Japanese below] One very solid relationship between Norway and Japan is within the field of astrophysics. For this year's first Benkyoukai we have the great pleasure of inviting an avid J-NS member, Dr. Yoshiaki Kato from University of Oslo to tell us how an astrophysicist from the land of rising-sun ended up studying the sun in rather wintry and dark Norway. 

Dr. Kato is an expert on the extraordinary environment around black holes and stars and has previously worked at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) before coming to Norway as postdoctoral researcher (http://folk.uio.no/yoshiakk/).

This is not a scientific lecture and Dr. Kato will tell us things in an easy and informal way! 

For this February night we will be returning to warm and cozy atmosphere of coffee shop & bar "Café Rouleur" at St. Hanshaugen (http://rouleuroslo.no/). "Gutta fra Havet", a local fish deli, will deliver Chirashizushi especially made for the J-NS. (http://guttafrahavet.no/hanshaugen).

Participation Cost including Chirashizushi: Members: 110 kr, Non-members:130 kr.

We are looking forward to an enjoyable night so please join us!
Please register at event@j-ns.no by 10 February.


本年第一回の勉強会は本協会会員の加藤博士をお招きし、「日の出る」日本から暗い「冬」のノルウェーに移り太陽の研究をされることとなった経緯を、ご専門の宇宙物理学の視点から伺います。「海から来た奴等」の「散らし寿司」の仕出付き。参加費：会員１１０クローネ、非会員１３０クローネ。暗い２月の夕刻、太陽のお話を居心地のいいRouleurで一緒にうかがいませんか？

Photograph taken by the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Spacecraft (https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/main)