World Cooking Day

An international student from Sri Lanka taught us how to cook some popular dishes from her hometown. The menu was "Dhal Curry", "Coconut Sambol", and "Roti". All the food was new to the participants and everyone enjoyed those tasty dishes. E-SUP students made a presentation about Sri Lankan history, geography, food, tourist spots and festivals. Some students said they would like to visit Sri Lanka someday.

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Halloween Party

Everyone at the party enjoyed talking and playing games with people, even if they were strangers. The games E-SUP students prepared were "Who am I?", "Miracle Box" and "Mummy Game". Many participants wore a costume and those with costumes had a pumpkin pudding for free! We had a costume contest, as in every year, and chose the scariest, the most unique and the best made.

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Report Meeting on Summer Program

TTI offers Summer Program that allows students to join a program at TTI's collaborative universities. Two students had the opportunity to study in National Chung Hsing University, and two students in Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology. The students made a presentation on what they had experienced during their stay in each country.

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Report Meeting on Study Abroad Program for Master's Course Students

Nine master's course students talked about their research work and life in a foreign country in English. The universities and institutions they visited included Bruker Corporation(U.S.), University of New Mexico(U.S.), HORIBA Jobin Yvon S.A.S. (France), Johannes Gutenberg　University Mainz(Germany), National University of Ireland Galway (Ireland), BAM(Germany), University of Bremen(Germany), University of New South Wales (Austria), and University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria-Wels (Austria).

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Big Read

Two TTI students will join a nation-wide reading contest called "Big Read". They both chose a book by themselves, prepared their presentations, and made two beautiful posters. Today, they introduced their books "The Ocean" and "Treasure Island" to a TTI audience.

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Speech Contest

This is our eighth speech contest. The first prize winner of the free speech section was Keita Nakanishi, under the title of "Mourning Tower". Hirotaka Nakayama won the prize of the research section with his speech "How can we get lighter and strong products?" Eight students talked about various topics, and the audience was impressed by their wonderful speech.

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Report Meeting on Study English Abroad Program for Undergraduate Students

Students who participated in the Study English Abroad Program for Undergraduate Students shared their experiences in English. Six students studied in the U.S., twenty one in Malaysia and seventeen in the Philippines. They talked about the English program they attended, their host family, and their life abroad. Many students who are interested in studying abroad attended the meeting, and listened to the presentations with interest.

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iPlaza Circle at Tenju Festival

iPlaza Circle made a Taiwanese dish called "Rotuanfan" at our school festival "Tenjusai". "Rotuanfan" is a bowl of rice with some pork on the top. The pork was stewed in soy-sauce, rice wine and star anise. iPlaza Circle students learned how to make "Rotuanfan" from the Taiwanese students at TTI and, together, served the delicious dish to their guests. It was a good opportunity to learn about Taiwanese cuisine.

Summer Seminar

The Summer Seminar was held at TTI during summer vacation. Twelve students from National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan), Hannam University (Korea), Chiang Mai University (Thailand), Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology (Thailand), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) and Hanoi Univ. of Science and Technology (Vietnam) visited TTI for one week, and discussed with TTI students about 'For providing safe and secure circulating society' which was the theme for this program. At the end of the program, they made presentations in three groups. Visiting students also had lectures, experiments, and field trips.

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Report Meeting on Hisakata-Mapping

E-SUP students made a new map of Hisakata area in English for international students. They introduced Northeast area of Hisakata; 100yen shop, manga café, drug store, famous restaurants, and other recommended places. They also added subway and bus information around TTI.

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Excursion to Gujo Hachiman

Gujo Hachiman, which has traditional streets, temples, and castle, entertained us very much. Unfortunately, it was rainy day, but actually the rain made the atmosphere better than usual. Some students liked Yanaka-komichi especially, the harmony of the small stream, the willow trees, and the rainy weather moved their hearts. Going on the excursion to Gujo Hachiman was a good way to become friends with foreign students. We made food samples together, and went to lunch. At TTI, we hesitate to talk with the foreign students, but on this journey we could talk easily. I recommend that you join this trip next year.

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Origami Class

The first iPlaza event held by students was "Origami Class." Participants heard a short presentation about the history of origami, and challenged to create origamis such as paper cranes, frogs, and balloons. How to fold these works was explained in English by TTI students. They prepared their presentation of how to fold origami for two weeks before the event. So, participants could make some origami works easily. In the event, we had free time, and enjoyed chatting while making origami.

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English Night

There were many participants in English Night. Usually it is hard for most participants to talk with foreign students, but　at this party they could talk with them easily. E-SUP students were the promoters of the three games, UNO, HEDBANZ, and Roulette. They practiced hard to explain the game's rule in English in advance. At the party, so many people played the games and enjoyed the party!! E-SUP students were glad to see the success of this party!

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