A public lecture entitled "The World as Seen from the Ethnic Town of Shin-Okubo" will be held at the Shinjuku Campus.

In April this year, a newly established open-style classroom with the latest facilities, the "Creative Lab," was opened at the Shinjuku Campus. To make effective use of this classroom, the first session of the citizen seminar "J. F. Oberlin University Shinjuku Campus Weekend Salon" was held on Saturday, July 18.
With the awareness that the world might come into view from Shin-Okubo, the multinational city where the Shinjuku campus is located, we set the theme as 'The World as Seen from Ethnic Town Shin-Okubo.' The moderator was Associate Professor Mamoru Nishiyama of our university. In the first half, participants reported on their trips to Egypt and China and shared local information. In the second half, Hirokazu Murohashi, a writer living in Shin-Okubo, gave a lecture titled 'The World Seen from Shin-Okubo.' The lecture was organized around three main themes.
- How Mr. Murohashi graduated from university, worked in the publishing industry, moved to Thailand, and later settled in Shin-Okubo.
- The history of Shin-Okubo becoming a multinational city and the current state of the city
- Based on Mr. Murohashi's book "The Mystery of Curry Immigrants," this book explores the situation of Nepalese living in Japan running Indian restaurants, as well as the current situation of foreigners, including Nepalese, living in Japan.
Many participants actively asked questions, and with the excitement slightly exceeding the scheduled time, the Events came to an end.

Going forward, although irregular, we plan to hold Events that citizens can participate in.