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March 9, 2016

Crafting Travel Writing, Tourism Material, and Tours

Panel Discussion with Greg Goodmacher, Alice Gordenker, and Rob Goss

Date: April 22, 2016 Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Fee: Free of charge; please bring drinks and snacks to share Place: Sumida Riverside Tower, 2F Meeting Room, Shinkawa 1-28-7, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0003. About 10 minutes walk from Kayabacho (Hibiya and Tozai Line) or Hatchobori (Hibiya Line or JR Keiyo Line) subway stations. Buses from... more

March 9, 2016

March SWET Talk Shop: Academic Translation and Editing

Date: March 23, 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 6:00–9:00 p.m. Place: Books on Japan (library), Jinbocho, Tokyo; at the Jinbocho subway stop, go out the A2 exit; at street level, turn left, go 12 steps and look for a doorway with a small flag over it saying “Books on Japan”; take the stairs to the 2nd floor. http://www.booksonjapan.org/location/ Fee: Free of charge RSVP: Please let us... more

February 12, 2016

SWET Doyenne (and Sumo Expert) Makes the News

If you know the Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators, you have at some point heard of Doreen Simmons. ABC Australia has published the sumo-oriented article below that includes a well-produced 2-minute video "A Day with Doreen." Check it out:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-10/doreen-simmons-unlikely-sumo-wrestling-expert-japan/7155198

A Day With Doreen: A two minute portrait of sumo commentator Doreen Simmons

https://vimeo.com/112989443

December 20, 2015

SWET Talk and New Year’s Party

SWET Talk: "Whisper of the Land: Visions of Japan" Edward Levinson on Writing and Photography

Date: January 16, 2016 (Saturday) Time: 6:00–7:30 p.m. Place: Wesley Center, Room 204 ([url=http://www.wesleyfoundationjp.com/en/access.html]http://www.wesleyfoundationjp.com/en/access.html[/url]) Fee: 500-yen donation Attendance: No reservations necessary

Followed by

2016 SWET Kanto New Year’s Party

Date: January 16, 2016 (Saturday) Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Place: Trattoria Il Paciocconne Price: ¥5,000 per person (including drinks) Location: 3-minute walk from Wesley Center; map:... more

November 22, 2015

Making Memoir: From Situation to Story

With Leza Lowitz and Tracy Slater

Moderator: Liane Wakabayashi

Date: November 28, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m. (doors open for socializing at 6:00) Place: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama (Tokyo) Room 204 (Map)

RSVP: Please let us know if you are coming at SWET Events.  Fee: No charge

The road to memoir is paved with good intentions. How do you move from situation... more

November 17, 2015

Alice Gordenker’s Tours in English: To the Tanzawa mountains!

Journalist Alice Gordenker, whose always informative column So, What the Heck Is That? appears in the Japan Times monthly, is offering another attractive tour in English.

The first was to Manazuru, which is less than two hours from Tokyo. Next up, on Oct. 31, was a pleasant and informative trip to Oyama, with visit to a beautiful noh theater built over a pond and the... more