29 March 2022

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration

Welcome to the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation’s Monthly Inspiration instalments to see us through the hard times of Covid-19. We are intent on continuing to support closer links between the UK and Japan. We hope that these monthly digests of news will allow everyone at home to continue engaging with Japan. Links to our discontinued series of Weekly Isolation Inspiration series can be found here.

1 September 2020: Literature - The Makioka Sisters by Jason James

2 October 2020: The Daiwa Scholarship - Blogs from Japan

3 November 2020: Literature - Yosano Akiko by Edmund Ryan

4 December 2020: Literature - Donald Keene by Sir Tim Hitchens

5 January 2021: Cuisine - Japanese New Year Food by Chiho Aikman

6 February 2021: Travel - the Kumano Kodō Kohechi by Stephen Barber

7 March 2021: Memories after the Tohoku Earthquake by Jason James

8 April 2021: A Japanese language student by Paul Dimond CMG

9 May 2021: Omotesenke tea ceremony by Junko Kono

10 June 2021: Daiwa Small Grants & Awards Spotlight on Coventry

11 July 2021: A Summer in Japan, 1966, by Professor Richard Bowring

12 August 2021: The richness of written Japanese-part 1, by Jason James