List of Events

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
18:15-20:30 (Doors open at 18:00)

Art Hall, Shirokane Campus, Meiji Gakuin University
(1-2-37 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo)

Admission:
・General: ¥1,500 (¥1,800 at the door)
・MIA Members: ¥800 (¥1,000 at the door)
・U25 (Age 25 and under): ¥800 (¥1,000 at the door)

Important Notes:
*MIA member rates apply only to current FY2025 members. Member number must be provided at the time of registration. (Please contact the MIA office if you don’t know your member number)
*Non-member U25 participants must register as MIA Youth members at the venue. (2025 membership is free)

Around 50 participants

Please register through the dedicated Peatix page:
https://minatotabunkacinetalk-20251118.peatix.com

Registration Deadline:
23:59 on the day before the screening
*Tickets will be available at the door (cash only).

Minato International Association (MIA)
Tel: 03-6440-0233
Email: office@minato-intl-assn.gr.jp

The Minato International Association (MIA) hosts a bi-monthly event called “Minato TABUNKA Cine-Talk”,
which combines film screenings with group discussions. Under the theme “Building a multicultural community
through film,” the program showcases works that explore diverse perspectives from around the world.

This film is a moving documentary, School of Babel, that follows children from diverse nationalities, religions,
and family backgrounds, and the teacher who gently guides them through their new lives in France.

Ireland, Senegal, Brazil, Morocco, China… Children aged 11 to 15 arrive in Paris, each carrying their own unique　story. Some have fled hardship in their home countries, others seek asylum, and still others have come in search
of a better life. For one year, they join a special “reception class” at a middle school in Paris, where they live and
study together while learning French.

With 24 students and 20 nationalities, their classroom becomes a microcosm of the world. Each child brings a
different language, religion, and culture. Amid these differences, conflicts sometimes arise, and tears are shed.
Yet through language barriers, cultural divides, and past traumas, the children gradually learn to understand and
support one another, forming bonds of friendship that transcend their differences. Their journey offers us a
glimpse of hope for the future.

This film quietly, yet powerfully, captures the encounters and growth that emerge from diversity. It gently asks us:
What does it mean to live together? — and offers a heartfelt answer.

After the screening, we will hold an open discussion where you are welcome to share your thoughts and
reflections on the film. We hope you will join us!

Language: French (with Japanese and English subtitles)

In cooperation with
– Internal Internationalization Project, Meiji Gakuin University
– Department of Education and Child Development, Faculty of Psychology, Meiji Gakuin University

→For the details and registration, please visit our Peatix page: https://minatotabunkacinetalk-20251118.peatix.com

★Click here for the 2025 annual schedule of Minato TABUNKA Cine-Talk.

November 8th, Saturday, 2025
9:30-12:30
★Consultation schedule for FY2025

Minato International Association

Kita Aoyama 1-Chome Apartment Complex, Bldg.3-B1, 1-6-3 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku, 107-0061

Free

Please make a reservation with the following information at least 5 days before the consultation.
(Sign-ups will be closed as soon as slots are fully booked.)

① Name
② Phone number
③ E-mail address
④ Summary of the consultation
⑤ Preferred language

Minato International Association

Tel: 03-6440-0233

Email: office@minato-intl-assn.gr.jp

You can consult with a specialist about your child’s education and mental health matters.

Consultation on language learning, school studies, career paths, development, etc.

Explanatory/ Registration Meeting 
登録・説明会
とうろく・せつめいかい

申込み受付中！
もうしこみ　うけつけ　しています。
Registration is being accepted on an individual basis at any time.

MIA Office,

(Toei Kita Aoyama 1-Chome Apartments, Bldg.3, B1

1-6-3 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku)

Access

Free

無料（むりょう）

おかねは　いりません。

Accepting by E-mail only

*Please send us an email with the following information of yours.

①Full name
②Name in Katakana
③Nationality
④Cellphone number
⑤How long have you been studied Japanese? How’s level?
⑥You are: Living in Minato City, Working in Minato City, Studying in Minato City or Other

*Please make a reservation prior to attendance.

メールで以下を教えてください。
（めーるで  いかを おしえてください。）

①名前（なまえ）
②ふりがな
③国籍（こくせき）
④電話番号（でんわばんごう）
⑤日本語はどのくらい話せますか？（にほんごはどのくらいはなせますか？）
⑥あなたは：港区に住んでいる（みなとくにすんでいる）、港区で仕事をしている（みなとくでしごとをしている）、港区で勉強している（みなとくでべんきょうしている）、そのほか

＊事前に申込みが必要です。
（じぜんに もうしこみがひつようです。）

Email: minatomo@minato-intl-assn.gr.jp

メール：minatomo@minato-intl-assn.gr.jp

This is a Japanese conversation partner program fully supported by Minato City Office.

It pairs you with a native Japanese speaker who learned “Easy Japanese” so you can enjoy your conversations.

If you would like to have a lot of opportunities to speak Japanese and make friends with Japanese people, please join us!

*Basic Japanese level is a must!

(Persons over 18 years of age who can conduct daily conversation in Japanese are eligible to participate in this program.)

これは、港区が主催する日本人との会話パートナー活動です。
（これは、みなとくがしゅさいする にほんじんとのかいわぱーとなーかつどうです。）

日本人と交流し、日本語会話の練習をしませんか？
（にほんじんと こうりゅうし、にほんごかいわの れんしゅうを しませんか？）

＊日本語で簡単な日常会話ができる１８歳以上の人が参加できます。
（にほんごで  かんたんな  にちじょうかいわが できる　１８さいいじょうのひとが  さんかできます。）

Click here for the flyer!

ちらしは、こちら！