This is a casual meetup for knitters, crocheters, spinners and other fiber and crafty artists. All are welcome, from absolute beginners to seasoned experts - this is a great chance to learn something new and/or pass along knowledge--not to mention, meet some new friends :-) Instead of clicking away with your hooks and needles all by yourself, come out and join us - we are fun, interesting, and chatty, and our members come from a variety of backgrounds!! We try to meet a couple of times a month i …

This group is for people wanting to improve their language skills and make new friends. We will meet each week and help each other understand our different languages. Language exchange is one of the best ways to improve speaking ability. Let's build a community and our communication skills.

I moved from Tokyo to Kobe recently so I have renamed this club. Please - all of you who joined the club - stay members and I'll try and share news and updates with you and even do a party in Tokyo again when I am back there. But if any of you are in or around Kobe (even Osaka/Kyoto/Nara) and feel like tea, let me know :) I'll do events here too! I love afternoon tea and simply want to bring people together who share the same interests and enjoy meeting nice people, sitting in nice cafes and ho …

We hosts an international friendship party at Kobe, Osaka ank Kyoto. You can make many Japanese friends here. It's OK if you can't speak Japanese. Japanese participants are interested in foreign cultures and they can speak English. Let's have a good time with us. Website: http://www.ipartykobe.com

This group is for anyone interested in playing European board games in Kyoto. Beginners are welcome. We have more than 50 games to try. Games range from super easy to brain burners and from 2 - 10 people. Let's play! We'll try to meet every week Wednesday night. There will be a mix of Japanese and English spoken and a mix of interesting people. Please be patient and open. 京都でボードゲームしましょ！初心者でも楽しめますよ。新しいヨーロッパのボードゲームは人生ゲームより大分楽しいよ。頭を使います。協力するゲームも競争して１０人でするゲームもいろいろあります。日本語で説明もしますので喜楽に参加してください。一緒にゲームし …

I once joined a Vegan meetup party in Tokyo and it was fun! How about we all meetup in Kansai too? I often have vegan meals outside with vegan friends, but the situation for vegan in Japan  isnot good . What I'd like to do is to promote good vegan world that is good for environment. I've started this meetup not just for seeing  friends but also chaning Kansai into vegan peaceful world! The Kansai Vegan Meet-up Group is for vegans, vegetarians & veg-friendly or veg-curious people. It is an i …

Let's get together for singing ! I like US/UK pop/rock/R&B ...and sometime I want to sing!! Even though I am not good at singing especially my English pronunciation is not good ...really (-_-), I want to enjoy sing sometimes! And it would be more fun if I could meet new people who also wants to sing. This group will do just....... 1. Go to a Karaoke box 2. Take your turn ;-) 3. Stand up and sing out loud ! (we know you are shy basically!) 4. Before or after go to Café/ Bar/ casual meal if yo …

Inspired by the The Tokyo spontaneous hangout has started which works the same way and welcomes any kind of events and let all members to post their ideas. The group spontaneously picks up interesting events or places in the Kansai area (Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo) and offer an opportunity for members to enjoy it with good folks from the group. Our goal is to build up good networking for members while we hang out over various opportunities, and share experience/ideas, and make ideas happen together.

Do you want to have some fun without spending money? Do you want to meet new and various kinds of people? Just join this group then! This is a casual meetup group ANYONE can join. There are so many things that we can do for free to have fun in Osaka or Kyoto like Picnics, Hiking, Relaxing in good parks, Jogging, Biking, Doing some sports, Doing yoga, Visiting somewhere free and nice, Exploring somewhere at randome, Loitering in the countryside, just Having a chat, walking around some department …

Create Osaka exists to bring together people of a creative stripe in Kansai region. This means: writers, musicians, artists, poets, photographers, film-makers, graphic designers, and anybody else -- if imagining, designing, and creating play a central role in what you do, we want to meet up with you. The purpose of Create Osaka is to provide creative people with three things: Community, inspiration, and motivation. It can be as formal as a writer's workshop or as informal as a casual chat about …

This group's content is exclusively for members. If you wish to join our playgroup, please read the following note and contact the organizers. We are called Goin’ Bananas! Goin’ Bananas! is a playgroup for English-speaking children. We are not an English-learning group. The purpose of our group is to give children an opportunity to interact with one another in English. We encourage children to speak only English in our playgroup. We also ask that the grown-ups speak English to each other in our …

Hello! Kansai Arts & Entertainment Explorer is a group to enjoy going out for arts and cultural events in Kansai region, mostly in Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto. We will be going to museums, concerts, theaters, cinemas, and so on... and then enjoy chatting over a cup of coffee (sometimes wine or beer) afterwards. Sounds intriguing? Just join the group and have fun together!!

Expat Mums and More! (Kansai) is a group for all international families, from hopeful TTCers to those wise ones with full-grown kids - a network to make life easier and more fun! The purpose of group is to get international families connecting; to have a fun time with our kids, make the most of our child-raising experience in Japan, to help each other out with local info and to make friends with other international families (IFs).  Most of all, I just wanted to create a place for my bilingual ki …

This is a group for anyone interested in talking English, exchanging our culture, meeting people around the world.All skills levels are welcome. I started this group because to level up our communication skills by exchange our cultures, languages, and knowledge. We will talk about one topic every time we met. I'm owner of co-working space (GLOCS), so i can use my space to do this communication event.

Welcome! The concept of Kansai get together is to hold regular events around Hyogo chosen by our members. Onsen trips, restaurant visits, hiking, picnics, barbecues, and themed events. Fun and community are key. We look forward to you joining us soon! ようこそ。この団体の目標はつまりさまざまな人々を集まってさまざまなエベントを行う事です。温泉旅や外食する事やハイキングする事やピクニックやbbqなどです。団体のメンバーが次のエベントを選びます。楽しさとコミュニティの感覚は鍵です。お待ちしておりまーす！

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