This group is for American raised moms of Japanese descent. We straddle the line between being raised here in America, but having strong ties to our cultural heritage and often the unique experience of having grown up in homes where Japanese culture was predominant. This group is mainly an English speaking group but we can happily all work on our Japanese together (and maybe work on it with our kids too). Together we can share our unique perspectives with each other and expose our kids to some o …

ALL Levels Welcome! Everyone has a part to play! We are here for ONE THING - conversation in Japanese. Our time is spent focused on activities and games that improve our ability to communicate in Japanese and English. While dining out can be interesting - conversation seems to always just touch the surface. "Where are you from?" or "Tell me about your hobbies." Activities like going to show are fun - but we want to speak and communicate, not just watch. Language learning can be so much more. We …

Practice your Japanese or English while having fun with us!

East Bay Anime is being created to give the community a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation. From projects, conventions, cosplay, each meeting will include screenings of anime films and episodes, discussions and much more. This group is primarily focused on youths and young adults. Our goal is to grow and nurture a supportive avenue for the community to enjoy and share their anime fan experience. The meeting may have giveaways from sponsors which include Viz Media. Artists, …

A support group for foreign nationals from Japan visiting the USA on F-1 OPT, WB/WT, B-1/B-2, or similar category. Please read 29 CFR 553.106(a).  Non-foreign nationals must be employed to work at a company that offers matching gifts and/or community service grants.  Example: Verizon.

I created this meet up to meet new people over yummy meals.  I plan to host at least one event each month.  I look forward to meeting people who are interested in Japanese culture and interested in dining out.  Cheers!

Sushi lovers! Interested in explore the SF sushi scene, indulge in delicious sushi and Japanese food? Let's do this!

If the thought of Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior fascinates you and you've been pondering Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji for some time, then this is the book club for you!  Slice of Mooncake is based in San Francisco and will focus on literature primarily by Asian American authors, but will also embrace stories centered on Asian culture, history, and icons. Selection of readings will be suggested by both the Organizer and members, and include current fiction, nonfiction, classics …

Aloha  New members; Please read all of this important information. Backroads Wine & nature Adventures is a unique combination of wine viticulture, physical fitness, art, photography, & nature adventures. I conduct full time activity to research, trail blazing, Exploring, volunteering, & networking with Wineries, Recreation equipment providers, Land owners, & providing donations to various NP organizations. Come join the fun of exploring seldom visited and little known places of interest, such as …

Extend hospitality to WB/WT and B-1/B-2 temporary visitors, F-1 OPT international students who want to maintain status after graduation, and J-1 Exchange visitors, facilitate interaction with native English speakers, and provide support to nonimmigrants if they are experiencing economic hardship. Cross-cultural activity is an activity designed to promote exposure and interchange between foreign nationals and Americans so as to increase their understanding of each other's society, culture, and in …

Based in Mountain View, this Meetup is for people who like Japanese food and meeting new people. Have you lived in or been to Japan and have experiences to share? Want to practice Japanese? Come join us at our next Meetup!

サンフランシスコの観光を楽しみましょう。 Who the group is for: サンフランシスコ在住で日本に興味を持っている方　－　日本人でサンフランシスコに興味を持っている方　－　英語が母国語で、日本語のスキル向上を目指している方　－　日本語が母国語で、英語のスキル向上を目指している方

Calling All Cosplayers! Let's get together between conventions - we can hang out, talk about our costumes, sew together, make props together, teach each other, and meet new people! This group will mostly be for cosplay-related outings: sewing circles, prop days, fabric hunting trips, and things like that. Maybe we can even have lectures from local awesome costumers? After all, there's always something new to learn!

The Bay Area Shiba Inu Meetup is a play-date and information sharing meetup. Utilizing our events as well as message board, we hope to enrich the lives of our pups and share Shiba knowledge. We also hope our members feel free to make meetup suggestions for items ranging from play-date venues to meetup activities as well as have a wonderful time participating in our events.

Welcome to the North Oakland Go Club! Our regular playing time is 11:00 AM 3:00 PM each Sunday at the It's Your Move game store at 4920 Telegraph Ave. in the Temescal business district (a block south of 51st St., across from Walgreen's). Our goal is to provide a welcoming, supportive environment for players from first-timers to experts, focusing on the beauty and intellectual challenge of the game at least as much as on who's winning.  Anyone can learn to play, including children as young as fiv …

Come to practice English or any foreign language. We gather informally to chat, make new friends, learn about other cultures and maybe find a language exchange partner. Come share your English or foreign language skills while socializing and meeting interesting and worldy people. Languages you may hear at our events are English, Spanish, Korean, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, German, Thai, Russian and much more!

Meet fellow Anime Fans near you! Come to a local Anime Meetup for fun, friends and talk about your favorite Anime/Manga artists, shows and games. Share your own art and fiction! Whatever interests you about Anime and Manga is welcome here.

This group is for classy San Francisco Bay Area Asian-Americans who want to party hard with their fellow sexy Asians.  This meetup has the hookups with the best event promoters in town and we get special guestlist privileges and super cheap bottle service prices specifically for us. This is your "in" to the hottest Asian-American Club events in SF every week! The goal of this group is to reach out to Bay Area Asians in their 20's and 30's to come party at the best events that are packed with the …

Calling All Asians! Calling All Asians! Our group accepts members from all over the Bay Area including San Francisco, Peninsula, East Bay, South Bay and beyond! Whether you are new to the US, or more comfortable speaking your own language such as Chinese ( Mandarin, Cantonese) , Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Hawaiian, Malaysian, Thai... come out anyway and make a new friend. Check out our Monthly Newsletter ! See if we are right for you! There there are three main focuses of this grou …

This friendly group welcomes you to Japan's rich world of artistic animation. Our focus is limited series, an institution in Japanese late-night television. These are not like American TV shows that just add more episodes until the ratings drop. They are planned as complete stories in 12-26 half-hour episodes, sometimes with just one writer and one director. Like movies, most suck, but some are brilliant. We will be watching the brilliant ones. Japanese TV has four seasons corresponding to the q …

We can have an old fashioned dual with paper and folding skills! If you love to turn and ordinary piece of paper into a beautiful, complex, geometric shape then this is the group for you. My ultimate goal for this group is for like minded, friendly, outgoing people meet up once in a while to hang out and fold. We can meet up every so often and share cool origami folds that we've learned. It can be as informal as meeting at a coffee shop and just chatting or more formal and having like set speci …

In San Francisco, we have a plethora of language exchange meet up groups dedicated to a particular language which usually meet in a coffee-shop. SF Babel aims to provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere in a bar environment where speakers of many different languages come together to practice speaking a different language in a real-world context with real people, all for FREE. The goal is to have a night-out, with an international crowd on a consistent basis. HOW IT WORKS The idea of the group is th …

You're Invited. Informal ZEN picnic, Sunday noon, May 26 (Memorial weekend) on lawn under cherry trees round from Japanese Tea Garden Gate, Golden Gate Park. Bring snacks & share. Say Hi. No food restrictions, it's all good. Bring short poems, haiku & flutes to resonate. Sit in a circle & snack & sip & say Ah-Ha. Been to Japan? Raise hand & go first. Have Zen stories? Tell them last - you've got patience. Then float away on a better day. Zen memories: no owner, no author, no never mind.

Here's a chance for Japanese speakers of all levels, with a particular emphasis on attracting moderate to advanced, to practice their conversation skills with others of a similar level. Let's apply our Japanese skills toward making new friends! Beginners, please feel welcome to join in the fun! Wagamama Nihongo will offer you an excellent chance to hear advanced and native speakers, as well as converse with others who may be having the same difficulties as yourself. Together, in a casual and rel …

This group is for Asian men and women  to make new Asian friends while dining out (restaurants, potlocks, picnics, and fine dining), exploring and participating in indoor as well as outdoor adventures and activities, (hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, tennis, soccer, golf, volleyball, basketball, badminton, rock climbing, paintball, billiards, karaoke, ballroom dancing, archery, horseback riding, sports events, movies, concerts, musicals, museums, art exhibits, coffee socials, wine tasting, ph …

The Red Lantern: Bay Area Asian Cinephiles, based in San Francisco, is the world's largest Meetup for Asian films.  In theaters and in private venues, we explore the high, the low and the everything-in-between of Asian cinema, from Woo to wuxia, from Ozu to "Zatoichi."

In Japanese, "ai" means "love" ... so "ai explore" in this case translates to "I LOVE to explore!" What do we explore? Experiences! What kind of experiences? Ones that inspire love, optimism, fulfillment, interpersonal connection, and community-in-action. Ai Explore is the explorer's club dedicated to uncovering the optimism in everyone, everywhere. JOIN US in exploring, uncovering, and participating in the fullness Earth has to offer! We explore experiences like … Volunteerism - Animal shelters …

This group is for people who love learning and practicing languages. Come meet cool language aficionados, share your native language, practice any language you are learning, and mingle and meet interesting, worldly people. Our events will focus on mingling or attending fun language events in the Peninsula.