Nippon Culture Day

IRASSHAI! Welcome to Nippon Culture Day!

We invite you to join us as we celebrate Culture Day on the UH-Manoa
campus.

The Japanese section of the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii at Manoa, will be holding its annual Nippon Culture Day on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at the East-West Center's Imin Center Wailana Rooms, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The event coincides with BUNKA NO HI (Culture Day) in Japan. Culture Day is a national holiday held annually in Japan on November 3 for the purpose of promoting culture, the arts, and academic endeavour. Festivities typically include art exhibitions, parades, and award ceremonies for distinguished artists and scholars.

Nippon Culture Day will feature seven different hands-on workshops, which will be held simultaneously throughout the day. They include: art flower, shodo (calligraphy), ikebana (flower arrangement), omusubi making, advanced origami, Japanese-style gift wrapping, and Japanese tea ceremony. Most of the workshops will be led by faculty members within the Japanese section at UH-Manoa.

Students who are currently taking Japanese at UH-Manoa are given priority and can pre-register for any or all of the workshops, however, visitors may participate on a space-available basis and are welcome to observe any of the activities.

In addition to the workshops, Japanese bookstore Hakubundo and representatives from the UH-Manoa Study Abroad Center and the Consulate-General of Japan will be present. Door prizes donated by Hakubundo will be given away hourly.

This event is organized by the Japanese section of the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures with support from the Center for Japanese Studies and the Soshitsu Sen Way of Tea Center. Contact CJS if you have questions about parking.