SWET Summer Celebrations

Date: July 26, 2008 (Sat.) for both events

SWET will celebrate summer with two events: a daytime tea gathering at the beautiful landscape garden, Rikugien, in Komagome; and an evening party at the Garden Island Beer Restaurant, Prince Hotel Tokyo/Shinagawa.

SWET members and their guests welcome

SWET at Rikugien: Tea and Wordsmithing
Reading: Arthur Binard presents Poetry in English and Japanese
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Exhibit: Bilingual Printing and Layout
Date: July 26, 2008 (Sat)
Time: 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Fee: 3,000 yen
Gather in the elegant Shinsentei tea house on the grounds of Rikugien, overlooking the centuries-old landscape garden created to entertain shoguns, to enjoy a simple bento lunch and tea.

Translator, poet, and writer Arthur Binard will read poetry in Japanese and English from his most recent book and other publications. Reading will be at 1:00 p.m.

A small collection of books and periodicals printed in both Japanese and English will be on display.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by July 23; send to SWET events or fax to 03-3430-1740

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SWET Summer Party
Tokyo Prince Hotel
3-3-1 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku
Garden Island Beer Restaurant
Date: July 26, 2008 (Sat.)
Time: from 5:30 p.m.
Fee: 4,000 yen for BBQ menu (vegetarian options available if arranged in advance); drinks individual charge

Recharge your wordsmithing batteries a recharge with the alchemy of good conversation and collegial companionship. Join fellow SWETers in banishing the Tokyo heat over cool drinks and barbeque served in a sheltered outdoor setting.

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED by July 23; send to SWET events or fax to 03-3430-1740
Access: 1 min. from Mita Line Onarimon station (Turn right out of Exit A1. After about 40 meters you will come to a small path on your right lined with lanterns. Follow the path 80 meters to the beer garden entrance.) Map (in Japanese)