The Gidayu Association is dedicated to teaching the traditional art of Gidayu. Gidayu is Japanese ballad-drama, an integral part of Kabuki and Bunraku, and a powerful form of theater in its own right. In Gidayu, a chanter sings and narrates a story while accompanied by a shamisen (a 3-stringed instrument). If you love singing, telling stories, traditional Japanese theater, or shamisen, consider giving us a try!

… As the saying goes, "give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish and he eats for the rest of his life". We don`t just want to "give lectures" we want our members to be able to practice techniques until they feel they have mastered a skill.

Is your child learning English at home? Are you a bilingual family? Let's make opportunities for our children to interact in English with people outside our own families and experience English as a living language. This is a group for bilingual and English-speaking children around 2 to 5 years old (and their parents). This is not an English class. No one will be teaching, but parents who want to lead a song or a game are welcome to try. The emphasis is simply on meeting other kids and parents wh …