MKD I.S. Shogunate

MKD I.S. Shogunate Official Organization Page of A.B. International Studies Department of Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku

IS Shogunate is a well-founded organization that represents all the students under the international studies program of MKD. It serves as an avenue for the to acquire new information through various platforms and become competitive IS students. It also aims to provide for the less fortunate members of society.

26/09/2026

๐Ÿ—ฃ It's that time again โ€” ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜„๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ is here! ๐ŸŽ†

If you've ever practiced for a Bon Odori or any traditional festival dance, you know it takes hours of repetition to get the steps right. It's easy to keep pushing through even when your body is telling you to stop. This month's phrase is one you'll definitely need. ๐Ÿ‘˜๐ŸŽ

ใ€Œ็„ก็†ใ‚’ใ—ใชใ„ใปใ†ใŒใ„ใ„ใงใ™ใ‚ˆใ€‚ใ€
Translation: You shouldn't push yourself too hard.

A good phrase to keep handy โ€” a small reminder that rest matters just as much as getting everything right, in dance practice and in everyday life. ๐Ÿ“

๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
Maria Alexa Lim โ€” Officer
Yuki Caracol โ€” 2nd Year ABIS Student
Angel Regena Marie Ecoy โ€” 2nd Year ABIS Student

๐Ÿ“Œ Comment your own attempt at using ็„ก็†ใ‚’ใ—ใชใ„ใปใ†ใŒใ„ใ„ใงใ™ใ‚ˆ below โ€” let's get that Nihongo confidence up together.

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต~



๐Œ๐†๐€ ๐Š๐€-๐’๐‡๐Ž๐†๐”๐, ๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโ„๏ธโœจ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข...
24/09/2026

๐Œ๐†๐€ ๐Š๐€-๐’๐‡๐Ž๐†๐”๐, ๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š ๐‡๐„๐‘๐„! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโ„๏ธโœจ

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง, ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž? ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโ„๏ธ

Just like our senpais Shaina, Rhoda, JD, and Enton, you could be the NEXT MKDian to experience Japan firsthand! ๐ŸŒธโœจ

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ (๐…๐˜ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) in ๐Ž๐ฌ๐š๐ค๐š, ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง!

When: ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ— โ€“ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐–๐‡๐Ž ๐‚๐€๐ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐˜?
โœ… Officially enrolled at MKD
โœ… At least a JLPT N4 holder
โœ… Able to participate in the entire program
โœ… In good physical and mental health
โœ… Has not received compulsory education in Japan for three years

โš ๏ธ ๐Œ๐Š๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐š๐ฉ๐š๐ง.

โš ๏ธ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ.

If youโ€™ve been looking for a chance to deepen your understanding of Japan, practice what youโ€™ve learned, and create experiences beyond the classroom, this could be the opportunity to begin.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐€๐๐๐‹๐˜ | ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž:
https://forms.gle/JcDK8CcKjvsUiptJA

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ, please approach ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ž, ๐๐ข๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโ„๏ธ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐— ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฎ-๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—š๐—จ๐—ก!

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต~


๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐ŸซโœจOn ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (MKD) welcomed students from...
18/09/2026

๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——! ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿซโœจ

On ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (MKD) welcomed students from ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ถ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป for a meaningful ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ, bringing students together to learn more about each otherโ€™s everyday experiences, traditions, and culture. ๐ŸŽŒ๐Ÿ“š

The exchange gave both groups the opportunity to share and discover different aspects of life in the Philippines and Japan, including ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, and ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐Ÿœ๐ŸŽ’

Beyond the discussions, the Meiji University students also had the chance to explore the MKD campus through a ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ and participate in ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ designed to help everyone get to know one another. From exchanging stories to sharing laughs, the day became an opportunity to build new friendships and connections across cultures. ๐Ÿค๐ŸŒโœจ

The activity was handled by ๐— ๐˜€. ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, and ๐— ๐˜€. ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—ฌ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ, ๐— ๐—ž๐—— ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ, whose efforts helped make this cultural exchange a meaningful experience for everyone involved. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต

Through moments like these, we are reminded that ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ along the way. ๐ŸŒฑโœจ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต~




๐— ๐—ž๐—— ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—š๐—จ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ข ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ' ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โš”๏ธโœจWe had the privilege of attending "๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž...
18/09/2026

๐— ๐—ž๐—— ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—š๐—จ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐˜… ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ข ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ' ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—ญ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โš”๏ธโœจ

We had the privilege of attending "๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™…๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ-๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ: ๐™‹๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ-๐™’๐™–๐™ง ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™…๐™–๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ซ๐™–๐™ค" at ๐—”๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ผ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ

This meaningful talk shed light on the deep, often overlooked history between Japan and Mindanao โ€” a story woven through the lives of Japanese descendants who continue to carry that legacy in Davao today. ๐Ÿ“–๐ŸŒ

Our speaker, ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ, explored the ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ผ'๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ท๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. Their position in Philippine society is unique, given that they carry both Bagobo and Japanese ancestry. Across the dynamic shifts in Philippine public opinion and Davao's social transformation, the Nikkeijins utilized their roots to navigate their complicated relationship with the Philippine and Japanese governments.

A special thank you to ๐— ๐—ฟ. ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ for sharing such an insightful and eye-opening discussion, and to ๐—”๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€' ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—”๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—ข) for the warm invitation and for giving us the opportunity to be part of this enriching event. It's moments like these that remind us how history, memory, and identity connect us across generations and borders. ๐Ÿ’™

Here's to more learning, more history, and more meaningful exchanges ahead! ๐ŸŽŒ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ~


๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž: ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—™๐—จ๐—ก, ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ง ๐— ๐—ž๐——! ๐ŸŽ‰๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ to the day the Kanazawa S...
17/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž: ๐—–๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—™๐—จ๐—ก, ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ง ๐— ๐—ž๐——! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ to the day the Kanazawa Seiryo University (KSU) students visited MKD for an afternoon filled with games, laughter, and genuine connection! ๐ŸŽฎ

A special thank you to Sensei Aliana Villafuerte, who guided and facilitated the activities, making sure that the KSU students felt ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, and had the time of their lives! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿ’›

Looking back, it's clear this wasn't just a day of games โ€” it was ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ in building lasting friendships between MKD and KSU. ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŽŒ

Here's to ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, and more unforgettable exchanges ahead! ๐Ÿฅณ



๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ๏ธ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ to August 31, 2026 when five lucky MKD stud...
17/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—•๐—”๐—–๐—ž: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—™๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€” ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ๏ธ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ to August 31, 2026 when five lucky MKD students joined hands with students from Kanazawa Seiryo University for a day of island hopping as part of this year's Summer Fieldwork Program! ๐ŸŒด

From island to island, the group explored, bonded, and made memories that went way beyond the classroom โ€” proving once again that ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ“šโžก๏ธ๐ŸŒ…

A huge shoutout to our mentors who made this adventure possible: Sensei Carmelo Carl Lopez and Sensei Gerard Soco, for guiding our students throughout this unforgettable experience! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐ŸŽŒ

Looking back, it's clear these were more than just sun-kissed memories โ€” they were the start of ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ that stay with you long after the tan fades. ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต



๐—” ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง, ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง, ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜! ๐Ÿซโœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโœจOn ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, selected students from Mindanao Kokusai Dai...
17/09/2026

๐—” ๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง, ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—–๐—ง, ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜! ๐Ÿซโœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโœจ

On ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, selected students from Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku (MKD) welcomed students from ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ผ, ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป for a meaningful ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ, bringing learning and cross-cultural connection beyond the classroom. ๐ŸŽŒ๐Ÿ“š

Though it was only a one-day activity, the experience was filled with meaningful conversations, cultural exchange, and new connections that made the day truly memorable. โœจ

As part of the program, the ๐—›๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ also had the opportunity to interact with our ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—•๐—œ๐—ฆ-๐—๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, engaging in interactive conversations and exchanging experiences, perspectives, and insights with one another. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ๐ŸŒ

From classrooms to conversations, this fieldwork reminds us that learning becomes more meaningful when we step outside our usual spaces and connect with others. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซโžก๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ญ๐ŸŒฑ

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญโš”๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต~


โœจ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜! ๐ŸŽ‚โœจToday, we're celebrating one of our very own 1st Year Representative Akio Rome! ๐ŸŽ‰From the ...
15/09/2026

โœจ๐—›๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—•๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, ๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ข ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜! ๐ŸŽ‚โœจ

Today, we're celebrating one of our very own 1st Year Representative Akio Rome! ๐ŸŽ‰

From the moment you stepped into the IS Shogunate, you've brought ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, and a genuine heart for representing your batch. Being a representative isn't always easy, but you've shown up time and again with passion and commitment and we couldn't be more grateful to have you as part of our family.

May this new year of your life be filled with ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, and all the blessings you deserve. Here's to more growth, more memories, and more milestones ahead! โœจ

From all of us at IS Shogunate, we wish you nothing but happiness and success โ€” ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†! ๐ŸŽˆ

ใŠ่ช•็”Ÿๆ—ฅใŠใ‚ใงใจใ†๏ผ๐ŸŽŒ

โš”๏ธ ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ ๐‘ผ๐‘ท ๐‘พ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ฎ๐‘ผ๐‘ต ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ! โš”๏ธReady for another Japanese challenge, Ka-Shogun? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“š Test your reading skills with tod...
12/09/2026

โš”๏ธ ๐‘ณ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ ๐‘ผ๐‘ท ๐‘พ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘บ๐‘ฏ๐‘ถ๐‘ฎ๐‘ผ๐‘ต ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ ๐‘ฉ๐‘จ๐‘ช๐‘ฒ! โš”๏ธ

Ready for another Japanese challenge, Ka-Shogun? ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ“š Test your reading skills with todayโ€™s question and see if you can choose the correct reading! โœจ

Sometimes, a single kanji can have more than one reading and knowing which one to use takes practice. ๐Ÿ’ช Thatโ€™s why every challenge is another chance to sharpen your Japanese skills!

Whether youโ€™re studying for the JLPT or simply challenging yourself, keep learning, keep practicing, and keep leveling up! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

้ ‘ๅผตใฃใฆใ€๐Š๐š-๐’๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง! โš”๏ธ
Drop your answer in the comments! ๐Ÿ‘‡






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