Join us!
Reunion Overview#
| Date | April 16 2027 (Fri) & April 17 2027 (Sat) |
| Location | Westin Hotel, Osaka, Japan |
| Invitees: | Foreign or Japanese Gaidai students, Gaidai teachers and staff, Monbusho staff, host families of foreign students and all other related parties that supported the foreign students. Partners and children (and grandchildren?!) of foreign students also welcome. |
- Please save the date in your calendars and start making plans to attend!
- Please join the event mailing list by filling out this form. The committee will send you updates.
- Any questions, please email the committee at committee@gaidai97.com
Events#
Formal Dinner - Friday 16th April, 2027#
We, the organizing committee are excited to welcome all guests to our formal dinner. This will be a seated buffet dinner with drinks included. We’ll do our best to assign everyone to tables, and people will be welcome to get up and mingle. We’ll have a few speeches (in Japanese with English interpretation for those that need it), share no doubt thousands of old pictures and reminisce together.
Timetable#
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 16:45 | Doors open |
| 17:00 | Welcome and Kanpai |
| 19:00 | Closing |
| 19:15 | Finish |
Casual Foreign Students Dinner - Saturday 17th April, 2027#
On Saturday night, we’ll have an event just for the foreign students and families.
Timetable#
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 17:45 | Doors open |
| 18:00 | Welcome and Kanpai |
| 19:45 | Closing |
| 20:00 | Finish |
Potential Events still in planning by the committee#
Visit to the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Osaka University#
This facility is the successor to the Gaidai foreign students center. It might be fun to go meet our past selves in the form of 18 year old students. Some years after we graduated, Osaka Gaidai became a part of Osaka University, and then the campus itself was recently closed down.
Other ideas#
Other ideas for event are welcome - please email the committee at committee@gaidai97.com