NOTE: I'm putting animefest on hiatus for a little while, as I have been fairly busy. I will still accept new members, but I probably won't have another meeting for a couple of months. Animefest meets once a month to eat dinner, socialize, and watch anime. To get a feel for what we usually show, here's some of what we've watched recently: Michiko to Hatchin, High School of The Dead, Bakemonogatari, Angel's Egg, Ponyo, Ouran High School Host Club, Summer Wars All genres of anime are welcome. Mos …

Hi! Anyone interested in hosting exchange students from Japan, Korea, or China? I work for not-for-profit organization and coordinate exchange students program. Our program is very unique, students come here not only to study English, but they are eager to share their own language and cultures. So, this will be a great match if your family is interested in those cultures and would like to learn more, and having great experience with exchange students. If you would like to know more about this, c …

If you're a gamer, moviegoer, anime fan, or all of the above then this is probably the group for you. The types of meetups include anime nights, board games, card games, pot lucks, happy hours, movie nights, cosplay, and grouping up for various conventions. We also love to play XBOX, PS3, and WII video games. So if you get a kick out of fighting games like Soul Calibur, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Smash Brothers, and Street Fighter than you should definately check out our Friday Fight Nights! Don't w …

This is a group for hosts of the Japanese students - and the Japanese students themselves - that are part of the Time English Program 2012. "Take a risk!"

Chomping at the bit to practice your 敬語 but don't want to brave Seattle traffic to chat up the folks at Uwajimaya? Aching to augment your grasp of ある/ありません, but haven't found a good place to practice in Tacoma? Looking to liberate your ら　り　る　れ　ろ from behind that lump stuck in your throat? We're the brand-new just-out Japanese Meetup in Tacoma. Our over-all purpose is to practice and improve our spoken Japanese, but really, as far as topics go, the sky is the limit. Want to talk about the latest …

Meetups for current/past students/parents of the Koguma-Little Bear program at South Hill Cooperative Preschool in Puyallup, Wa. Enrolling now for ages 3-5 Mondays & Wednesdays classes. Join us at our Open House Saturday, November 17th 10:30am to 1pm Bates affiliated program.

This group is for people interested in learning Japanese. The methods used are Where Are Your Keys? and Language Hunting, both designed to start conversing from lesson one. There is a blog about the lessons at LHJapanese.