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Working Holiday Babysitters with CareFinder
2019-02-28
Looking for international babysitters who can speak multiple languages and expose your children to cultures from all around the world? Look no further than our many great international sitters on Working Holiday here, in Japan. Working Holiday is a program, based on bilateral agreements between countries, designed to provide the youth between ages 18 and 30 with "an opportunity for them to appreciate the culture and general way of life in the partner countries/regions for the purpose of promoting mutual...
From an international festival dedicated solely to nurture children's innate desire for exploration, curiosity and creative thinking to more plum festivals around town, make the most out of the upcoming weekend with these kid-friendly events around Tokyo! 1. KidZfest 2019 Date: 2/23 Saturday 1:30pm-9pm, 2/24 Sunday 10:30am-7pm Location: Hikarie Hall A 9F (Shibuya) Kidzfest Tokyo 2019 is an international event to nurture children’s innate desire for Exploration, Curiosity and Creative thinking...
Raising Bilingual Kids in Japan
2019-02-20
Raising a bilingual child is challenging. Yet, it’s not impossible and there are plenty of ways in which you can foster an environment for your child to become proficient in more than one language. The key is to remember that there are multiple ways to accomplish this and to keep an open mind to your own child’s wants and needs. We interviewed two parents, Mark and Yuriko, who have successfully raised bilingual children here in Japan. Mark is a father of a 17-year-old daughter attending a Japanese high school in rural Japan. He and his Japanese wife raised their daughter bilingually in Japan...
From plum festivals to indoor snow parks, make the most out of the upcoming weekend with these kid-friendly events around Tokyo! 1. Yushima Tenjin Plum Festival Date: ~3/8 (Sun) 8am-7:30pm Location: Yushima Tenjin Shrine (Yushima/Ueno Okamachi Station) Every year, about 300 plum trees bloom beautiful white and pink blossoms at Yushima Tenjin Shrine. Dating back to the Edo period, Yushima Tenjin Shrine has been widely celebrated as a popular "plum spot" and began holding festivals from...
From Chinese New Year festivals to Valentine's festivities, make the most out of the upcoming weekend with these kid-friendly events around Tokyo! 1. Chinese New Year Festival Date: ~2/19 (Tue) Location: Yokohama Chinatown (Motomachi Chukagai) Japan's largest Chinatown has been celebrating Chinese New Year since 1986 and this year, is welcoming the lunar new year for the 33rd time. Join in on the celebration and witness some of China's ancient traditions like the lion and...
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