● 20 January: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘Auld Lang Syne and its Japanese version. At the Japanese Club, a part of “Our Scotland: a Japanese perspective“, which was about ‘Auld Lang Syne’, was shown;
● 29 January: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s first Fukushima documentary, “Our friends in Fukushima” (2013), was screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;
● 5, 12 and 26 February: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow. Taiko workshops for three P5 classes;
● 10 February: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘The Valentine’s Day in Japan’;
● 26 February: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s two documentaries, “Our Scotland: a Japanese perspective” and “The bird, the tree, the bell and the fish of Glasgow” were screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;
● 10 March: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘Cherry blossoms’ and ‘Spirited Away’;
● 26 March: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s second Fukushima documentary, “100 Bq/kg, 0.23 µSv/h: the standard of living in Fukushima” (2014), was screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;
● On Tuesdays from 28 January to 1 April, the ‘Calligraphy as Meditation‘ session was held at Prayer and Reflection room, University of Glasgow Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland;
● 28 April: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘Japanese monkeys and Japanese deers’;
● 30 April: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s documentary, “Japanese isn’t English” (2016) and “Our Japan: Bucharest students’ views” (2014) were screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;
● 1, 8 and 15 May: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland. Origami workshops for four P1 classes;
● 13 May: ‘De-stress’ session for students during the exam period was held at University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland. This was organised jointly by University of Glasgow Students’ Representative Council and University of Glasgow Chaplaincy. The participants had three options: Calligraphy, Origami, or Colouring of Ukiyoe Japanese woodblock prints;
● 14 May: Victoria Park Primary School, Dundee, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for a P6 class; and
● 19 May: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘Animal cafes in Japan’;
● 28 May: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s documentary, “Here and there in Fukushima” (2015) was screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;
● 29 May: Laurieston Primary School, Falkirk, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for a P7 class;
● 9 June: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during a lunch break and a workshop on Japan for Senior Boys after lunch. The topic was ‘J-pop’;
● On Tuesdays from 22 April to 17 June, the ‘Calligraphy as Meditation‘ session was held at Prayer and Reflection room, University of Glasgow Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland;
● 18 June: ‘The Lotus Club: Documentary series, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s documentaries, were screened. “Live a tradition in Maramurs, Romania” (2014) and “Design Kimono – Koji YOSHIE” (2017) The screening was followed by a discussion; and
● 22 June: Kelvin West Church, Glasgow, Scotland. The screening of “Chasing radio caesium and living in Tomioka: Fukushima in July 2024“. The screening was followed by a discussion.