Culture-Oriented Activities

#	Group Name	Achievements / Description of Activities


1	Culture Leadership	Our activities center around making Zahyoh and circle orientation.
2	Male Chorus	Primarily we work on concerts that are held twice a year, in the summer and winter.
3	Symphony Orchestra	We work on practicing for concerts that are held regularly twice a year and performances at special events such as entrance ceremony and graduation ceremony.
4	ESS	The English Speaking Society (ESS) engages in 5 activities and has won various types of competitions.
5	Shogi	We are always trying to improve each others' play in order to make it to the national tournament.
6	Photo	We take photos almost every day. We hold exhibitions 3 times a year.
7	Mixed Chorus	Osaka University’s official mixed chorus group. We sing the student song at the entrance ceremony and hold yearly concerts.
8	Freund Chor	Using various instruments and music of various genres and countries, we are a music group with its own unique style.
9	Light Music (Rock / Swing)	6th, Yamano Big Band Jazz Competition; Stellarjam nominee (top 6), Stellarjam
10	Guitar	We perform periodic concerts and joint concerts with other universities every year.
11	Astronomy	We hold stargazing parties, build planetariums, and sell astrophotographs.
12	Rakugo	We work on practicing for performances at vaudeville theaters that are held regularly. We also practice Japanese musical instruments such as shamisen, drum, and flute. We also write "letters for yose (Japanese theater)".
13	AIESEC	We provide support for Japanese students doing internships abroad as well as international students in internships in Japan.
14	Ancient Art	We produce magazines and go on tours mainly at shrines, ruins, and old castles in Kansai.
15	Amateur Radio	In Amateur Radio you can, through your broadcasts, make contact with people throughout Japan and throughout the world. It's that kind of activity/club.
16	Magic	We are a magic group and enjoy doing everything from "table magic" to "stage magic".
17	Law	We visit courts of law, the public prosecutor's office and hold training and study camps for individuals wishing to have a legal career.
18	Railroad	We have yearly exhibits at both university festivals, publish a bulletin once a year, have training camps 3 times a year, and participate in the Kansai Student Railroad Association exchanges.
19	Mandolin	We aim to create high quality music in our mandolin orchestra.
20	Calligraphy	We enjoy calligraphy for exhibitions and school festivals.
21	Contract Bridge	We enjoy the most famous card game in the world. Osaka University is a school known for producing a representative every year.
22	Japanese Tea Ceremony	Under the guidance of our teacher, we take lessons in Japanese tea ceremony and tea ceremony parties.
23	Folk Song	We are the biggest light music circle at Osaka University.
24	Pottery	Our main activity is making pottery. We sell things that we made at university festivals.
25	Biological Society (old / new)	On our holidays we go to all over -- to the mountains, rivers, and sea to view all sorts of interesting life forms.
26	Noh	We practice and present chanting of the Noh text, the dance, and musical instruments. We make presentations at a chartered Noh theater in two times a year.
27	Puppeteer "Sesekurase"	In Osaka and Hyogo, we do presentations at kindergartens, elementary schools and other places.
28	Social Dance	We've produced All Japan and Kansai champs!
29	Wind Orchestra	We participate in periodic concerts, summer concert at national public universities in the Hanshin area.
30	Art	You can draw pictures for our 4 exhibitions when the time is good for you. We also hold training camps.
31	Go	We took the 5th place in spring and 2nd place in the fall in the Kansai League. Mori advanced through the Kansai qualifier of the Women's Student Honinbo Tournament.
32	Movie	Our activities include making and appreciating movies. We won the grand prize in the Handai Movie Festival and the Kansai Movie Festival.
33	Archeology	We go 1~2 times a month to visit archeological sites and museums in the Kansai area.
34	Philosophy of Civil Rights	We hold an exhibition indoors during the Icho and Machikane festivals on educational problems. We also volunteer at the Kansai Foreign Students Music Festival.
35	Bible Club	We have fun together discussing and learning about the ways of thinking found in the Bible.
36	Legal Consultation	We give legal advice to citizen in various places and participate in the Niijima Jo Discussions.
37	Volunteer Circle Frontier	We support individuals with special needs.
38	SF	In addition to appreciating SF, we are an unstructured easy-going group that plays a lot of board games.
39	Mystery	We have a regular book club meeting every Saturday. We invite authors to give us a lecture and we also produce the bulletin "Trap."
40	Theater	Founded as a group 40 years ago, we are the oldest troupe that continues to perform.
41	Computer	We hold technical classes and at the Icho and Machikane festivals, we make computer-generated programs.
42	Manga	We work on the publication of our club magazine, mainly devoted to our original manga creations.
43	Animation	We participate in outside events, anime appreciation, and events at university festivals.
44	Board Game	We play board games while researching various strategies.
45	Ginsho	We perform concerts using traditional Japanese instruments, primarily koto and shakuhachi.
46	International Law	Mainly, in mock trials twice a year, we work on our public speaking skills and understanding of international law.
47	Post News Service	We report on happenings at Osaka University and other universities in the Kansai in our newspaper five times a year.
48	[Electronic] Tool Box	We participate in exhibitions in the Icho and Machikane festivals as well as in events outside of Osaka University.
49	Quiz Society "OUQS"	We practice a lot of quizzes where pushing the answer button first wins, hoping to achieve a good record in the yearly competition in March.
50	Troupe "Chauka Chawan"	We have performances five times a year.
51	Naniwa Culture	We study the food culture and tourist attractions of Osaka. At the university festivals, we demonstrate our achievements and make "tako-yaki."
52	Piano	We don't just perform concerts at our university festivals, but also perform regularly once or twice a year outside the university.
53	RPG	We all engage in a tabletop role-playing games. Great fun!
54	Troupe "Mufukan"	We present performances 5 times a year both on and off campus.
55	Literature	We engage in creating written material, and criticizing it.
56	A capella Inspiritual Voices	We had 2 bands enter the Japan Acappella Movement
57	Karuta	The team won the B and C rank tournaments in the 2015 National Student Karuta Tournament. The team also won the team competition in the national tournament, with many individual accolades.
58	Modern Theater	We have performance several times a year both on and off campus. We particularly encourage individual expressive activities.
59	Public Policy	We hold workshops, participate in essay contests, and provide Toyonaka City with advice on policies.
60	Festival Dancers, Madani	For the second year in a row, we won the Japan Right in the Middle Festival, we won the "All-Japan Campus Battle"
61	Environmental GECS	We participated in ecocon 2019 and the 2019 National Environmental Student Convention
62	Spanish Dance Al Compás	We perform in Tokyo, Tateyama, the Icho, Summer, and Machikane festivals, as well as other events.
63	Summer Festival Committee	We're in charge of the Summer Festival on the Minoh Campus.
64	West African Drum and Dance -- Talibe	We have a lot of fun practicing with African drums and dances.
65	Osaka University Choir -- Tempest	We have concerts with other choirs, enter competitions, and hold a yearly concert.
66	Movie making team -- OUT+V	We're engaged in planning and production of movies to be broadcast on O+PUS multipurpose video monitors
67	International issue study group	We hold monthly study sessions, study tours, and lectures by various VIPs.
68	Electone circle HANON	We have ensemble and solo performances at 2 of the university festivals every year.
69	Belly dance circle Halaawaat	We perform both indoors and outdoors at the 3 college festivals each year, as well as other off-campus events.
70	LEGO	We hold workshops for children and put our works on display at university festivals.
71	Robohan	We participated in the NHK Student Robot Contest for the sixth consecutive year
71	Osaka University Competitive Programming Circle "RAINBOU"	We participated in programming contests as a group and received awards at multiple competitions both in Japan and overseas.

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