The London Market Language Exchange presents a Japanese Club social evening for those interested in practising Japanese.
Held at the stylish Bincho restaurant (a specialist in yakitori), on the second floor of the OXO Tower, the £10 entrance fee will cover some tasty snacks.
For more information, email IUAJapanClub@tokiomarineglobal.com or visit the Language Club homepage.
If you want to speak Japanese in a fun, relaxed atmosphere, try the London Japanese Conversation Meetup Group. Founded in 2002, this is a casual, ‘free’ (£1 donation optional) event held on the second Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm.
Often crowded, this conversation group attracts a young crowd of Japanese speakers, both native and non-native. The current venue for the event is The Crooked Surgeon pub, due to refurbishment at the Captain’s Cabin. The Crooked Surgeon is on Lisle Street, off the bottom end of Wardour Street.
You can join The London Japanese Conversation Meetup Group at Meetup.com.
Meeting monthly upstairs in the function room of The Clachan pub, the Japan Society’s Conversation Group is a terrific chance to speak Japanese and get to know a wide assortment of people, all with a keen interest in Japan!
A finger buffet is provided – the typically stodgy English fare (sandwiches, sausages, crisps and other nibbles) does seem to go down well along with the pay-as-you-go bar and freely flowing conversation…
The Clachan is a bustling Soho pub with a lavish Victorian interior and a “sip before you sup” policy that allows you to try before you buy! Located at 34 Kingly Street, W1B 5QH, the nearest tube is Oxford Street.
Entrance is £5 for Japan Society members and students, and £7 for non-members. Check out the Japanese Conversation Group’s website for more information.
keen – 強い
finger buffet – 指のビュッフェ
nibbles - 軽食
go down well - 楽しまれなさい
bustling – 活発に
authentic – 確実
“sip before you sup” – sip ‘一口’, sup ‘飲む’
The London Japanese Conversation Meetup Group will be getting together for a one-off special weekend event on Saturday the 4th of October. Life is a Japanese-run bar and restaurant with a Happy Hour from 6pm to 8pm (Kirin at £2 a pint!). Until 11pm there will be Japanese conversation, and then 11pm to 2am the DJs will turn the music up transforming the night into a club event!
Life Bar is at 2-4 Old Street – closest tube stations are Barbican (left from Station up Aldersgate Street). The venue is on the corner of Goswell Road, Clerkenwell Road, Aldersgate Street and Old Street. See London Eating for a review of Life.
You can join The London Japanese Conversation Meetup Group at Meetup.com… they meet the second Tuesday of every month for casual Japanese conversation at a London pub.