Event

Would you like to share with us the spirit of “Peacefulness through a Bowl of Tea”　?

Organised by The Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria, The Consulate-General of Japan, Melbourne and the Japan Foundation, Sydney, this will be the 41st year that the Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest has been held.

The aim of the annual Australia-Japan Relations Essay Contest is to encourage and develop a better understanding of Japan and Australia-Japan relations amongst Australian students.

Warm up a cold wintery Sunday at a concert for peace.
Sixty-five years after the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by nuclear blast, Japanese for Peace will bring together a diverse array of inspiring musicians, speakers and citizens of the world in a concert to celebrate peace and imagine a world without nuclear threat.

A collection of work by Japanese contemporary jeweller (living in Melbourne), Yuko Fujita. Melbourne jeweller, Yuko Fujita, has transformed recycled objects of distinctly domestic and ordinary origins into bold pieces of jewellery.

Ever dreamed to be a Samurai? Come join us!
SAMURAI is a universally recognised part of the Japanese culture.
This year in July, Melbourne will host a big Samurai event, a great chance to experience Samurai culture.

Japan’s most celebrated and elite company of martial arts drummers, Drum-Tao return to Australia starting their national tour from Perth.

The paper folding artist Yayoi Okumura is having
an origami class for kids at ebisu design during these
school holidays.

Faculty of Arts in conjunction with the Walter Mangold Trust are delighted to present the? 2010 Walter Mangold Visiting Fellow

Professor Shuhei Hosokawa, International Research Centre of Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan

“Writing the Mother Tongue from Afar: literary activities of Japanese immigrants in Brazil”

Why were we all born?
Why do we encounter painful and sad situations?

Everything may be happening just for the special day.

A miracle of encountering the special person
despite of the little chance of meeting someone
in the vast universe and enormous time.