In the 67 years since the first nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan, August 6, or Hiroshima Day, has become a date for remembering the devastation of war and contemplating a peaceful world.
Now, as the nuclear menace once again looms large in the wake of last year’s Fukushima disaster, Melbourne’s Japanese for Peace group presents its 8th annual Hiroshima Day Peace Concert.
A large scale, cross-cultural community art project – to create an enchanted garden at hamer hall!
Akachochin (a Japanese izakaya) is launching a series of events ‘Sake-Paper-Scissors’, which combine a Japanese art and craft workshop with sake tasting and a bespoke menu from Head Chef, Kengo Hiromatsu.
Want to meet new friends and practice your Japanese? Come along to the GROUP BLIND DATING, “GOKON”, on the 8 August. Who knows? Maybe you will meet THE ONE there…
The Governor of Aichi Prefecture, Mr. Hideaki Ohmura, tours AAMI Park
Mr. Hideaki Ohmura, Governor of Aichi Prefecture of Japan, visits Victoria upon the
invitation by the State Government of Victoria from the 10th to the 12th of July, 2012. This
will be his first official visit to Victoria which has been a sister-state of Aichi Prefecture since
1980.
Come to one of JICC’s free Japanese film screenings!
We are always the first to know when it comes to any Japanese-related stuff!
THE “George and Noriko” who made a name for themselves on the Australia’s Got Talent, is performing on Bourke St this weekend (23 Jun).
The Melbourne International Animation Festival is very excited to announce two special programs that open a window – at least a little – on what’s going on in the young, contemporary Japanese animation scene. And it’s not Anime!
Japan. Endless Discovery.
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Sydney Office commences its promotional activities for the 2012 financial year this month, aiming to promote ski in Japan.