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Active Life educates through language, sports, art and cultural exchange. Join our projects and interact with the international community!
Active Life educates through language, sports, art and cultural exchange. Join our projects and interact with the international community!
Autumn has arrived in Japan, but in many parts of the country, we still have to wait a little longer for one of the most beautiful sights of the season: kōyō (紅葉・こうよう), when the leaves turn shades of red, orange, and yellow. Unlike cherry ...
Summer in Japan gives you plenty of opportunities to use Japanese in everyday life. The heat becomes an almost unavoidable topic of conversation, but summer also means festivals, fireworks, kakigōri, yukata, cicadas, and long evenings spent outdoors. If ...
Sweets in Japan are delicious, but when summer arrives and temperatures soar, cold desserts become especially tempting. One of the most popular is kakigori, Japanese shaved ice served with a variety of flavors and toppings. Kakigori can be very simple ...
Visitors and residents in Japan may have noticed an important change this summer: since July 1, 2026, Japan has increased its visa fees for the first time in nearly 50 years. The most significant changes affect entry visas (査証, shashō). A single-entry ...
The Chancellor of Ecuador, Gabriela Sommerfeld, made an official visit to Japan to strengthen the diplomatic relationship between the two countries. On the afternoon of July 23rd, the Embassy of Ecuador in Japan organized a meeting between the Chancellor ...
As we mentioned in our previous update, the 81st World Home Cooking Meeting – Ecuadorian Cuisine Edition was held on June 14th, organized by the Ushiku City International Association’s Cooking Division. Tanya S., our founder, was invited as a guest ...
By Mady García Whether you like it or not, the soccer World Cup is a huge event that brings people together, it is like a big party. One of the moments in which Ecuador and Japan were closer than ever was, precisely, during the 2002 Japan-South Korea ...
In Yachiyo, a small town in Ibaraki prefecture, takes place a multicultural event every month organized by its municipality. In March, our founder, Tanya Saga, was invited to participate as a speaker, where she shared her experience in multicultural lang ...
On Saturday, February 17th, our founder Tanya Saga (from Ecuador) and Ibaraki Prefecture International Student Goodwill Ambassador Troptchin Nikita (from Ukraine) were invited to participate as hosts in the 33rd Japanese Speech Contest for Foreigners org ...
By Eliana Veloz “Announcing the final matches in the Ladies Team category: Ecuador vs Brazil, shiai-jo (court) C.” The noise at the sports center reduced to a whisper at the moment of that announcement, and the eyes of all attendees at the Latin Ameri ...