Image caption The guest house and gardens where the society holds its meetings belong to Japanese manufacturing firm Canyon, based in Glengormley Tucked away in a little guest house next to a manufacturing firm in Glengormley, County Antrim, members of the Japan Society of Northern Ireland chat away - some easily switching in and out of Japanese and English. Smells of fresh sushi fill the meeting room, and Japanese artwork covers the walls of the house. Outside, traditional Japanese plants and water features make it feel more like Japan than Northern Ireland. Set up nearly two decades ago, in 1996, the group was formed to help Japanese people new to Northern Ireland to integrate, but its...
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