2013.06.01

We was held YTMC 25th anniversary party on Jun. 1st.
Then we played quiz game about YTMC and 25 years history!!
There are 11 quizzes.
Why don’t you try those quiz?

Q1  When Yokohama Toastmasters Club was chartered?

(1) 1988/5/1
(2) 1988/6/1
(3) 1988/7/1

Q2 Who was the President of U.S.A in 1988?

(1) Jimmy Carter
(2) Ronald Reagan
(3) George H. W. Bush

Q3 Who was the last Prime minister of Showa area?

(1)中曽根康弘　Nakasone, Yasuhiro
(2)竹下登 Takeshita, Noboru
(3)宇野宗佑 Uno, Sousuke

Q4 How many people in Yokohama 1988?

(1) 2,992,926
(2) 3,151,087
(3) 3,697,006

Q5 How much Exchange Rates Japanese yen per U.S dollar at June 1988?

(1)  126yen/$
(2) 100yen/$
(3) 95yen/$

Q6 When Russia was born?

(1) 1991/12/25
(2) 1988/10/1
(3) 198911/1

Q7 When first club chartered in Moscow?

(1)  1990
(2) 1989
(3) 1988

Q8 When the first meeting was called order in the world?

(1) October 1924
(2) September 1912
(3) July 1898

Q9 When Membership opened to Women?

(1) 1945
(2) 1960
(3) 1973

Q10 How old was Dr. Ralph C. Smedley died?

(1) 78
(2) 87
(3) 101

Q11 What the ACADEMY AWARDS BEST PICTURE WINNER in 1998?

(1) The Last Emperor
(2) Dances with Wolves
(3) Rain Man

Click here to check the answers!

TM S.I

2013.06.01

It was my great honor to handle a special meeting to celebrate a quarter-century anniversary of Yokohama Toastmasters club as a master of ceremony.

I would like to take this opportunity, at first, to show my appreciation to all who have supported our club activities for 25 years, as well as attendances of this commemoration.
On this occasion, all current members could look back on our club history in order to look to the future, I belived.
It was an opportunity to acknowledge that our club gave birth to seven sister clubs and a few winners for All Japan Speech Contests  of Toastmasters in Japan.

Especially, I was very happy to welcome TM A as a guest speaker for this meeting.
She was the 15th president as well as one of winners for a domestic contest of Toastmasters.
Her speech encouraged all attendances to challenge to be a better communicator by saying she was a noviece when she joined this club.

I only hope Yokohama toastmasters club can continue to be a club where people with challenging spirits come togather.

TM E.Y

Award Session

Attendances of 25th Anniversary meeting

Attendances of 25th Anniversary party!!!

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2013.5.18-19

District 76 spring conference was held at Nagoya on May 17 to 19th.
YTMC planned the tour of Nagoya. 9 members joined this tour. Great!!
We joined this contest form second day, Japanese contest.

There were 6 contestants in Japanese contests. They are representative of each division.
All speeches were very high level!!! It was difficult to say which is better.
Result of the contest is shown in the following Website.

http://www.district76.org/ja/events/conference/2013spring.html

After Japanese contest, we joined the party. It was very very exciting!!
A lot of other club members join the party. It was wonderful occasion to know other club activities.
In addition, each division members showed performances like magic or dance.
Div. D members danced on the stage. I didn’t know it, but I enjoyed dancing!

Next day, we joined English contest on the morning. It is main event of this contest.
Our club is English club. So I was looking forward to it. All speakers inspired me.
They took their speech using each humanity, skills, and responsibility.
I could learn a lot!! So I will catch up those things in my next speech.

One of the most exciting Toastmasters events was over in 2013.
And next District 76 conference will be held at….
FUKUOKA!!!

The date will be November 15th to 17th. Please reserve those days on your calendar!

TM A.T

Lunch time

Banner march

YTMC tour members!!

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2013.04.21

Division D Spring Conference 2013 was held at Kawasaki on Apr.21st.
This is very important contest because a ticket for taking part in District 76 Conference is given to 1st place winner!!

From our club, our president TM M.T joined this contest as a contestant. He inspired audiences using his patent product!!
Unfortunately, he couldn’t get a place. But I thought he had high confidence and he gave his speech with his own style.
It was wonderful!!

District 76 Spring Conference 2013 will be held at Nagoya on May 16th – 18th.
Some YTMC members including me will join this contest!
I’m looking forward to it!!

TM A.T

YTMC members!!!

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2013.03.16

Area42 spring contest was held at Kaiko Kinen Kaikan on Mar. 16th.
Then we were host club, and TM H.A was contest chair in this contest.
Many YTMC members and some other club members helped in order for the success of this contest.
So it became very nice contest!!

In addition, TM T.Y, TM T.M, and TM R.K joined Area42 contest as a contestant.
TM T.Y joined international contest, TM R.K joined Japanese contest, and TM T.M joined both.
I think they could take the best performance in each other!!
As a result, TM T.M was second place winner, and go to the next contest, Division D contest!

Div D contest will be held on Apr 21th. Let’s go there to this contest and cheer for him together.

TM A.T

Contestants of International contest

Contestants of Japanese contest

All attendances of Area 42 contest

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2013.02.16

The 544 YTMC meeting was held as In-house contest of 2013 International & Japanese Contest at Hatoba Kaikan.
It was very exiting contest.

Five contestants and four contestants for International and Japanese contest, were entried respectively.
Three members had challenged for both International and Japanese contest.
Each speech topic of contestants was very unique.

The results of contest are as followed
In International Contest, 1^st Prise TM T. Y., 2^nd Prise TM T. M. and 3^rd Prise TM R. K.
In Japanese Contest, 1^st Prise TM R. K., 2^nd Prise TM T. M. and 3^rd Prise TM N.M

1^st and 2^nd winners will go up to the Area 42 contest.

The Area 42 contest will be held at Kaiko Kinen Kaikan on March 16^th.
Let’s attend to Area 42 contest and cheer up our challengers!!

TM M.T.

Award session of International Contest!!

Award session of Japanese Contest!!

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2012.11.16-18

District 76 fall contest 2012 was held on Nov. 16th-18th. I and some YTMC members joined this contest.
As may be expected of the all Japan Table Topics contests, contestants had high level of speech skills.
I didn’t think that speeches were made ad-lib. I could learn speech skill from contestants.

In addition, there were two very special guests in this contest.
Those were Michael Notaro, DTM International President 2011-2012, and Professor Donald Keene. Michael demonstrated how servant-leadership creates, and Professor Keene told about Japanese culture.
Both speeches were splendid!!!  I was really inspired to their speeches.

2012 fall contests of Toastmasters were over. I joined District 76 contest for the first time.
It was very very exciting. I highly recommend to join District 76 contest if it is convenient to you!

Next contest is spring. This is the most exciting contest of TMC! The venue of District76 contest is…Nagoya!!!
The schedule will be May 17th-19th. Let’s go together!

TM A.T

Torphies for winners

Banner March

YTMC members

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2012.11.04

Division D Fall contest was held on Nov. 4th near Yokohama Chinatown. There are 5 areas (I mean 22 clubs) in Div. D, and TM M.H joined this contest as a contestant from YTMC.

Fall contest is Table Topics contest in 2012. Today’s question was difficult. The question is like this
” The time has come that human being can live on the moon. You are elected the mayor for a city of the moon. But there are no constructions and public institutions. What do you want to build?”

I thought she answered this question well. But unfortunately, she couldn’t win the prize. I felt Div. D level is very high! We should practice more and more in YTMC!

In addition, I got TM M.H comment about joining the contest. Her comment is below.

It is the first time to join the contest for me.
I seemed the atmosphere of division table speech contest is quite difference from the area contest.
I could not catch all of the question due to tension and I caught just a few words, “Mayor” and “Moon”.
On this contest, I could answer this question because I had strong supporters of Yokohama Toastmasters Club.
Thank you for all of encouragement.
I would like to practice more and more to improve my speech skill.

TM A.T

All contestans of Engilish contest
YTMC members!!

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2012 Area42 Fall Contest Report

2012.10.7

2012 Area 42 Table Topics contest was held on Oct.7th. There were four contestants from YTMC.
 TM N.G and TM M.H joined English contest, TM M.T and TM M.H joined Japanese contest.
And…
TM N.G and TM M.H won first place and second place in English contest!! Congratulations!

TM N.G goes to the next contest, Division D contest on Nov. 4th. Let’s go and cheer for him together! Unfortunately both in Japanese contest couldn’t get a prize, but they did real good!

In addition, TM H.A took Chief Judge in this contest. This role was very important for management of the contest. She gave her impressions of this contest to us. I posted her comment below.

Performing a new role is quite a challenge. I tried a role of Chief Judge at the area contest this fall. 
In the past, I have observed others taking this role. However, performing it is quite different from observing them. Although I participated the contests as a contestant before, I had not become very familiar with the rule book. This time, I took time to read the book and learned to appreciate how the event is put together.
I typically have tendency to dislike any rules.  However, in order for us to enjoy and to be fair for all, rules are needed. It gave me a new perspective to my life.
I encourage everyone to try new role for yourself. You may find something that you have not noticed before.

TM A.T

Award session!!!

Contestants of English session

Contestants of Japanese session

Commemorative photo of 2012 Area42 fall contest

Party after the contest

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YTMC In-House Contest (English)
2012.09.15

Today we had a thrilling, exciting Table Topic Contest.

As for me, I took some roles of Chair, Topic Master
and Interviewer after a long time absence.

In-house contest, though, I felt nervous on the stage.
But to our amazing, we had 10 contestants in English and 6 in Japanese.
“Absolutely gorgeous contest”

In-house contest filled the laugh, stimulation and hotly competition.

I believed we all enjoyed Table Topic In-house contest.
Thank you, all contestants, assistants and audiences.

TM T.T

Award session!

Party after the contest!

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