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Minutes ＃359 Minutes 2025/June/7 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid (you can attend either online or onsite) We had two guests today, one of them was a former member. Today’s  meeting started with the sharing of what happened with last two weeks. Most of the members said they were exhausted because of the hot climate or their workload. Hopefully, they will find toastmasters to be a relaxation from their busy schedules. Today, we also had a special session: the annual election of new officers. The new officers are elected for the smooth running of the club and will take charge from July. [...]

Minutes ＃358 Minutes 2025/May/24 Introduction Today’s meeting was online. We had one guest today. Today’s meeting started with sharing of what happened in the last two weeks. Some members visited other prefectures, while others relaxed at home. Our guest shared that she tried a new recipe with soybeans. Today’s Word of Evening was “As far as…” Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM K.N. She kept the theme very simple:“Rain”. She started with a very simple question, “What is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?” and progressed to more complex questions, like “If you were a creature [...]

Minutes ＃357 Minutes 2025/May/11 Introduction Today’s meeting was a special meeting held in Utsunomiya. Some members joined with their families. Firstly, we talked about our Golden Week memories. Today’s Word of Today was “amiable” We spent special time with amiable kids. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM H.S. He introduced his trip to his home town and related to that asked about surprized thing, impression of this club, school days, and so on. We enjoyed it so much. Speech Session Today we had two speakers. TM Y.T. talked about his history of Toastmasters. Since there are some kids, he spoke [...]

Minutes ＃356 Minutes 2025/April/19 Introduction Today’s meeting was only online. We had 3 energetic guests today. Today the meeting was very lively because of the increased members. Everyone shared their good or bad things that happened in the past few weeks. The guests were so enthusiastically shared their experience. Today’s word of the evening was “facilitate”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM T.L. It was the first time for TM T.L. to take the table topic master and she performed it very well. Her questions were like a habit that you think you have changed for the Mother [...]

Minutes ＃355 Minutes 2025/April/5 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid meeting (online and offline meeting). We had 3 wonderful guests today. Fortunately, we were able to get a lot of guests from the beginning of this fiscal year and the most of the club members join the meeting. Today we had 13 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that happened during the past 3 weeks and everyone was very interested in sharing. Today’s word of the evening was “punctual”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM W.M. The table topic master used ChatGPT to prepare the questions. [...]

Minutes ＃354 Minutes 2025/March/15 Introduction Today’s meeting was online meeting. We were expecting two guest but unfortunately they could not participate. Today we had 10 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that happened during the past couple of weeks and interesting stories. Today’s word of the evening was “specification”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. The table topic session was very interesting and very random questions like “Do you think the climate can influence your mood?” or “How do you make decision?”, etc… Speech Session Today, we had one speaker. TM H.S.’s speech was his [...]

Minutes ＃353 Minutes 2025/March/1 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid meeting (online and offline meeting). We had 2 guests today. From the beginning of this year, we have been able to get a lot of guests. Today we had 11 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that happened during the past couple of weeks and everyone was very interested in sharing. Today’s word of the evening was “dwindle”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM S.K. The table topic master selected the questions very carefully and socially relevant topic like introduction of 4 days work and 3 days [...]

Minutes ＃352 Minutes 2025/February /15 Introduction Today’s meeting was online meeting. We had 3 guests but 2 of them are going to be the official members from March. Today we had 10 participants and everyone shared their good or new things that during the past couple of weeks and everyone was very interested in sharing. Today’s word of the evening was “In other words”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM A.M. Today’s table topic session was very interesting. The theme was chance and difficulty. The questions were like what is the different situation you have faced in your life, [...]

Minutes ＃351 Minutes 2025/February /1 Introduction Today’s meeting was hybrid style (online and offline). We had 3 guests today. Today’s meeting was energetic and lively. It’s very nice and refreshing start with sharing good and new things happened in the past two weeks. Everyone shared their story. Today’s word of the evening was “sophisticated”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM W.M. Today’s table topic session was not based on specific topic, but he initiated each question with his personal questions and the speaker can connect the question easily. Like how to find a suitable job as he will be [...]

Minutes ＃350 Minutes 2025/January /18 Introduction Today’s meeting was online. We had 2 guests today. Today’s meeting was special because we had only one week gap between the meetings. Having said that, everyone enthusiastically shared good or new things happened. Today’s word of the evening was “Having said that”. Table Topic Session Today’s table topic master was TM Y.T. Today’s table topic session theme was most of the people’s favorite theme “travel“. The most appreciated thing was that even guest speakers tried to make impromptu speech till the red card was displayed to use the maximum amount of time allowed. Speech Session [...]