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Dear Polyculture members,

For the gathering of January, we are pleased to invite Mr. Louis Solo Martinel, Professor and introductor of cultures. He will invite us to discover the French Carabian world which has many poetic similarity with Japan despite its geographical distance. He will especially mention about the writer Lafcadio Hearn (or Koizumi Yakumo) who also stayed in the Caraib and the Martinique before coming to Japan. We will hold this event for the first time in the sole and unique french hotel in Tokyo - Mercure Hotel and we will serve a special dinner in a "Creole" style.

ATTENTION !!! the gathering will be held on the 4th Friday of January (not the third ) on the 1/23 at the Mercure Hotel Ginza Tokyo

・Date and time: Jan 23th 2009 from 19:30
・Invitee: Mr. Louis Solo Martinel
・Theme: "Lafcadio Hearn, Le Japon, La Caraibe"
・Place : Mercure Hotel Ginza Tokyo
Restaurant "L'Echanson"
　　　　 2-9-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku
　　　　 03-4335-1111
　　　　http://www.accorhotels.com/ja/hotel-5701-mercure-hotel-ginza-tokyo/index.shtml
2 minutes walk from exit #10, "Ginza Ichome"(Yurakucho Line
or 5 minutes walk from "Ginza" (Ginza Line) 　　　　
・Fee: 7,000 Yen (students 5,000 Yen)
・Reservation from the following site:
http://www.polyculture.net/login.htm
password: CREOLE
・Notes
　(1) Please do not send e-mails to the organizers.
　(2) Cancellation without notice or after January 15th 7,000 Yen to pay to the organizers of January

The organizers of January - Philippe Bouchet / Reiko Fuji