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*This workshop was organized in 2018. We’ll organize it again in autumn 2019. JCE will be organizing another Kintsugi workshop in July. This will be the third time that the lacquer master Mio-san will come all the way from Kyoto to give the workshop. Japanese people who appreciate tableware and their mealtime are accustomed to … Meer lezenKintsugi workshop
The people I have met and the things I have experienced are only because I worked at a Japanese modern art and craft fair in the Netherlands. Looking back at MONO JAPAN 2018, working with people who have various backgrounds was the biggest plus for me. While we were preparing for MONO JAPAN and during … Meer lezenLooking back at MONO JAPAN
Super T market Hi, everyone, On December 5th, in Amsterdam, there was an event called Super T market held by a Japanese pianist and artist, Tomoko Mukaiyama. Super T market is a mixed event of piano concert of Tomoko and Japan market, where a lot of Japanese exhibitions such as Sushi, Japanese sake, and … Meer lezenSuper T-market × Japan market
1.Youth journeys from Japan On August, 2017, 8 elementary and middle school students from Higashi Sonogi in Nagasaki visited Leiden in The Netherlands. Higashi Sonogi is an area in Nagasaki prefecture which prospered along Nagasaki Street in the Edo era. Siebold, who is a German and visited Japan at that time as a surgeon of … Meer lezenJapanese students’ Study Tour in Holland
Hello! My name is Jo Wakebe. I started working in JCE from today as an intern. I’m an exchange student and I’m going to stay in the Netherlands for a year. Today, I was given an introduction about what I’ll work on here. I’ll work on a lot more various things than I … Meer lezenNew life and New work in a New country
Goeddemiddag! I already came back to Japan but still, have something which I’d like to write in this article, please bear with me. Today’s theme is “Pottery”. During these months, I met some interesting potteries, I’d like to sum up my interest and impressions in this article. I went to Delft, in the Netherlands, Boleslaviec, … Meer lezenJCE intern’s blog: Potteries
Last February we Japan Cultural Exchange hold MONO JAPAN for the first time, which was to convey the background of Japan’s current product and Japanese manufacturing. And guess what, we’re going to make a comeback with even more vigour in February 2017! 26 exhibitors will come to Amsterdam, and 24 of them are from Japan. It’s … Meer lezenMONO JAPAN 2017- Japanese Craft & Design –
Hello, I’m Tomoko. It’s already 4 month since I came here, it was very short but very long time for me. I want to look back for my life or discoveries. I spent these days working as an intern at Schiphol airport as my school project, and also working at JCE on weekend, and every … Meer lezenTomoko’s 2016 in the Netherlands
Hello, I’m Tomoko. This is my report of the Sumie workshop held on the 22nd of October. When you hear the word, ”Sumie”, what do you think? I thought it was just drawing pictures with ink. Some of you may think how simple it is, but after the workshop my feeling changed surprisingly. This workshop … Meer lezenSumie workshop report (22 October)
Gisteren waren CEO van Unagino-Nedoko, Takahiro Shiramizu en tolk/collega Rei Watanabe bij DutchCulture voor een lezing over de organisatie en met wat voor projecten ze bezig zijn geweest. Ikzelf had ze gisterochtend pas voor het eerst leren kennen en kort gesproken dus ik wist er nog vrij weinig over, maar gelukkig gaven ze diezelfde dag … Meer lezenLezing van Unagino-Nedoko