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Nagoya International Center News- Please note all prices, dates, times, and locations are subject to change - In and Around Nagoya - Please note all prices, dates, times, and locations are subject to change -Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and TechnologySakichi Toyoda (1867 - 1930) devoted his life to developing looms. His oldest son Kiichiro Toyoda adaptedand developed loom technology and founded the Toyota Motor Corporation. The museum wasestablished in 1994 and is housed in one of Sakichi Toyoda's pilot factories.The vast museum will give you a clear command of the technical progress that has taken place over theyears in terms of textile machinery and automobile production. There's also a hands-on children's areaknown as Technoland.FAE 27 - The Foreign Artists Exhibition - Artists Wanted! The long-running Nagoya Foreign Artists Exhibition will be held from November 6 to 11 at the Nagoya International Center. Organized by the CentralJapan International Society (CJIS), with support from the Nagoya International Center (NIC), this ever-popular show continues to attract a diverse rangeof artists.If you are a potter, painter, sculptor, watercolorist, photographer, printer, or are involved in any other kind of creative art form, then this exhibitionpresents an excellent opportunity for you to display your artwork, exhibited along side other local foreign artists from a wide range of countries. Weare especially interested in finding artists who have yet to exhibit in this long-running show.To receive guidelines and application forms, please fax 052-774-0483 or download them in a printer-friendly PDF format from the Nagoya InternationalCenter website www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/fae. Please note that FAE 26 participants will be sent an application form automatically. The application deadlineis October 27.Take Part in Disaster Prevention TrainingThe Nagoya International Center is offering foreign residents the opportunity to join Disaster Prevention Daytraining on Sunday, September 2 (08:30 - 11:30) at Hokuryo Junior High School in Kita Ward (KurokawaSubway Station, exit 4).Foreign residents from each target language - English, Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese - are needed.The training will be held on the assumption that a devastating earthquake has occurred in the Nagoya area.Participants will be asked to take part in an evacuation center simulation as refugee foreign residents who areunable to understand Japanese. Knowledge of Japanese is not required as volunteer interpreters will bepresent. Participants will be able to observe first aid and rescue training, and will also receive a related complimentarygift.If you would like to participate call 052-581-0100 (Tues to Sun 09:00 - 17:00) or text nicbosai@nicnagoya.or.jpbefore Wednesday, August 22. Global Citizen’s Program 2012 – Instructors Wanted! Want to help us to create a globally aware Nagoya? As part of its Classroom for Global Citizen’s program,the Nagoya International Center is looking for foreign instructors to visit schools and local organizationsand introduce their home countries.We are looking for people:1) who are able to communicate in Japanese2) who are able to introduce their home country3) who are available on weekdays during the day time4) who are available for interview (by appointment), and training on Sunday, September 29(10:00 – 12:00).Compensation: 6000 to 8000 Yen per assignment depending on the destination (income tax andcommuting costs are included)How to Apply: Application forms can be requested by e-mail (koryu@nic-nagoya.or.jp),fax (052-581-5629), or can be downloaded in a PDF format from www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/koryu. The applicationdeadline is Saturday, September 15. School Guidance Seminar for Children of Foreign NationalsThis Nagoya International Center seminar, in coordination with both the Nagoya and Aichi boards of education, will provide advice andpossible options students will have available to them once they have graduated from Junior High School. English, Spanish, Portuguese,Filipino, and Chinese interpreters are available by reservation. After the seminar, representatives from a number of local highschools will be available to answer your questions.The seminar is free, however places are limited to 80 parents and students. Reservations are required can be made on the NIC website(use the QR code for quick access), by calling (052-581-0100), or visiting the Nagoya International Center 3F Information Counter. When: Sunday, August 26 (13:00 - 17:00)Where: Nagoya International Center Annex Hall•13:00 - 14:50 - Preparing for further education or employmentafter junior high school & past experiences of foreignstudents and parents•15:00 - 16:15 - Local high school and trade school information•16:15 - 17:00 - Booth consultationsThe museum offers guided tours led by museum staff that introduce and explain the exhibits. Guidedtours are included in the admission price and are highly recommended. Every Sunday (14:00 - 15:30)there is an English-language tour of the Textile Machinery Pavilion and the Automobile Pavilion. Toursare open to individuals, families, and small groups, up to a maximum of 20 visitors. Reservations are notaccepted in advance. To join a tour, apply at the pavilion entrance before the scheduled start.You can also rent an English language audio guide (200 Yen) and tour the museum at your own pace;Japanese, Chinese, and Korean audio guides are also available.Open: 09:30 - 17:00 (last entry 16:30). Closed on Mondays (except holidays), after Monday nationalholidays, and Dec 29 - Jan 3.Admission: Adults 500 Yen, HS & JHS students 300 Yen, elementary age children 200 Yen, free forseniors (aged 65 or over).Access: A 3 minute walk from Meitetsu Sako Station or a 10 minute walk from Kamejima SubwayStation, exit 2. Free car park also available.Photo: Courtesy of the Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and TechnologyAichi International Women's Film Festival 2012Held annually since 1996 at Will Aichi in central Nagoya, this festival promotes works by female directors. When: Saturday, September 1 to Sunday,September 9Where: Will Aichi , Higashi WardAccess: A 10 minute walk from Shiyakusho SubwayStation, exit 2.Tickets: Advanced tickets are available for just 900Yen until August 31 at Lawson (L codes differ for eachfilm), Aichi Arts Center, Will Aichi, and with P-Code550-008 / 550-009 at Circle K, Sunkus, Seven Eleven,& Ticket Pia. Tickets can also be purchased on the dayfor 1100 Yen at Will Aichi (1F). Student & child ticketsare 500 Yen.Left: Bright Star © 2009 Apparition, All Rights ReservedRight: My Tehran for Sale © Cyan Films Thirty-two films from around the world will be shown at the festival including an English language film and several films with English subtitles:• Bright Star is a 2009 drama based on the three-year romance between 19 th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne - cut short by Keats'untimely death at age 25. Written and directed by Jane Campion - an Academy Award winner for the 1993 film "The Piano".• Everyday is Alzheimer's ()is a 2012 Japanese documentary about a woman taking care of her elderly mother who suffersfrom Alzheimer's Disease. (English subtitles)• Just Pretended to Hear () - a 2011 Japanese film about a young girl's belief in the afterlife after the loss of her mother.(English subtitles)• My Tehran for Sale is an internationally acclaimed 2009 Australian-Iranian feature film written and directed by Iranian-Australian poet turnedfilmmaker Granaz Moussavi. (English subtitles)• The Collaborator and His Family is a 2011 documentary of a Palestinian family's struggle to assimilate into Israeli society. (English subtitles)Nippon Domannaka Festival From Friday evening, August 24 to Sunday, August 26 over 200 teams & around 23,000 performersfrom across Japan and from around the world will take over the streets of Nagoya as part of Japan’slargest dance festival.Colourful and vibrant parades & performances will be held at over 19 locations in and around the City,with the main stage located in Hisaya Odori Park in Yabacho (Yaba-cho SubwayStation, exit 6). Admission is free, but main stage spectator seating is extra.Full stage information and performance times are on our website. www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/doman14Photo: Nippon Domannaka FestivalThe NIC is also running a free tour of a Aichi Gakusen University campus for children of foreign nationality on Sunday, September 16.Participants will be able to talk with current students and faculty members about admission requirements, university life, and prospectsafter graduation. Full details are on the NIC website www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/unitour (use the QR code for quick access).06 07