Waseda Culture早稲田文化

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Waseda University!

I am Yunying Chai, a member of Student Advisers for WasedaCulture. Our job as Student Advisers is to spread and create Waseda’s culture.

Do you know that currently there are six cultural institutions at Waseda University?! Including the Waseda International House of Literature (The Haruki Murakami Library) which was newly opened last year, Waseda also organizes various activities in the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku), the Aizu Museum, the Waseda University History Museum, the Waseda Sports Museum, and the Honjo-Waseda No Mori Museum at this year’s Museum Week in May. The Museum Week aims to spread Waseda culture and hope more people could feel the charm of Waseda’s cultural institutions.

This post is for international students (or visitors) who love to join the activities but do not fully understand Japanese.  Don’t worry, I will introduce all the recommended activities to you in English on this page. Then I hope you would enjoy these activities below and remember, The Unexpected Is Waiting For You!

Museum Week Okuma Live

The first big event I will introduce is Museum Week Okuma Live. Due to the pandemic, Museum Week Okuma Live had been stopped for several years and was finally decided to reorganize this year. Here, you will watch the great dance performances from Waseda circles that you shouldn’t miss! The genre of dances is various, from Cheer Dance, Jazz Dance to Japanese Yosakoi. If you are interested in any of them and want to feel the heat of the stage, you should join in!

Date & Time
May 16, 2022(Mon) 6:15 pm -7:30 pm

Place
Okuma Auditorium (Live-streaming)

Participating Circles
SHOCKERS (Cheerleading)
MYNX (Cheer Dance)
OdoriSamurai (Yosakoi)
Bankaraizm (Dance)
Oasis (Jazz Dance)
Tokyo Hanabi (Yosakoi)
Waseda Housou Kenkyukai (Broadcasting Circle for MC)

*Click here to watch the real-time streaming on Youtube!

Museum Concert

If you want to have a rest during lunchtime, I would like to recommend these three in-person Museum Concerts to you. All these amazing performances are represented by members of Waseda circles. Choose the time you prefer and let’s enjoy the harmony in the museum slowly.

 

Waseda University History Museum

Date & Time
May 17, 2022(Tues) 12:20 pm -12:50 pm   (Next day in case of rain)
Place
Café Terrace at the first floor in the History Museum (In-person)
Plays
Waseda University Modern Jazz Club

Aizu Museum

Date & Time
May 20, 2022(Fri) 12:20 pm -12:50 pm
Place
Hall at the first floor in the Museum (In-person)
Plays
Waseda Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku)

Date & Time
May 23, 2022(Mon) 12:20 pm -12:50 pm   (Next day in case of rain)
Place
Square in front of the Museum (In-person)
Plays
Waseda University New Orleans Jazz Club
Waseda University Tsugaru Shamisen Club (Mistudomoe)

Waseda Museum Stamp Rally

Another two events I would like to introduce are related to the stamp collection. In Japan, these kinds of activities are called Stamp Rally, which means participants need to go to different locations to collect stamps and possibly win a prize at the end of the event. Personally, I always enjoy Stamp Rally especially for collecting the train station stamps. Therefore, I hope the two Stamp Rally activities organized during Museum Week this year could also let you learn the charm of Waseda University.

One of them is called Waseda Museum Stamp Rally. By finding the stamps that are set in the 5 different places on Waseda university and stamping them on top of each other in a single sheet, you will get a colorful illustration of Okuma Auditorium! This activity newly starts this year and as a lover of stamp collection, I also can’t wait to join in!

Date & Time
May 16, 2022(Mon) ~ May 27, 2022(Fri)

Place (recommended routine)

1. Waseda Sports Museum(3^th Floor , Waseda Arena)
2. 125th Anniversary Room (10^th Floor , Okuma Tower)
3. Aizu Museum
4. The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku)
5. Waseda University History Museum

Participants
Anyone is possible!

Wasemeshi Stamp Rally

The second one is called Wasemeshi Stamp Rally, for anyone who enjoys food around Waseda University. You will collect stamps from the specific 66 restaurants that join in our activity this year and get Waseda’s original goods as presents! You can get a set of Waseda’s original flatware for collecting 3 stamps while receiving a set of original museum week T-shirt and Waseda’s original mini water bottle for collecting 5 stamps.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get the stamp card from participating restaurants or the Waseda’s cultural institutions! When you finish collecting stamps, write down your name and contact information on the back of the stamp card. Put into the boxes that are set in the Waseda Sports Museum or the Waseda University History Museum by May 30, 2022(Mon) 5:00 pm.

Date & Time
May 9, 2022(Mon) ~ May 29, 2022(Sun)

Place
66 restaurants around Waseda university presented in the map above

Participants
Anyone is possible!

*One stamp for one restaurant
*If there are too many participants, we will use the way of lottery to decide who gets the presents.
* The email will be sent to the winners and please come to the Waseda University History Museum for picking up the presents.

 

I wish you could find the event(s) that you are interested in during the Museum Week. It is never late for you to explore our beautiful Waseda Campus! And remember, The Unexpected is Waiting for You!

Yunying Chai
School of Political Science and Economics

Museum Week 2022

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