The Japanese Duduk Player(Video)

translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan

The Japanese Customer in Armenia Extende...

Tea Ceremony and Setsubun in IROHA Cente...

On February 22, 2019 at 16:00 o’clock in IROHA center, two students of the center in a slide show with the explanation written in Japanese presented to the audience in Armenian the holiday of Setsubun. After that, the attendees were divided into two groups and in two separate rooms they made ehomaki with their own hands, of course with the instructions of the teacher. Then looking in the direction of that year and keeping silence the two groups ate together the ehomaki. After that, there took place the ceremony of mamemaki. After a short break, another interesting...

March 1 – March 7 13th Japanese Film Fe...

February 19, 2019 The Embassy of Japan in Armenia, in cooperation with the Japan Foundation, “HIKARI” Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Educational and Cultural Center, Municipality of Ejmiatsin and Vanadzor technological Center will organize the 13th Japanese Film Festival from March 1 to March 7. This year, Japanese films will be screened in the cities of Yerevan, Gyumri and Ejmiatsin, Vanadzor and Stepanavan and all the films will be shown in Japanese with English or Russian subtitles. The entry is free to all the screenings. Brochure of the Festival We...

“Japan lovers”s’ facebook page...

Armenian Parliament Speaker, Japanese Am...

15:48, 5 February, 2019 Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan on February 5 received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Armenia Jun Yamada, the Armenian Parliament told Armenpress. At the meeting Speaker Mirzoyan stated that since the establishment of diplomatic ties the relations of Armenia and Japan are steadily and dynamically developing. He noted that the opening of the Embassies in Tokyo in 2010 and Yerevan in 2015 gave new impetus to the strengthening of the bilateral ties. The Speaker also touched upon the development of the parliamentary...

Armenian village older than the Pyramids

The village of Agarak is located to the south of Mount Aragats, on the banks of River Amberd and covers an area of 200 hectares. A portion of which (118 hectares) has recently been declared a historical and cultural preserve by the government of Armenia. Across the highway near the village are traces of ancient settlements of different periods dating back to times immemorial. On a hill next to the highway there are flat reliefs carved out of the tuff stone by ancient settlers. Tuff is a relatively soft volcanic stone, which makes it easy to carve shapes and sculptures...

To Japan (Tokyo) FOODEX 2019 Exhibition

Dear businessmen, we gladly inform you that from March 5 to 8 in Tokyo – the capital of Japan, there will take place FOODEX JAPAN exhibition, which is one of the largest exhibitions in Asia and is dedicated on the exhibition of food and drink across Japan and the whole world. The Embassy of Japan to Armenia has taken over the organizational issues of the exhibition and in a joint pavilion wants to show processed food and agricultural products of the Armenian manufacturers, which have certain novelty.  The Embassy will partially cover the costs of the...