Our main May event is a Summer Buffet Party on Tuesday, May 10th at Tsunamachi Mitsui Club (www.tsunamachimitsuiclub.co.jp/), a private club for senior members of the Mitsui Group, which is housed in a spectacular 1913 mansion designed by British architect Josiah Conder (1852 – 1920). It was originally built as the Mitsui family’s guesthouse. This will be our fourth visit to the Club.

To give participants a chance to view the extensive gardens before it goes dark, the reception desk will open at 18:00. Please note, however, that drinks will not be served until 18:30.

Members are welcome to invite one guest each.

Attendance fees (subsidised by the Society): 8,000 yen (members), 10,000 yen (guests)
Dress code: jacket and tie

If you would like to attend this event, please let Tim Minton know by Thursday, May 5th (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org).

The main purpose of this event is to give new students (both undergraduates and graduates) going up to Oxford or Cambridge for the 2016/2017 academic year an opportunity to meet members of The Cambridge & Oxford Society and, in the process, gain a few useful tips on how to prepare for the experience. C&O members and new students will be able to chat informally while enjoying drinks and excellent Italian cuisine from an extensive buffet selection.

The party will be held at the fashionable Armani Ristorante Wine Lounge in Ginza (Armani Ginza Tower 10F, 5-5-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061; http://www.armani-ristorante.jp/ristorante/shopinfo.html) and is open only to members of C&O and students starting at Oxford or Cambridge in the autumn of 2016, although members and new students alike are welcome to invite one guest each. Please note that we will check with the universities the bone fides of all non-C&O members who apply to attend.

If you would like to attend this event, please contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Sunday, July 3.

All-inclusive attendance fees: C&O members and guests 7,000 yen, new students 5,000 yen (payable in advance by bank transfer; account details will be sent to those who sign up; full charge for no-shows and anyone who cancels after the deadline [July 3])

Dress code: smart casual

The first main event of the second half (September to December) consists of three separate activities: rowing on Sagamiko, hiking on Mount Takao, and dining at Ukai Toriyama. Needless to say, it is not compulsory to participate in all three!

An outline of each activity can be found in the notice sent to members on September 15th. If you would like to take part, please contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) September 24th, making sure that you specify in your reply which of the three activities you and your guest(s) intend to participate in.

October 2017 Event TBD

To mark the end of Tim Hitchens’s term as British Ambassador to Japan (and as C&O President) at the end of this year, we will hold a seated dinner on November 23rd (a national holiday) to express our thanks to Tim and his wife, Sara, for their wholehearted support of the Society over the last four years, and to bid them farewell.

Drinks will be served at 18:30, and dinner will start at 1900. The attendance fee is 8,000 yen (subsidized), and the dress code is jacket and tie.

Members are welcome to invite one guest each to this event. If you would like to attend, please contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Saturday, November 19th.

Our Christmas Party will be held as usual in the Kabayama Room (樺山ルーム).

If you would like to attend this event, please apply to Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Friday, December 16th. Members are welcome to invite one guest each (no restriction in the case of immediate family members).

Dress code: as you like (within reason)
Attendance fee: 7,500 yen
Payment is required in advance; account details will be sent to those who apply to attend.

TBD

This will be our first joint event with the Japan Stanford Association, for which we have booked one of our regular haunts, Slainte (4-5-21 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013). Along with food, wine and stimulating conversation, we will also be treated to 30 minutes or so of vocal entertainment by Ms Kei Takayanagi.

Attendance fee: 4,000 yen (includes buffet, drinks and music
Payment is required in advance; account details will be sent to those who apply to attend.

Dress code: none

Members who would like to attend should contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Monday, March 7th. Members may invite one guest each.

Please note that the event begins at 19:00 rather than at our usual starting time of 18:30.

The main event for April will be a visit to the David Bowie exhibition being held at Warehouse Terrada G1 Building in Higashi Shinagawa (http://davidbowieis.jp/en/) followed by a seated dinner at a brand new casual restaurant called NOZ by T.Y. Farm, which is about three minutes’ walk from the exhibition venue.

The exhibition “David Bowie is” was originally created by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and Tokyo is the only city in Asia to host it. One free drink is available on production of the entrance ticket at the venue’s café. NOZ by T.Y. Farm (https://www.facebook.com/terra.cafe.bar1220/) serves fresh vegetables from its own farm in Ome, and the mainly Italian menu for our dinner will consist of salad, two or three appetizers, a main course and a dessert, as well as the usual free flow of wine, beer and soft drinks.

Members who would like to attend this event should contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Monday, March 27th. Members may invite one guest each.

Attendance fees: 6,000 yen (exhibition entrance, dinner and free flow of drinks), 4,500 yen (dinner and drinks only)
Dress Code: None

This event is now full, but members may still register their names for inclusion on the waiting list.

We are pleased to announce that the new British Ambassador to Japan, HE Paul Madden CMG (Gonville & Caius Cambridge 1977), has kindly accepted the Presidency of C&O. To welcome Paul and his wife, Sarah, to Japan, we are holding a seated 5-course dinner at The Tokyo Club on February 16th: reception and aperitifs from 18:30, dinner from 19:00, after-dinner drinks.

Members who would like to attend this important event should contact Tim Minton (t.minton[at]camford[dot]org) by Feb. 12th. Members are welcome to invite one guest each. Directions to The Tokyo Club will be sent to those who sign up.

Attendance fee: 8,000 yen (payment required in advance; account details will be sent to those who apply to attend; no refunds for no-shows or those who cancel after Feb. 12th)
Dress code: lounge suits