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• FEW Kansai Readers Group

  • When
    10 Dec 2025
  •  
    8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  FEW Kansai Readers Group

  Date:       Wednesday, December 10, 2025

  Time:       8:00-9:15 pm (We need time to finalize the next meeting.)

  Place:      Zoom (Link will be sent before the event starts.)

  Cost:        Free for FEW Members

  Registration: Open until 7:00 p.m. on December 10, 2025

  FUTURE PLANS: This group would like to continue after the closure of FEW Kansai. Details are in the process of being finalized but the main ideas are as follows:

  • Hold the Readers Group the second Wednesday of every month from 8:00 to 9:00.
  • Publicize the event and post the ZOOM link on the LINE group set up for FEW members to keep in touch. 
  • The roles of organizer/host will be shared by two volunteers who work as a team. 
  • Each month, a new team will be set up to organize/host the next gathering.

  Even if you have never attended a Readers Group gathering, you are welcome to join us! And we'd appreciate any ideas or suggestions you have about this group as well. Feel free to talk to me (Rebecca) in person or send me a message. Thanks!

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  The FEW Kansai Readers Group is a casual gathering of readers who share what they’ve been reading lately. Any kind of book goes! Participants have shared fiction, non-fiction, books of poetry, and even books in languages other than English. If this sounds like something you would enjoy, please join us!

  Here is the plan:

  1. Meet at the scheduled time on ZOOM.
  2. Each participant has time to share a book (or books) they are reading or recommend. There will also be time for questions.
     
  3. The book(s) discussed can be fiction or non-fiction.
  4. You can use your time as you like. However, please don’t just recount the story or give spoilers.
     
  5. Once you have spoken, sit back, relax, and get more ideas for your reading wish list!

  We hope to see you there!

  Rebecca Arthur

  
  

  NOTE

  • The meeting is usually scheduled for the second Wednesday of the month. The date is posted about three weeks before the meeting.
    
  • This is not a book club. We are not reading one book together.
  • You are not under any obligation to attend regularly. Come as often, or as seldom, as you like.
  • You are welcome even if you don't have a book to share. Just let us know at the beginning so the time per person can be adjusted accordingly.
    

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• FEW Kansai Holiday Party

  • When
    14 Dec 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Hotel Monterey Osaka, 3-3-45 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001

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  FEW Kansai Holiday Party

  Sunday, December 14

  
  

  
  

  Join us for an evening of festivities as we celebrate the holiday season as well as the FEW Kansai community and the many friendships we have formed over the past 35 years.

  
  

  We will enjoy an elegant sit-down French dinner in a lovely, spacious room at the Hotel Monterey Osaka, a hotel brimming with classic old-world charm. An open bar offering both alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages will be available (all you can drink during the entire three-hour party). A few merry moments will be sprinkled throughout the evening as well.

  
  

  Both regular and vegetarian menus are offered (see below), and dietary restrictions (allergies, gluten-free, etc.) will be considered. 

  
  

  Members and nonmembers are all warmly welcome. Feel free to bring your partner or a friend (men included). 

  
  

  We hope you will join us for this memorable celebration. 

  
  

  
  

       DATE: Sunday, December 14, 2025

       TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

       VENUE: Hotel Monterey Osaka, 3-3-45 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0001

       LOCATION: Umeda (just minutes from the Hilton Hotel)

       COST: FEW Members: ¥8,000; Nonmembers: ¥16,000 (at cost)
  

       DRESS: Festive elegance (or whatever works best for you)

       CONTACT: For questions prior to the day of the event, contact

       few@fewkansai.com. For any issues on the day of the event, call Margarite

       at 090-6244-6385 (available only on December 14).

  
  

       REGISTER by midnight on Sunday, December 7.

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  MENUS

  (Changes possible depending on ingredient availability.)

  
  

  REGULAR MENU

  • Sous-vide duck breast with eggplant confit, balsamic sauce, and baby-leaf salad
  • Sea urchin royale with shrimp and scallop saffron soup
  • Poached sweetfish and leeks with crustacean bisque sauce
  • Roast beef tenderloin au jus with horseradish, seasonal vegetables, and mushrooms
  • Two kinds of bread with butter
  • Dessert of the day and fruit with ice cream
  • Coffee & tea

  VEGETARIAN MENU

  • Salad with crudités, marinated vegetables (with wine vinegar), and blanched vegetables
  • Vegetable peasant soup (cabbage, onion, carrots, zucchini, potatoes)
  • Sautéed vegetables and grilled eggplant ratatouille
  • Root vegetables and mushrooms: confit, roasted, and fritters with balsamic sauce
  • Gluten-free bread and olive oil
  • Assorted fruits for dessert
  • Coffee & tea

  
  

  DRINKS (open bar for 3 hours)

  • Alcohol: Beer, Red Wine, White Wine, Umeshu, Cocktails (3 types)

  • Non-alcohol: Oolong Tea, Orange Juice, Ginger Ale, Cola, AF Beer

  
  

  
  

  Join us for a festive evening of good company and good cheer!
  

  
  

  CANCELLATION POLICY
  Cancellations accepted until midnight on Sunday, December 7.
  Fees are nonrefundable after the cancellation deadline.

  
  

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