Well it ended last week, I was just too lazy to write anything about it so far.
I'm not gonna go into too many details. So here are a few pictures I uploaded to Photobucket.
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These are pictures taken from the Headquarters. The CPJ is based on the second floor of the building (the first one is a Beauty Saloon regularly visited by old ladies of 60 and above). Recently, the Seireitei Manga CLub has also moved in to the same place, and they brought their collection with them, which can be seen in the second picture.
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These were taken from a workshop course a week before the beginning of the Culture Festival. We made those funny little charms I posted a picture about.
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I took these on the meeting right before the Culture Festival. We were making preparations for the opening ceremony. The items feature several pieces of origami, made by one of the members, and a paper-craft castle made by another regular, with an engineering degree. The people sitting at the table are mister Kawai, the foreman, Minodora, our secretary, two other members, and a regular girl who's name I just keep forgetting.
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This was taken at the opening ceremony. New faces include the principal of David Prodan general school and mister Marinescu, a Romanian haiku writer who writes 'free haiku' that don't follow the 5-7-5 rule (don't ask), and has an ego about the size of the whole room (But enough about that - I may not like him, but I really shouldn't be talking behind his back). I don't remember the third guy, but He could've been one of his colleagues.
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The day after the opening ceremony. A guest called professor Sasaki explained her impressions about the country. The other guests, Junko and Naoko, also performed a song.
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The day I left for home after the first week. professor Sasaki was showing us how to make these cards. Minodora's sister is working with a piece of origami paper I salvaged from one of my failed attempts.
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I was more successful with the origami we made the following week. The Kusudama I'm holding was made entirely by me. But now that I think about it, I should've used some deeper colors instead. The girls are a regular, and a guest (no names, my memory is terribly leaky).
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This was taken directly after the Origami course when most of the visitors left. Mister and Mrs Kawai are talking with Junko and Naoko. Minodora is serving tea. The girl in pink is a member of Seireitei if I recall correctly.
This concludes the pictures. I'll be posting more here on DA tomorrow. Too bad I couldn't take any at the closing ceremony. We had another guest, mister Takagi, who also got an introduction on the night after the closing ceremony. That was another joint meeting with the Seireitei. Luckly, I managed to endure it however. And the treats (including Dango) served after that were compensation enough.