Shumi: The Art of Enriching Life Through Hobbies in Japanese Culture
schedule
Wednesday, December 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm (EST)
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- (GMT-11:00)Pacific, Midway
- (GMT-11:00)Pacific, Niue
- (GMT-11:00)Pacific, Pago Pago
- (GMT-10:00)Pacific, Honolulu
- (GMT-10:00)Pacific, Rarotonga
- (GMT-10:00)Pacific, Tahiti
- (GMT-09:30)Pacific, Marquesas
- (GMT-09:00)America, Adak
- (GMT-09:00)Pacific, Gambier
- (GMT-08:00)America, Anchorage
- (GMT-08:00)America, Juneau
- (GMT-08:00)America, Metlakatla
- (GMT-08:00)America, Nome
- (GMT-08:00)America, Sitka
- (GMT-08:00)America, Yakutat
- (GMT-08:00)Pacific, Pitcairn
- (GMT-07:00)America, Creston
- (GMT-07:00)America, Dawson
- (GMT-07:00)America, Dawson Creek
- (GMT-07:00)America, Fort Nelson
- (GMT-07:00)America, Hermosillo
- (GMT-07:00)America, Los Angeles
- (GMT-07:00)America, Mazatlan
- (GMT-07:00)America, Phoenix
- (GMT-07:00)America, Tijuana
- (GMT-07:00)America, Vancouver
- (GMT-07:00)America, Whitehorse
- (GMT-06:00)America, Bahia Banderas
- (GMT-06:00)America, Belize
- (GMT-06:00)America, Boise
- (GMT-06:00)America, Cambridge Bay
- (GMT-06:00)America, Chihuahua
- (GMT-06:00)America, Ciudad Juarez
- (GMT-06:00)America, Costa Rica
- (GMT-06:00)America, Denver
- (GMT-06:00)America, Edmonton
- (GMT-06:00)America, El Salvador
- (GMT-06:00)America, Guatemala
- (GMT-06:00)America, Inuvik
- (GMT-06:00)America, Managua
- (GMT-06:00)America, Merida
- (GMT-06:00)America, Mexico City
- (GMT-06:00)America, Monterrey
- (GMT-06:00)America, Regina
- (GMT-06:00)America, Swift Current
- (GMT-06:00)America, Tegucigalpa
- (GMT-06:00)Pacific, Easter
- (GMT-06:00)Pacific, Galapagos
- (GMT-05:00)America, Atikokan
- (GMT-05:00)America, Bogota
- (GMT-05:00)America, Cancun
- (GMT-05:00)America, Cayman
- (GMT-05:00)America, Chicago
- (GMT-05:00)America, Eirunepe
- (GMT-05:00)America, Guayaquil
- (GMT-05:00)America, Indiana, Knox
- (GMT-05:00)America, Indiana, Tell City
- (GMT-05:00)America, Jamaica
- (GMT-05:00)America, Lima
- (GMT-05:00)America, Matamoros
- (GMT-05:00)America, Menominee
- (GMT-05:00)America, North Dakota, Beulah
- (GMT-05:00)America, North Dakota, Center
- (GMT-05:00)America, North Dakota, New Salem
- (GMT-05:00)America, Ojinaga
- (GMT-05:00)America, Panama
- (GMT-05:00)America, Rankin Inlet
- (GMT-05:00)America, Resolute
- (GMT-05:00)America, Rio Branco
- (GMT-05:00)America, Winnipeg
- (GMT-04:00)America, Anguilla
- (GMT-04:00)America, Antigua
- (GMT-04:00)America, Aruba
- (GMT-04:00)America, Barbados
- (GMT-04:00)America, Blanc-Sablon
- (GMT-04:00)America, Boa Vista
- (GMT-04:00)America, Campo Grande
- (GMT-04:00)America, Caracas
- (GMT-04:00)America, Cuiaba
- (GMT-04:00)America, Curacao
- (GMT-04:00)America, Detroit
- (GMT-04:00)America, Dominica
- (GMT-04:00)America, Grand Turk
- (GMT-04:00)America, Grenada
- (GMT-04:00)America, Guadeloupe
- (GMT-04:00)America, Guyana
- (GMT-04:00)America, Havana
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Indianapolis
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Marengo
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Petersburg
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Vevay
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Vincennes
- (GMT-04:00)America, Indiana, Winamac
- (GMT-04:00)America, Iqaluit
- (GMT-04:00)America, Kentucky, Louisville
- (GMT-04:00)America, Kentucky, Monticello
- (GMT-04:00)America, Kralendijk
- (GMT-04:00)America, La Paz
- (GMT-04:00)America, Lower Princes
- (GMT-04:00)America, Manaus
- (GMT-04:00)America, Marigot
- (GMT-04:00)America, Martinique
- (GMT-04:00)America, Montserrat
- (GMT-04:00)America, Nassau
- (GMT-04:00)America, New York
- (GMT-04:00)America, Port of Spain
- (GMT-04:00)America, Port-au-Prince
- (GMT-04:00)America, Porto Velho
- (GMT-04:00)America, Puerto Rico
- (GMT-04:00)America, Santiago
- (GMT-04:00)America, Santo Domingo
- (GMT-04:00)America, St Barthelemy
- (GMT-04:00)America, St Kitts
- (GMT-04:00)America, St Lucia
- (GMT-04:00)America, St Thomas
- (GMT-04:00)America, St Vincent
- (GMT-04:00)America, Toronto
- (GMT-04:00)America, Tortola
- (GMT-03:00)America, Araguaina
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Buenos Aires
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Catamarca
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Cordoba
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Jujuy
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, La Rioja
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Mendoza
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Rio Gallegos
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Salta
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, San Juan
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, San Luis
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Tucuman
- (GMT-03:00)America, Argentina, Ushuaia
- (GMT-03:00)America, Asuncion
- (GMT-03:00)America, Bahia
- (GMT-03:00)America, Belem
- (GMT-03:00)America, Cayenne
- (GMT-03:00)America, Coyhaique
- (GMT-03:00)America, Fortaleza
- (GMT-03:00)America, Glace Bay
- (GMT-03:00)America, Goose Bay
- (GMT-03:00)America, Halifax
- (GMT-03:00)America, Maceio
- (GMT-03:00)America, Moncton
- (GMT-03:00)America, Montevideo
- (GMT-03:00)America, Paramaribo
- (GMT-03:00)America, Punta Arenas
- (GMT-03:00)America, Recife
- (GMT-03:00)America, Santarem
- (GMT-03:00)America, Sao Paulo
- (GMT-03:00)America, Thule
- (GMT-03:00)Antarctica, Palmer
- (GMT-03:00)Antarctica, Rothera
- (GMT-03:00)Atlantic, Bermuda
- (GMT-03:00)Atlantic, Stanley
- (GMT-02:30)America, St Johns
- (GMT-02:00)America, Miquelon
- (GMT-02:00)America, Noronha
- (GMT-02:00)Atlantic, South Georgia
- (GMT-01:00)America, Nuuk
- (GMT-01:00)America, Scoresbysund
- (GMT-01:00)Atlantic, Cape Verde
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Abidjan
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Accra
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Bamako
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Banjul
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Bissau
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Conakry
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Dakar
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Freetown
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Lome
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Monrovia
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Nouakchott
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Ouagadougou
- (GMT+00:00)Africa, Sao Tome
- (GMT+00:00)America, Danmarkshavn
- (GMT+00:00)Atlantic, Azores
- (GMT+00:00)Atlantic, Reykjavik
- (GMT+00:00)Atlantic, St Helena
- (GMT+00:00)UTC
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Algiers
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Bangui
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Brazzaville
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Casablanca
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Douala
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, El Aaiun
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Kinshasa
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Lagos
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Libreville
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Luanda
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Malabo
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Ndjamena
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Niamey
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Porto-Novo
- (GMT+01:00)Africa, Tunis
- (GMT+01:00)Atlantic, Canary
- (GMT+01:00)Atlantic, Faroe
- (GMT+01:00)Atlantic, Madeira
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, Dublin
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, Guernsey
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, Isle of Man
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, Jersey
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, Lisbon
- (GMT+01:00)Europe, London
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Blantyre
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Bujumbura
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Ceuta
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Gaborone
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Harare
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Johannesburg
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Juba
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Khartoum
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Kigali
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Lubumbashi
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Lusaka
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Maputo
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Maseru
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Mbabane
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Tripoli
- (GMT+02:00)Africa, Windhoek
- (GMT+02:00)Antarctica, Troll
- (GMT+02:00)Arctic, Longyearbyen
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Amsterdam
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Andorra
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Belgrade
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Berlin
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Bratislava
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Brussels
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Budapest
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Busingen
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Copenhagen
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Gibraltar
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Kaliningrad
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Ljubljana
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Luxembourg
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Madrid
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Malta
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Monaco
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Oslo
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Paris
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Podgorica
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Prague
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Rome
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, San Marino
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Sarajevo
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Skopje
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Stockholm
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Tirane
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Vaduz
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Vatican
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Vienna
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Warsaw
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Zagreb
- (GMT+02:00)Europe, Zurich
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Addis Ababa
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Asmara
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Cairo
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Dar es Salaam
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Djibouti
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Kampala
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Mogadishu
- (GMT+03:00)Africa, Nairobi
- (GMT+03:00)Antarctica, Syowa
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Aden
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Amman
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Baghdad
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Bahrain
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Beirut
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Damascus
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Famagusta
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Gaza
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Hebron
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Jerusalem
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Kuwait
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Nicosia
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Qatar
- (GMT+03:00)Asia, Riyadh
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Athens
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Bucharest
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Chisinau
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Helsinki
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Istanbul
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Kirov
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Kyiv
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Mariehamn
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Minsk
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Moscow
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Riga
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Simferopol
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Sofia
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Tallinn
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Vilnius
- (GMT+03:00)Europe, Volgograd
- (GMT+03:00)Indian, Antananarivo
- (GMT+03:00)Indian, Comoro
- (GMT+03:00)Indian, Mayotte
- (GMT+03:30)Asia, Tehran
- (GMT+04:00)Asia, Baku
- (GMT+04:00)Asia, Dubai
- (GMT+04:00)Asia, Muscat
- (GMT+04:00)Asia, Tbilisi
- (GMT+04:00)Asia, Yerevan
- (GMT+04:00)Europe, Astrakhan
- (GMT+04:00)Europe, Samara
- (GMT+04:00)Europe, Saratov
- (GMT+04:00)Europe, Ulyanovsk
- (GMT+04:00)Indian, Mahe
- (GMT+04:00)Indian, Mauritius
- (GMT+04:00)Indian, Reunion
- (GMT+04:30)Asia, Kabul
- (GMT+05:00)Antarctica, Mawson
- (GMT+05:00)Antarctica, Vostok
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Almaty
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Aqtau
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Aqtobe
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Ashgabat
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Atyrau
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Dushanbe
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Karachi
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Oral
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Qostanay
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Qyzylorda
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Samarkand
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Tashkent
- (GMT+05:00)Asia, Yekaterinburg
- (GMT+05:00)Indian, Kerguelen
- (GMT+05:00)Indian, Maldives
- (GMT+05:30)Asia, Colombo
- (GMT+05:30)Asia, Kolkata
- (GMT+05:45)Asia, Kathmandu
- (GMT+06:00)Asia, Bishkek
- (GMT+06:00)Asia, Dhaka
- (GMT+06:00)Asia, Omsk
- (GMT+06:00)Asia, Thimphu
- (GMT+06:00)Asia, Urumqi
- (GMT+06:00)Indian, Chagos
- (GMT+06:30)Asia, Yangon
- (GMT+06:30)Indian, Cocos
- (GMT+07:00)Antarctica, Davis
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Bangkok
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Barnaul
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Ho Chi Minh
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Hovd
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Jakarta
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Krasnoyarsk
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Novokuznetsk
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Novosibirsk
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Phnom Penh
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Pontianak
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Tomsk
- (GMT+07:00)Asia, Vientiane
- (GMT+07:00)Indian, Christmas
- (GMT+08:00)Antarctica, Casey
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Brunei
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Hong Kong
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Irkutsk
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Kuala Lumpur
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Kuching
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Macau
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Makassar
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Manila
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Shanghai
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Singapore
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Taipei
- (GMT+08:00)Asia, Ulaanbaatar
- (GMT+08:00)Australia, Perth
- (GMT+08:45)Australia, Eucla
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Chita
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Dili
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Jayapura
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Khandyga
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Pyongyang
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Seoul
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Tokyo
- (GMT+09:00)Asia, Yakutsk
- (GMT+09:00)Pacific, Palau
- (GMT+09:30)Australia, Adelaide
- (GMT+09:30)Australia, Broken Hill
- (GMT+09:30)Australia, Darwin
- (GMT+10:00)Antarctica, DumontDUrville
- (GMT+10:00)Antarctica, Macquarie
- (GMT+10:00)Asia, Ust-Nera
- (GMT+10:00)Asia, Vladivostok
- (GMT+10:00)Australia, Brisbane
- (GMT+10:00)Australia, Hobart
- (GMT+10:00)Australia, Lindeman
- (GMT+10:00)Australia, Melbourne
- (GMT+10:00)Australia, Sydney
- (GMT+10:00)Pacific, Chuuk
- (GMT+10:00)Pacific, Guam
- (GMT+10:00)Pacific, Port Moresby
- (GMT+10:00)Pacific, Saipan
- (GMT+10:30)Australia, Lord Howe
- (GMT+11:00)Asia, Magadan
- (GMT+11:00)Asia, Sakhalin
- (GMT+11:00)Asia, Srednekolymsk
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Bougainville
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Efate
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Guadalcanal
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Kosrae
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Norfolk
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Noumea
- (GMT+11:00)Pacific, Pohnpei
- (GMT+12:00)Antarctica, McMurdo
- (GMT+12:00)Asia, Anadyr
- (GMT+12:00)Asia, Kamchatka
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Auckland
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Fiji
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Funafuti
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Kwajalein
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Majuro
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Nauru
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Tarawa
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Wake
- (GMT+12:00)Pacific, Wallis
- (GMT+12:45)Pacific, Chatham
- (GMT+13:00)Pacific, Apia
- (GMT+13:00)Pacific, Fakaofo
- (GMT+13:00)Pacific, Kanton
- (GMT+13:00)Pacific, Tongatapu
- (GMT+14:00)Pacific, Kiritimati
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Hobby can be translated as shumi (趣味) in Japanese, but the concept of shumi encompasses far more than just a casual pastime. It embodies the pursuit of mastery and brings a profound sense of delight and enrichment to our lives. While taikutsu (退屈), or boredom, represents a state of aimlessness, shumi provides direction and purpose, turning idle moments into opportunities for growth and fulfillment.
Shumi can involve a wide range of activities—whether it’s learning a skill, creating something meaningful, or simply immersing oneself in a cherished interest. It goes beyond entertainment, offering a path to personal development, mindfulness, and connection to tradition. Pursuits such as bonsai, golf, calligraphy (shodō), tea ceremonies (sadō), Haiku poetry making illustrate this deeper engagement with hobbies.
In this talk, we will explore the unique aspects of how Japanese people pursue Shumi, the cultural significance it holds, and the way it transforms both individuals and communities. Let’s uncover how shumi not only enriches daily life but also cultivates a lifelong journey of joy and mastery.
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