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Date & Time: The first online tour: Thursday, April 7, 6:00 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. The second online tour: Saturday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. – 6:50 p.m. Place: Each joined from home Participant: Indian-British woman Attendants: three KSGG members Theme: … Continued

Date & Time: Sunday, October 17, 2:00 p.m.−3:00 p.m. Spot: Highlight of Yokohama online tour using Zoom Participants: Two students, Eianna and Carlos from the Philippines Guides: Hitoshi, Shigeru, and Miyako, KSGG members Language: English Report by Hitoshi   KSGG … Continued

Date & Time: Friday, July 7, 3:30 p.m.−4:30 p.m. Spots: Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotoku−in Temple(Great Buddha) Visitor: An Indian Girl Guides: 2 KSGG members Languages: English and Japanese The on−line tour to Kamakura was smoothly conducted by two … Continued

Free Online Tour starts today. You can enjoy a free online tour of Kamakura or Yokohama promoted by KSGG. For more information, visit https://volunteerguide-ksgg.jp/free-online-tours/ Please submit your application there.

Date & Time: Thursday, October 22, 6:30p.m. – 8:00p.m. Participants: 20 engineers from Mongolia Place: On–line class by Zoom from their rooms(JICA*1 Yokohama) KSGG Members: Two origami team members, Shin and Kozue(from their homes) Language: Japanese Works made: Tsuru(Basic Crane), Habataku Tsuru(Fluttering … Continued

Date & Time: Saturday, August 1, 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Spot: Online zazen via Zoom (The zazen session was mentored by a priest at Dokuonji Temple.) Zazen instructor: Chief Priest Fujio Participants: 6 international students, one student from each … Continued

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 12, 1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Places: Engakuji Temple, Kenchoji Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Visitors: 26 Participants of an International Conference (5 from Germany, 3 from the US and Italy, 2 from England, Canada, and … Continued

Date & Time: Monday, August 6, 10:50 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Places: Engakuji Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kotokuin Temple, and tourist home where the visitors to stay Visitors: Italian family Attendant: KSGG member Language: Italian Soon after accepting the request from the … Continued

Date & Time: Sunday, August 5, 10:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Places: Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, and Kotokuin Temple, Yuigahama Beach Visitors: 69 Filipinos who participated in the care-workers training program hosted by the Japanese government Language: English and Japanese Around … Continued

KSGG’s activity is introduced on June-30 issue of the Yomiuri Shimbun(Japanese) and on July-8 issue of the Japan News(English). Two papers are published by the Yomiuri Group. As the archived articles are not available on the Internet, please take a … Continued