Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Culture sharing at Vietnam-Japan Day

The Consulate General of Japan in HCMC in collaboration with the HCMC Youth’s Cultural House is putting on a show of Japanese culture for Japan-Vietnam Day at the HCMC Youth’s Cultural House  in HCMC’s District 1 on September 12.

A diverse Japanese cultural program will include a performance of traditional Japanese theater by students, Kendo performance, origami demonstration, Japanese toys, exhibition of Japanese comic books and a Cosplay show.

The highlight of the program this year is a demonstration and workshop on Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.

People attending the workshop will learn about the origin, history and style of Ikebana flower arranging under instruction of Professor Sasaki Yasihito, and the work of some of Japan’s top Ikebana artists, will be on display.

You can also meet Vietnamese artists who have performed in Japan such as meritorious artist Thanh Loc, director Nguyen Quang Dung, song writer Duc Tri, visual artist Nhu Huy, singers Hien Thuc, Minh Thu and Phu Sa band. The artists will share about there experience of performing in Japan.

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