The annual Christmas Party, and the last event of the year.

Organised by ST.

Buffet Party at The Roppongi Hills Club (Roppongi Hills, 51st floor).

Seated Dinner.

Buffet dinner at Le Petit Tonneau in Toranomon.

We will be returning to The Tokyo Club (https://www.tokyoclub.or.jp/en/access.html) for a seated dinner for our June event.

As usual, the drinks will start at 18:30, followed by a full course dinner with wines from the Club cellar.

As we are expecting the temperature to rise at this time of the year, please be sure to adhere to the dress codes of The Tokyo Club (=jackets required but ties optional for gentlemen, no spaghetti straps or short dresses for ladies. No denim, sandals or sport shoes of any sort please) to avoid being denied entry.

The notice to sign up for this event will be sent by email later this month or in the first week of June, so please check your inbox regularly.

WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED FULL CAPACITY FOR THIS EVENT, AND THE GOOGLE FORM IS NOW CLOSED.

Following the great success of last year, the Early Summer Party will be held on Thursday May 29th, at Tsunamachi Mitsui Club, in a spectacular mansion designed by Josiah Conder (1852-1920), originally as the guesthouse for the opulent Mitsui Family.

The participants will have an opportunity to explore its beautiful gardens before the Buffet Dinner in the mansion.

This event will be extremely popular. A notice of the event with the Google Form to register will be going out in early May, so please check your inbox regularly.

THE EVENT IS NOW FULL.
PLEASE KINDLY WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION ON THE JUNE EVENT (TO BE SENT BY THE END OF MAY).

*GENERAL NOTE ON GUESTS
You are welcome to bring 1 guest to this event. Please write the name of the guest when registering on the Google Form. Unspecified guest will not be accepted. If your original guest subsequently becomes unavailable, please contact Naoko Miyazaki by email. If there is already a waiting list at the time of your guest's cancellation, the spot will go the first C&O member on the waiting list.

In April of 2025, The Camford Society returned to Oenophilia in Meguro. This 'Wine Dining' gourmet restaurant was first visited in September of 2024 and was so well received that we decided to hold a second event there. This was also the first event to be held since Naoko Miyazaki-san took over the leadership of the Society from Tim Minton at the 120th Anniversary event.

On arrival we were greeted by Owner and prize winning Sommelier Katsumi Shuta-san. He offered glasses of Champagne N.V. Poilvert Jacques as a fitting start to the evening.

Oenophilia- Katsumi Shuta-san
After enjoying the champagne, everyone found a place to sit - it was a free seating arrangement. Naoko-san then gave a short introduction to the event and welcomed everyone to Oenophilia.

Oenophilia- Restaurant with guests

After a short break to prepare, the meal was served, the menu for the event was as follows:

Smoked salmon with cream cheese tart
Shellfish curry
Appetizer Choucroute
Amatriciana Fusilli
Homemade country-style duck and port paté
Beef stewed in Cabernet Sauvignon
Gongonzola Picante
Lemon Powder Cake
Fresh chocolate

To accompany the meal, single glasses of each of the following selected wines were provided.

On the evening of Saturday, 22nd March 2025, 158 members and guests of The Cambridge & Oxford Society gathered at the Imperial Hotel to celebrate the Society’s 120th anniversary. For this special celebration, it was not only the venue’s name that brought an imperial flair to the evening, but also the attendee list: members and guests were honoured by the presence of HIH Princess Akiko of Mikasa (Merton, Oxford 2004) and HIH Princess Takamado (Girton, Cambridge 1972).

Upon arrival, attendees were naturally drawn into the first gathering hall by the alluring sounds of conversation, champagne glasses clinking, and beautiful live music performed by a string quartet from the Toho Gakuen School of Music.

120th Anniversary Dinner

When the staff opened the doors to the main dining hall, attendees discovered that this delightful beginning was just the prelude to the evening. As if looking through a kaleidoscope, the opening of the dinner hall doors revealed the visual spectacle that is the Fuji Room. This impressive 1,200-square-meter hall adorned with two large chandeliers and a beautiful gold backdrop of its namesake mountain, would serve as the dining hall for the evening. The hall perfectly completed the black-tie dress code of the evening, creating a scene that could easily have been from a different era.

Representative Honorary Secretary Tim Minton (St John’s Cambridge 1977) opened the proceedings by reminding all of the origin and rich history of the society. Some of this history will remain a bit of a mystery, as Tim shared that the first minutes book of the Society likely did not make it through the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. What was however not a mystery was the number of attendees from each college, Tim Minton having shared an excellent overview.

This event is full, but members are still welcome to register for a place on the waiting list.

To wind down from the 120th Anniversary Celebration last month, we will be holding a casual dinner with lots of wine at Oenophilia in Meguro, a venue highly rated by members when we went there for the first time in September last year.

Members who wish to attend should register via the Google Form link specified in the notice distributed on 3rd April.

Please address enquiries to Naoko Miyazaki (naoko[dot]miyazaki[at]camford[dot]org]).