Event

On Sunday August 1st 2010 the annual meeting of the JCV (Japanese Club of Victoria) was held at the Multicultural Hub in the city from 10:30am.

Japanese Day celebrates the Sister City relationship between the City of La Trobe and Takasago City, Japan. Now in its seventh year, Japanese Day is a unique community day enjoyed by all who delight in exploring Japanese culture and discovering more about the Sister City of Takasago and the Japanese people.

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program is designed to promote mutual understanding between Japan and other nations, foster international exchange at the local level and enhance foreign language education in Japan. Two types of positions are available:

Mari Funaki (1950-2010) was well known as one of Australia’s leading contemporary jewellers and metal-smiths. Working predominantly with gold and blackened mild steel, she was highly regarded for her distinctive geometric jewellery forms and sculptural objects.

“Like a tin man with oil flowing freely through his veins, Umeda mirrored the pulsating score with an　accumulation of motion.” New York Times

This exhibition Attune to the earth will investigate the relationship between the form and pattern of the volcanic action and what we experience from the red paper sculptural work. The colour of the human blood is red. I see the volcanic magma lava as the blood of the earth.

41st Japanese Language Speech Contest VIC final has successfully been conducted with very impressive 66 participants.

Renowned painter and calligrapher, Junko Azukawa, is presenting her exhibition Notes from the Heart at the Kazari Gallery in Prahran.

Sake! Sake! Sake! Blues!!!　

The 2010 Darebin Music Feast is proud to host a special concert with Fuefukuro at the Northcote Town Hall on Friday 17th September, featuring accomplished performers Ayako Fujii, Hitomi Valentino and Ayako Sato.