In 2023, Japan Desk Scotland runs workshops on Japan in Scotland. The workshops from January to March are supported by a grant from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
● 23 January: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club and for the Superheroes class on the theme of Japanese New Year;
● 10 February: St Mark’s Primary School, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for P4/5 class, including the screening of JDS’s ‘Yawata Primary, Soma City, Fukushima‘;
● 20 February: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club on the theme of ‘snow monkey’;
● 23 February: Strathblane Primary School, Stirling, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for a P6 class, including the screening of JDS’s ‘Yawata Primary, Soma City, Fukushima‘;
● 3 March: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland, Taiko workshops at Wellington Church for three P5 classes;
● 13 March; Fordbank Primary School, Renfrshire, Scotland, workshop on Hiroshima for a P7 class, including the screening of JDS’s ‘Hiroshima after Fukushima’;
● 20 March: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club and for the Superheroes class on the theme of ‘hanami’;
● OnTuesdays from 24 January to 4 April, the ‘Calligraphy as Meditation’ session was held at Prayer and Reflection room, Glasgow University Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland;
● 20 and 27 April and 4 May: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland, origami workshops for three P1 classes; and
● 24 April: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club on the theme of a teacxher’s visit to Japan’;
● 10 May: Holytown Primary School, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for a P5/6 class, including the screening of JDS’s ‘Yawata Primary, Soma City, Fukushima‘;
● 18 May: Victoria Park Primary School, Dundee, Scotland, a workshop on Japan for a P6 class;
● 22 May: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club and a workshop on Japan for Super heroes Class, on the theme of flowers in spring;
● 12 June: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Japanese Club and a workshop on Japan for Super heroes Class, on the theme of Japanese foods.
● OnTuesdays from 25 April to 20 June, the ‘Calligraphy as Meditation’ session was held at Prayer and Reflection room, Glasgow University Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland;