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Reik Jagno

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31.10.2025

Hello everyone! We hope you’ve had a good start to the new semester. To properly kick off the English Lounge this term, we’d like to invite you to two events on October 31. First, our traditional Halloween Party will begin at 12:00. Learn about American culture, watch spooky videos, and practise your English through fun games! Afterwards, Jonathan Krautter from Hitotsubashi University will give a presentation about his research and his experience conducting studies in two different countries at the same time. We hope to see many of you in the Lounge!

Opening and Advising Week, October 2025

We will have orientation and advising week every day from Monday, October 1, to Friday, October 10. Please stop by anytime! We especially recommend participating in the TOEFL/TOEIC Practice Test on October 1 and the Opening Seminar on October 10. See you soon in the Lounge!

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English with Games Fr 06/13

The next event will be Friday 06/13 12.00-14.00 in the Lounge. Please join us!

English with Games Fr 05/30

The next event will be Friday 05/30 14.20-16.00 in the Lounge. Please join us!

EL Competition 2025 – Encouragement-prize: English is a game, by Harada Hidenori

Haratan is a notebook that summarizes mistakes, named in imitation of a reference book called “Yumetan”. For example, I wrote down words or sentences that I got wrong in mock exams or regular tests, or words that appeared for the first time in textbooks. For me, Haratan is like a strategy book for the game of English, and I enjoyed playing the game when I was writing Haratan. Haratan was helpful in various tests. In fact, the content written on Haratan was also used in the University Entrance common Test and the secondary examination of the Hirosaki University . It is no exaggeration to say that I was able to …

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EL Competition 2025 – Winning Post: Memories that still remain in my heart, by Ishikawa Mika

When I was in high school, I had the opportunity to interact with a student from Taiwan. She was very interested in Japanese culture and asked me questions about it almost every day. One day, she asked me, “What’s the difference between a yukata and a kimono?” I froze for a moment, unsure how to explain it. I could only give her a simple answer, like “Yukata is worn in summer,” but I couldn’t provide any detailed explanation about kimonos. She then asked more questions, such as, “Why is yukata worn in summer?” and “In what situations do people wear kimonos?” With each question, I realized how little I actually …

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