Listed below are some of Akemi’s lectures, demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions and cultural exchange activities.
| Date | Event | Location | Activity | Link |
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| January | ||||
| 10th | Japanese Cultural Day in Two Rivers High School in Tamworth | |||
| Every Wed | Teaching at Ravens Bourne School | |||
| February | ||||
| 5th | Lecture in London Anime Club | |||
| February | ||||
| March | ||||
| 5th | Bunkasai Japanese Festival www.bunka-sai.com | |||
| 8th | Lecture at The Corinium Ladies Luncheon Club “Japanese Etiquette” | |||
| 12th | Lecture at The Embroiderers’ Guild In West Essex “Tea Ceremony and Kimono” | |||
| 18th & 19th | Attending Minami-Con as a guest speaker | |||
| 20th-31st | Cultural Study Trip To Japan – CANCELLED | |||
| 24th – 28th | Canada | |||
| April | ||||
| 1st | Channel 4 : www.4thought.tv 7:25pm | |||
| 1st-3rd | Attending Kitacon as a guest speaker | |||
| 15th | Lecture at Erith Library for Bexley Anime and Manga Festival | |||
| 18th-24th | Akemi’s Japanese Assistance Trip (cancelled) | |||
| May | ||||
| 26th May | Workshop at Birds Bush Primary School, Tamworth | |||
| 20th May | Lecture (Japanese Manner) at Victoria Library | |||
| 10th-13th, 16th-19th, 23rd, 27th and 31st (from 16:00-5:30am) | Filming for 47 Ronin film | |||
| 14th | Tea Ceremony at Livingstone House (Charity event) | |||
| 15th | Aid For Japan – Japan Fundraiser Event, Conway Hall, London | |||
| June | ||||
| 1st, 14th, 16th | Filming for 47 Ronin film | |||
| 12th | Kimono lecture at Geffrye museum in London 13:00-14:00 and 15:00-16:00 |
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| 13th | Japanese workshop in St Francis CE Primary school in Hampshire | |||
| 18th & 19th | Nema Con, York | |||
| 19th | Lecture and demonstration in Brighton Festival | |||
| 20th | Japanese Manner and Life Style Lecture at Victoria library | |||
| July | ||||
| 1st | Lecture in Hindleys a special Art College | |||
| 2nd & 3rd | Japanese Art Festival, Conway Hall, London | |||
| 5th | Japanese Lecture at Hemel Hempstead School | |||
| 9th | London Film and Comic Con – lecture | |||
| 11th | Lecture and workshop at St. Wilfrids Catholic High School | |||
| 12th | Lecture at The Wing Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset | |||
| 13th | 23rd Japan business trip as a consultant | |||
| 23rd | Return from Japan | |||
| 25th-29th | Teaching a course “Japanese Language and Culture” in the Future University in London | |||
| 30th | Demonstration of Tea ceremony at “World Together Day” in Wakefield Westgate | |||
| 31st | Lectures at Anime League in London | |||
| August | ||||
| 14th | Lecture and Demonstration “Tea ceremony” at Geffrey Museum | |||
| 19th-21st | Ayacon (Anime convention) as a guest speaker (Japanese culture) | |||
| 26th-29th | Abunai (Anime convention) in Holland as a guest speaker | |||
| September | ||||
| 3rd & 4th | Sussex Bonsai Festival – Lecture and demonstration Tea ceremony, Bushido and Shinto, The History of Kimono, Teaching calligraphy |
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| 8th – 10th | Alcon (Anime convention), Leicester: Lecture and demonstration Teaching Japanese Language using Anime |
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| Every Wednesday 19:00 – 23:00 | “Bunkasai Club” to help www.aidforjapan.co.uk | |||
| 11th | Helping to wear Yukata – Akari project near river Thames (The Japan Society and embassy) | |||
| 18th | Appeal for Fundraising – Aid For Japan for orphans in Matsuri | |||
| 23rd | Kitacon Appeal for Fundraising | |||
| October | ||||
| 22nd | Japanese Traditional Dance (Nihonbuyo) at Dance Festival in London | |||
| 26th | Lecture: The History of Kimono at London College of Fashion | |||
| November | ||||
| 4th – 6th | Guest of “NekoCon” in U.S.A | |||
| 12th -13th | Lectures and Demonstration at “Doki Doki Con” in Manchester | |||
| 25th | Bunkasai Kimono Fashion Show and introduce Japanese culture and Art in Old Spitalfield Market in London | |||
| 29th | Lecture in Yorkshire | |||
| December | ||||
| 1st | Lecture at Bishops’s Stortford College | |||
| 2nd | Workshop in the Astley Copper school | |||
| 3rd | Japanese table manner lesson and Tea ceremony at Mitsukoshi restaurant in London | |||
| 7th | Teaching Japanese business manner in Cambridge | |||
| 19th | Leaving for Japan | |||