On July 9, 2015 Event at “Hikari” Center with the Title “The Highly Artistic and the Traditional… from Japan” (video)
On July 9, 2015, at 19:00 p.m. at “Hikari” Armenian-Japanese scientific-cultural center took place an event with the title “The Highly Artistic and the Traditional”. At the event there were present the ambassador of Japan in Armenia Eiji Taguchi with his staff, the ambassador of Armenia in Japan Hrant Poghosyan and many other guests.
The event was opened by the president of “Hikari” center Karine Piliposyan, then she gave the floor to other honorary guests.
After that Mrs. Morie with the help of a slide- show presented the history of the Japanese traditional dolls .
After that Mrs. Kimura presented the history of kimonos.
After that, Mrs. Uchino presented the Japanese tea drinking ceremony and with help of ms. Ishii , treated the audience sitting in the first rows.
At the end of the event, the guests were invited to help themselves from the table, which was prepared beforehand.
And the Japanese, those who study Japan and people interested in the Japanese culture, who were more or less acquainted with each other had an opportunity to talk in a warmer and more intimate environment – around a table.
Everybody left the event satisfied and sure that with the help of this event they made another step towards making Japan and Armenia closer.
translated from Armenian into English by M.Vardanyan
Author H. Muradyan
