This Bonus Video from the 2022 festival will be available to view 17th-20th February 2023
A variety of unusual animals call Japan their only home. Find out about the Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey), the Japanese Serow and other animals unique to Japan. Participants will also be introduced to some basic Japanese vocabulary and take part in a fun quiz.
Image: Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile yawning at Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano, Japan by Daisuke Tashiro, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Session Presenter
Hitomi Stuchbury
I was born in Tokyo and lived there most of my life –my speciality is early education, and I worked at special school for primary children and nurseries in Japan. I moved to the UK and Milton Keynes in 2010 with my British husband, and we have two boys. Since 2012 I have been a Japanese language tutor for Community Learning MK.
