Opening Ceremony of the Master Classes with Yamada Sensei and Master Class of Ikebana on March 19, 2016 (video)

On March 19, 2016 at 18:00 o’clock at the House of the Artists’ Union took place the opening ceremony of the master classes with Yamada sensei, which was organized by the  Embassy of Japan to RA and “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center. The president of “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center Karine Piliposyan was the first to speak.

Then the ambassador of Japan in Armenia Mr. Eiji Taguchi greeted the guests in Armenian. After that the choir of “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center sang for approximately ten minutes.

After that, Yamada sensei masterly delivered the master class of ikebana, during which, due to the interpretation of the specialist of the Japanese language Lilit Khansulyan, she gave detailed explanations to the audience and made 8 ikebana.

At the end, they handed out ikebana making materials to the participants, who had registered beforehand and the latter made the composition dog taught by Yamada sensei with great pleasure.

Then the participants took them home as souvenirs.

Author՝ H. Muradyan

translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan