Overview achieved events in May

This May in Tokyo is a comfortable balance between rain and sunshine, embracing us to create many laughs and pleasant moments at SHIBAURA HOUSE. In May, we shared delicious food and baking to our neighbourhood, invited different friends who shared English and dance to interact and play with our neighbours' children. At the same time, we engaged in online cultural exchanges about designing connection with Pakhuis de Zwijger as a public meeting space located in Piet Heinkade, Amsterdam. We also conducted questionnaire between Japan and Taiwan to brainstorm how to create homework recipe more meaningful. Additionally, we took a Japanese university professor and his student to Taiwan for a laboratory research trip to share a cookie model activity in our studio at Onshitsu...

Authentic Chinese spicy Mapo Tofu

10th May(Fri) 16:00-20:00

We’ve start the trial kitchen service on every Friday night since last month, mainly for those who can't come for a break at our daily lunchtime. During the trial period, we cooked different flavour of curry& rice（カレーライス） by Aokid-san and received many positive feedback. On 10 th May, our new member Shan-san has cooked the Mapo Tofu(麻婆豆腐）which is one of well-known Sichuan cuisine and Chinese Tomato eggs soup which impressed many friends who don't eat much spicy food.

English sharing workshop & Monday Kitchen for Children

13th May(Mon) 18:00-19:00

It's back to our Monday Kitchen time. On13th May, we invited ‘Love& Smile project ’ Ai Emi-san and Seina-san two of high school students who were so welcomed by everyone through the previous sessions to our space for continuing the workshop on English. It's more of an interactive recreation for English communication than studying. Even participants without a basic knowledge of English can easily go through with friends.In addition, our Tulip members has prepared a delicious dinner Takikomi rice（炊き込みご飯）、Carrot rape（キャロットラぺ) and Miso soup(味噌汁).After English communication, it makes us in a cheerful mood to see everyone enjoined SHIBAURA House's healthy home-made food! We end the day with singing Happy birthday for one of English collaborator.

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Japan and Taiwan Homework Recipe

15th Feb to 19th May

Recently, our cultural communication project between Taiwan and Japan is to co-considering how to build a learning process and how to create a new HOMEWORK RECIPE to children. We are launching this project from 2023 and plan to host an exhibition of the homework in Taiwan on this October. The exhibition will publish many interesting ideas which we collected from a hundred of questionnaires between Japan and Taiwan, gathering people to discus what kind of homework is meaningful and practical to children, taking into the current situation of homework in Taiwan. We welcome you from Japan and Taiwan to share your creation with us!

Touch through blindfold dance

20 th May(Mon) 18:00-19:00

Have you ever tried dancing with eyes closed？

Monday night, our member Aokid san took neighbour’s children around SHIBAURA HOUSE community to share the beauty with eyes closed and incorporating the shapes of touching space into dance.We welcomed many families to share together on Monday night. they brought chips and friends to SHIBAURA HOUSE to share time with, including a Korean girl who was visiting SHIBAURA HOUSE for the first time. At the end of the event, she said, ‘I hope we will meet each other again in soon.’ Menu on second Monday kitchen evening, our Tulip members has cooked Kodai rice（古代米), and radish soup(大根汁).Appetites are always extraordinary good when everyone are sweaty after dancing. Everyone end the night with laughing, dancing and music.

 International cultural activity 

Designing Cities For ALL: RE-Generation
"(Re)designing connection"

Time: 30th April, 27th May, 24th June

Location: Amsterdam & Japan

How can the concept of connection be better dealt with in this rapidly urbanized world?

SHIBAURA HOUSE is joining a program "Designing Cities for All" by Pakhuis de Zwijger, a cultural and social center striving for social justice. Starting this April, we are organizing a sequence of three events: "(Re)Designing Connection." We invite you to the conversations together with Amsterdam, Tokyo, and beyond.

Episode #1: The Nexus of Humans / 29th April

With all life forms, lies an interconnectedness between humans and non-humans. From the cleaning rituals of monks to simple daily interactions, we are trying to foster connections. How do we recognise and sustain our connection with other humans, non-humans, and cities through different cultural explorations?

Episode #2: The Communities of DenCity / 27th May

This episode aims to understand how we can overcome challenges in densely populated cities and develop connected communities. Speakers explored improving the sense of community by bringing examples from Tokyo, Taipei, Amsterdam, and Mexico as compelling examples of our discussion.

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Episode #3: More than Cities / 24th June

Join the program: ( Re)designing Connection: More than Cities

This is also a cookie model

25th May - 9th June

Onshitsu (Taiwan)

We invited Mr.Mitsuboshi Azumi from Japan to teach and research the Taiwanese version of the design them ‘This is also a cookie model’. This research is also being conducted at universities in Tokyo, proposing a cookie model that is not limited by existing cookie shapes( ready-made metal frames). For example, trying to use a vegetable slicer or cheese slicer to slice bakery dough, or using a roller to form irregular shapes on the surface. By coming familiar daily items and processing existing tools to design models, new textures and flavours of cookies are born.

1 st Week: 25th May

Mr. Mitsuboshi and his students who has come all the way from Tokyo to Taiwan for this purpose took all of participants for a walk in Taipei. We searched for daily items with Taiwanese style that are not commonly used in Japan and incorporate them into cookie moulds. After returned back to our studio Onshitsu, we used various found molds made cookies together.

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