Cambridge Universtity Anglo Japanese Society (CUAJS)

The AJS (aka Japanese Cultural Society) provides a friendly interface between Japanese and non-Japanese in Cambridge: socially at the pub meetings, dinners and clubbing events, but also by organising Japanese cultural events during the term. These include sushi parties, film nights, language lessons and karaoke! We have an annual Joint Oxbridge Dinner with the Oxford Japan Society in London, as well as a New Year's Party (involving Japanese food and umeshu!) and an end-of-term BBQ in the summer.

Currently the CUAJS involves around 100 active members, excluding those with life membership who have left University, and a mailing list of around 700 people. This includes Japanese and non-Japanese undergraduate and graduate students in Cambridge University as well as other people within the Cambridge area with a strong interest in Japan. Many native Japanese students are older, often graduate students, or visiting students from Japan, while undergraduates are an even mix of non-Japanese and Japanese students with familiarity to international environments.

We are open to all who are interested in finding out more about Japanese culture, of any nationality, whether university students or not. You don't need to know any Japanese to join in, either! For the past three academic years we have also run successful Japanese conversation classes. Membership is £5 for a year, or £10 for life (definitely worth it as members get much cheaper entry to paying events). If you haven't paid already and would like to join, please either send cash or a cheque addressed to Ayako Henson at Fitzwilliam College. Please make all cheques payable to "CU Anglo-Japanese Society".

For reference while the new website is under construction, the older website is here: http://cuajs.soc.srcf.net/old/index.php. Everything should have been moved over however.