The Kinjin members undertake all kinds of activities that are to do with Japan, such as playing Dance Dance Revolution, a dance game that you play with a game boy and a dance pad. They orga-nize Go game nights or practice Zen meditation. You can cook Japanese food, draw mangas and in December a tea ceremony will be organized again in the Meditation Center. Who actually falls within the target group of Kinjin?
Etienne van Delden, chairman of Kinjin: “It makes no difference whether someone is Dutch- or English-speaking, as long as he or she is having a good time. At present we have some seventy members. Unfortunately they do not include any international students. They are more than welcome, though.” So far the Kinjin website is only available in Dutch. “This academic year we want to implement a new website on-line that will also include English-language information. This will enable us to inform international students better about our activities”, says Van Delden.
Van Delden indicates that all activities are accessible to non-Dutch speakers. “It would be convenient, though, if you notify us in advance if you only speak English. That will allow us to prepare meetings where English is the language of communication”, Van Delden explains.
Geisha night
Kinjin moved to De Bunker a year ago. They find the room that they have there too small for their activities, so they have to find another place. That is why the ‘Geisha night’ on 19 November took place in the Auditorium. Van Delden: “At the moment we have not decided on another location yet. The Bunker manager will come up with an evaluation about the available rooms for associations. Perhaps more space will be allocated to us on the basis of that evaluation, but it is not yet known when this evaluation will be made. Until then we can manage by moving to other places instead.”/.
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