The Japanese Cultural Association

The Japanese Cultural Association meets Fridays at 6pm in Taylor 105. In tonight's meeting, President Courtney Dommer gave announcements and then members broke up into beginning and advanced Japanese speakers. Dommer went over simple nouns like book, pencil, and watch, with the beginning students. Then they went over numbers and counting.

While the beginners were just students interested in learning Japanese, the advanced students were made up of a few fluent speakers and returned Missionaries who spoke Japanese on their missions. The advanced students went into another room and just chatted together in Japanese like old friends. "I miss cultural diversity and being able to speak Japanese with people," said Jintoku Tai. "I'm in the association so I can feel that once a week." The students enjoy their weekly meeting because it is the one time they can get together and speak Japanese, since there aren't very many people who speak Japanese in Rexburg.

The Japanese Association will have a Soap Opera night next week where several beginning students will act out a dramatic scene, like that of a Spanish Soap. The Association will also have a potluck closing social on March 26th.