● 19 January: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during lunch break. The topic was ‘mochi’;

● 28 January: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s two documentaries, “Teach Scottish Country Dance in Scotland – Atsuko Clement” (2019) and “Japanese isn’t English” (2016),  were screened. The screening was followed by a discussion; and

● 2, 9 and 23 February: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland. Taiko workshops for three P5 classes at Kelvin West Church, Glasgow, Scotland;

● 12 February: Hillview Primary School, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Workshops on Japan for two P5 classes;

● 25 February: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s two documentaries, “The bird, the tree, the bell and the fish of Glasgow” (2016), and “Sophie’s Glasgow” (2016), were screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;

● 2 March: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during lunch break. The topic was ‘the flower of spring, sakura (cherry blossoms);

● On Tuesdays from 20 January to 17 March, ‘Calligraphy as Meditation’ session was held in the Interfaith Room, University of Glasgow Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland;

● 23 April: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during lunch break. The topic was ‘ K-pop and Japanese popular music in the 1980s’;

● 27 April and 11 and 18 May: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland. Origami workshops for three P1 classes;

● 28 April and 12 May: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland. “Calligraphy as Meditation” as part of Students Representative Council’s ‘De-Stress’ activities;

● 29 April: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s tenth Fukushima documentary, “Environmental Radioactivity in Fukushima in 2019” (2021) was  screened. The screening was followed by a discussion;

● 21 May: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during lunch break. The topic was ‘Four seasons of Japan and Okonomiyaki’;

● 27 May: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s two documentaries were shown: “Design Kimono – Koji YOSHIE” (2017) and “Live a tradition in Maramures, Romania” (2014). The screening was followed by a discussion;

● 28 May: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland. Organ concert for three P5 classes at Kelvin West Church;

● 8 June: Cumbernauld Academy, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Japanese Club during lunch break. The topic was ‘Sports Day, School lunch and a women-only carriage in Japan’;

● 19 June: Hillhead Primary School, Glasgow, Scotland. Q&A session on Japan for three P6 classes;

● On Tuesdays from 21 April to 23 June, ‘Calligraphy as Meditation’ session was held in the Interfaith Room, University of Glasgow Chaplaincy, Glasgow, Scotland, except on 28 April and 12 May when the session was held in University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, as mentioned above;

● 24 June: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at Moving Image Archive, National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JDS’s three documentaries were shown: “Equality and Equity at Scottish School – Andrew Robson” (2017), “Equity at Scottish School – Lois Lurinsky” (2019), and “Yawata Primary, Soma City, Fukushima” (2014).  The screening was followed by a discussion;

● 28 June: JDS’s 14th Fukushima documentary, “Fukushima in July 2025” (2026), was shown in the Library, at Kelvin West Church, Glasgow, Scotland. The screening was followed by a discussion. This was held jointly by Kelvin West Church, Japan Desk Scotland and Japanese Matsuri for Glasgow; and

● 29 July: The Lotus Club: Documentary series’, at the Activity Room, Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. JFDS’s two documentaries were shown: “Our Scotland: a Japanese perspective” (2013) and “Hope – Rev Dr Norman Shanks” (2016). The screening was followed by a discussion.