{"id":5477,"date":"2026-04-01T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=5477"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:34:34","slug":"welcome-party-for-shikata-international-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/about\/shikata-l-cafe\/activity-reports-2025-academic-year\/welcome-party-for-shikata-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Party for Shikata International Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #ff6600\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">Welcome Party for Shikata International Students<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">\u3000Date and Time: October 29 (Wed.), 17:30 START <\/span><\/strong><br data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"95\"><strong><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">\u3000Venue: Shikata Campus Medical Research Archives 3F L-Commons<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4990 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/PINATA-MAKING-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/>\u3000<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4991 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/DANCING-1.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4989 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/FINAL-GROUP-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">On Wednesday, October 29, L-Caf\u00e9 on the Shikata Campus hosted its first event to promote internationalization on the Shikata Campus: the \u201cWelcome Party for International Students.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">At the opening, Zulema Arias, Coordinator of L-Caf\u00e9, explained the purpose of L-Caf\u00e9 and the aims of the event. Afterwards, all participants briefly introduced themselves. A total of 38 participants attended, including students from Japan, Nepal, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Turkey, Vietnam, and Myanmar, as well as faculty and administrative staff members. In the first part of the program, students from El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Bolivia introduced the cultures and traditions of their home countries. In the second part, all participants enjoyed dancing together to Latin American music such as salsa, merengue, and cumbia. At the end of the event, participants spent time chatting, laughing, and deepening their understanding of one another&#8217;s cultures and interests, creating a warm and friendly atmosphere throughout. As part of the ongoing efforts to promote internationalization on the Shikata Campus, these activities enabled students to improve their English and Japanese language skills while deepening their understanding of diverse cultures and traditions, and to share a meaningful time with one another. <\/span><br \/>\n<span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\">L-Caf\u00e9 on the Shikata Campus will continue to host multicultural exchange events, and we look forward to welcoming more students, faculty, and staff in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Party for Shikata International Students \u3000Date and Time: October 29 (Wed.), 17:30 START \u3000Venue: Shikat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"parent":5449,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5477","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-28 05:55:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5478,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5477\/revisions\/5478"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mdps.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}