Listed below are some of Akemi’s most recent lectures, demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions and cultural exchange activities.
Not mentioned is her teaching of GCSE & A level Japanese at Ardingly College, her own postgraduate studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London, and participation in seminars, conferences and cultural events at which she was not a scheduled speaker or performer.
| Date | Event | Location | Activity | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | ||||
| 16th-29th Dec | Cultural Visit | Maizuru, Oi and Shiga, Japan | Cultural Exchange Visit to Japan, Winter 2004 | www.akemitanaka.co.uk/services/study-tours |
| 2nd Dec | Japan Day | St. Norbert’s Catholic Primary School, Spalding | Japan Day, featuring many lectures and demonstrations | |
| November | ||||
| 20th Nov | Lecture | WSCC Adult Education, Haywards Heath | Lecture – Shinto | |
| 29th Oct-10th Nov | Cultural Exchange Visit | Kagoshima and Kumamoto, Japan | Cultural Exchange Visit to Japan, Autumn 2004 | www.akemitanaka.co.uk/services/study-tours |
| October | ||||
| 20th-30th Oct | Japan Tour | Various parts of Japan | Hurstpierpoint College Shakespeare Society tour of Japan. | |
| 6th Oct | Lecture/Demonstration | Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children | Origami & sho-do, brush-writing | |
| 5th Oct | Lecture | Ardingly College, Sussex | Japanese Language & culture | |
| September | ||||
| 28th Sept | Lecture | Ardingly College, Sussex | Japanese Language & culture | |
| 25th Sept | Lecture | WSCC Adult Education, Haywards Heath | Bushido | |
| 21st Sept | Lecture | Ardingly College, Sussex | Japanese Language & culture | |
| 9th Sept | Lecture/Demonstration | Age Concern, Hassocks | The Tea Ceremony & Kimonos | |
| August | ||||
| 7th-8th Aug | Lectures/Demonstrations | Portsmouth & Southsea Show | The Tea Ceremony, Origami & sho-do, brush-writing | |
| 6th Aug | Mayorås Parlour, Brighton | Hiroshima Memorial ceremony | ||
| 3rd Aug | Lecture | Lindfield Rotary Club, Sussex | Japanese Lifestyle | |
| 21st July-3rd Aug | Various locations in Sussex | Summer School for the pupils of Kaijo School, Japan | ||
| July | ||||
| 11th July | Pavilion Theatre, Brighton | Tanabata Festival, including a stage drama of the tanabata story, a concert of koto music and a lecture/demonstration on kodo, the way of incense. | ||
| 7th July | Workshop | Danny House, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | Tanabata workshop and a concert of koto music | |
| 7th July | Workshop | Great Walstead School, Sussex | Tanabata workshop and a concert of koto music | |
| 7th July | Honbu Dojo, Scanes Hill, Sussex | Cultural reenactment of the ancient Tanabata Dew Gathering Ceremony at 5am, followed by calligraphy and a tea ceremony. | ||
| June | ||||
| 21st June | Workshop | Norman Croft Community School, London | Tanabata workshop | |
| 20th June | Workshop | JSBMS at the Adastra Hall, Sussex | Tanabata workshop | |
| 20th June | Workshop | Mozaic Community Group, Brighton | Tanabata workshop | |
| 18th June | Workshop | Ardingly College, Sussex | Tanabata workshop | |
| May | ||||
| 20th-24th May | Lecture | Tokai University, Japan | The teaching of Japanese culture as an aspect of language teaching in the UK as leader of the UK delegation to the Symposium on Japanese language teaching around the world. | |
| 9th May | Lecture/Demonstration | Okinami Restaurant, Hove | Japanese Table Manners | |
| April | ||||
| 24th April | Lecture/Demonstration | Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton | The Kimono & The Tea Ceremony as part of the launch event of the Japan Society of Brighton and Mid Sussex, of which Akemi is President. | |
| 27th March – 11th April | Cultural Exchange Visit | Yoro, Maizuru and Nara, Japan | Cultural Exchange Visit to Japan, Spring 2004 | |
| March | ||||
| 26th March | Lecture | Lille, France | The differences between Anglo-Japanese and Franco-Japanese lifestyles | |
| 23rd March | Lecture/Demonstration | Ardingly College, Sussex | Lecture: Haiku (for pupils in Shell) | |
| 16th March | Lecture/Demonstration | Ardingly College, Sussex | Lecture/Demonstration: Haiku (for pupils in Remove). Presentation on the recent Ardingly College Study Tour of Japan, Spring 2004 | |
| 10th March | Lectures/Demonstrations | Hassocks Blind Club, Sussex | The Kimono & The Tea Ceremony | |
| 8th March | Lectures/Demonstrations | Ashdown Forest W.I., Sussex | The Kimono & The Tea Ceremony | |
| 7th March | Eton College, Berkshire | Presenting/Coaching the Ardingly College entrants in the Japanese Speech Contest | ||
| 2nd March | Demonstration | Arts Council Decibel Roadshow, Komedia, Brighton | The Tea Ceremony | |
| February | ||||
| 12th-22nd Feb | Study Tour of Japan | Gifu, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan | Ardingly College Study Tour of Japan, Spring 2004 | |
| January | ||||
| 27th Jan | Hurstpierpoint College, Sussex | Presentation on forthcoming Shakespeare/Kabuki Project (for October 2004) | ||