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Date: October 4-5, 2025

Title: Living on the Edge 2025 conference

Location: Kyoto Sangyo University 

This conference helped to launch Counterpoint in 2022 when we held our first roundtable discussion. This year, a panel of four Counterpoint members will be speaking in person on topics related to the conference theme "Shifting Identities". Here is a link to the conference website: https://events.jalt.org/event/49

See flier here

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Counterpoint retreat in December Plans

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We are planning a 5-day retreat (Mon–Fri) in the first or second week of December at a temple in the Okazaki area in Kyoto. The temple has a delightful space for workshops and other activities, a beautiful garden, and offers overnight accommodation for people who wish to stay there. Our plan is for people to join a creative writing workshop in the mornings and a relaxing, skill-building session in the afternoons (yoga, making Japanese sweets (wagashi), etc.). There will also be plenty of time for socializing. People living in Kyoto need not stay overnight unless they want to! 

 

Please fill out this survey for us to get an idea of the level of interest for such a retreat.

You will not be committing yourself to anything yet!

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