About the Japan Information & Culture Centre (JICC)

2024/1/18

The Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) is the information and cultural section of the Embassy of Japan in Kenya. Our primary role is to promote the mutual understanding between Kenya and Japan through providing a wide range of information, educational services and programs to the public as delineated below:

  1. distribute Japan Eco, Nipponia and other related pamphlets on Japan
  2. responds to written, telephone, and in- person inquiries about Japan
  3. offers the library services
  4. offers a workshop providing basic introduction to Japan for teachers as well as students at primary, secondary, colleges and universities
  5. provides information on study in Japan along with the Japanese Ministry of Education (Monkasho) scholarship
  6. arrange various invitational programs, including journalist, TV team
  7. Furthermore, JICC is organizing various cultural and educational activities such as: Origami (Paperfolding) class, Shodo (Calligraphy) class, screening of Japanese feature and animation movies
  8. assist with Japanese Language Proficiency Test
  9. organize or assist with Japanese Speech Contest
  10. organize some Japanese language related invitational programs
 

The JICC Facilities

The Japan Information and Culture Centre lends its Conference room and Multi-purpose hall to Kenyan and Japanese organizations/individuals for the purpose of conducting cultural, sports, academic and educational events, including, performing arts, demonstrations, lectures, seminars and symposiums, during the week.

A conference hall with seating capacity of 50 can meet the needs of a variety of events such as lectures, symposiums, seminars and workshops, while Multi-purpose hall with seating capacity of 100 serves for perfoming arts, demonstrations and lectures.

For further information on how you can use the facilities, please contact Japan Information and Culture Centre, Embassy of Japan, Mara Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya on Tel. 2898515.

Click here for application form (PDF) (132KB)

Multi Purpose Hall
An Event in the Multi Purpose Hall
JICC Conference Room
An Event in the Conference Room
Various Cultural Artefacts in the Display Room
Some of the Artefacts on Display
Library
Stocked book shelves in the Library



 

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