one hour and then sat down to enjoy them together. There were many bell peppers and tomatoes in the ratatouille and tortilla sandwich, but the kids ate them all up with zest.

 

At the end of the meal, we had shaved ice with a choice of toppings!

The kids were all screaming with joy.

You can find the recipes of the day and more kids-friendly recipes on Cookpad in English.

It is easy to create an account, so let's try it!

Cookpad English
https://cookpad.com/us

[ACTIVITY REPORT] Exchange & Chat Cafe July 1st&20th, 2015

Following from June, we had Exchange & Chat Cafe twice in July!

Although July 1 was a gloomy rainy day, about 10 families turned up for the event. In the play area, the children enjoyed themselves playing with the volunteer staff.
Some moms brought us a homemade cake, and it was a day where many moms were able to enjoy leisurely chats.

 

July 20 was a public holiday, and about 15 families turned up for the event.

As it was a public holiday, there were also some dads and working moms.
At the play area, we could see the children having fun.

Many moms brought ideas with them for our next activities and made suggestions about what kind of information is necessary for international moms in Yokohama/Japan. Ideas closely linked to daily life, such as things that need to be prepared at home in case of disasters like earthquakes, and comparison of food delivery services, were also shared.These ideas will be put together and we will decide new events.

Then, we enjoyed "Exchange" late in the event.

 

*About detail of "Exchange" please read this post.

http://international-mothers-in-yokohama.blogspot.jp/2015/06/activity-report-exchange-chat-cafe-june.html

Thanks for those who joined the Cafe. We had a great time!!
Next event will be in September. Have a great summer vacation!

[EVENT] "African savanna"area new opend in Yokohama Zoorasia(ZOORASIA YOKOHAMA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS).

"Problem-solving game” will be held in ZOORASIA, untill August 31.
Then, during the summer,ZOORASIA be open late into the night.

Night ZOO will be open:
1(sat), 2(sun), 8(sat), 9(sun), 14(fri), 15(sat), 16(sun), 22(sat), 23(sun), 29(sat), 30(sun) in August.
The park opens at 9:30 a.m to 20:30 p.m.
(No entrance after 19 p.m.)

A portion of the information is available on the English website
http://www2.zoorasia.org/foreign/

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夏休みのお出かけ情報をご紹介します。
よこはま動物園ズーラシアにオープンした「アフリカのサバンナ」エリアでは、8月31日まで、リアル謎解きゲームを開催しています。夏は、夜の動物の姿が見られる「ナイトズーラシア」も開催しています。

ナイトズーラシア
期間:8月の土日と14日(金)
時間:9:30～20:30(入園は19:00まで)

http://www2.zoorasia.org/

[EVENT] Summer Vacation Quiz & Stamp Rally: Let's explore 4 museums

From July 18 (Saturday) to September 30 (Wednesday), a "Summer Vacation Ikuta Ryokuchi Stamp Rally" will be held in Ikuta Ryokuchi, Kawasaki.
Everyone who visits the 4 museums in the area and collects two stamps can get a memento gift.
Ikuta Ryokuchi is a large natural park that also has a Fujiko·F·Fujio museum (Doraemon museum that children love) and a planetarium. Why not go there during summer vacation?

A portion of the information is available on the English website.
http://www.ikutaryokuti.jp/hp/forein_en.html


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夏休みのお出かけ情報をご紹介します。

夏休みクイズ&スタンプラリー4つのミュージアムを探検しよう!
川崎市の生田緑地で、7月18日（土）～9月30日（水）の期間に、「夏休み生田緑地スタンプラリー」が開催されます。
エリア内にある4つのミュージアムをめぐり、スタンプを2つ集めると全員に記念品プレゼントがあります。
生田緑地は、広大な敷地をもつ自然公園で、子どもたちが好きなドラえもん作品も数多く紹介されている『藤子・F・不二雄ミュージアム』やプラネタリウムも併設しています。

http://www.ikutaryokuti.jp/

[LESSONS] Tadaku Cooking Classes

We would like to introduce Tadaku, a website for cooking classes, for cooking lovers.
They're looking for new instructors and students.

Here's a message from the Tadaku organizer:

At Tadaku, we organize cooking classes by foreigners living in Japan. Every teacher teaches his/her country's cuisine at home. It's not a formal cooking class, like ABC cooking, but a casual and relaxed cooking lesson, very similar to a home cooking party.

Tadaku is not just about food, but about cultural exchange through cooking. Students are people who are eager to learn other cultures and big foodies. There's nothing more gratifying than teaching the gastronomy and culture of your region to so interested people.

Tadaku classes are very popular among foreign mums living in Japan, because there are no requirements regarding the number of classes per month. You can host them when your child caring duties allow and you feel like it. Tadaku classes are also a great way of making new Japanese friends, which is usually a problem for mums who have recently arrived to Japan and don't speak Japanese.

For more detail, visit their site at: www.tadaku.com