April 15 Exhibition 16:00-19:00
April 16 (Sun) Opening Ceremony, workshop and exhibition 10:00-16:30

Organized by Ikebana International Tokyo Founding Chapter / Embassy of the republic of Angola.

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This event was held with the aim of collaborating “Ikebana” and “Calligraphy”, which are traditional cultures that Japan can be proud of, and disseminating Japanese culture to more people beyond countries and generations.

We also invited the spouses of ambassadors from various countries to participate in the event, and provided them with the opportunity to experience the culture of each country by having them arrange flowers in the image of their countries.

At the opening ceremony, the spouse of the minister for foreign affairs, Mrs. Yuko Hayashi, the spouse of the Ambassador of Angola, the president of Ikebana International Headquarters, and the president of Tokyo Founding Chapter cut the ribbon.

After taking a commemorative photo with each country’s ambassadors, their spouses, Iemotos of ikebana, TFC president gave an ikebana demonstration with the students of the Tokyo Metropolitan Setagaya General High School’s flower arrangement club members and the son of the Tunisian ambassador.

At the same time as the ikebana demonstration, calligraphy performance by calligrapher Katsusuke Miike was done.

Ikebana workshop were done by Iemoto, Mr. Rishii Otsuka of the Koryu Katabami-kai, Mr. Shoei Fujisawa of Soshoryu school, and the calligraphy by Mr. Katsusuke Miike, a calligrapher. The attendants tried to do seriously.

This ikebana exhibition was opened to public, which conveyed Japanese culture with attracting many visitors. This event will be seen on YouTube in our website.