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• July 2016

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  Until December 2016	ExhibitionFestival People exchange	Sakura Décoration de l'imposante verrière de la Galerie Ravenstein de fleurs géantes de cerisiers. Classée Monument Historique et lieu mythique bruxellois, la Galerie Ravenstein serainvestie du sol au plafond cette fresque et oeuvre artistique aux motifs de fleursde cerisier tout au long de l'année 2016.	Galerie Ravenstein Rue Ravenstein 18 Cantersteen 7 1000 Bruxelles	Email
  04/10 05/22 06/26 07/27 09/04 09/25 &10/16	Workshop	Ikebana On each day there will be two identical ikebana-sessions (Japanese Flower arrangement) in the Japanese Garden of Hasselt. One session from 14.15h to 15.45h and one from 16h to 17.30h. They will be in the Ikenobo-style and cost €19,50 p.p. (entrance garden and flowers included).	Japanese Garden Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23, 3500 Hasselt Reservation is necessary at: japansetuin@hasselt.be.	URL Email
  06/03~08/30	Cinema	The seasons of Yasujiro Ozu Unlike the epic overtones of a Kurosawa or the jagged alloy of violence and poetry of a Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu has spent more time trying to reach out to Western film lovers. Imbued with a delicate sensibility, his intimate stories hone in on everyday details, swathed in the atmospheres of different seasons, rather than on intrigue. Restored versions.	Flagey Studio 5 Place Sainte-Croix/Heilig-Kruisplein 1050 Brussels	URL URL Email
  07/04 07/18 07/25 &08/01 08/08	Workshop Demonstration	Initiation workshop of Sumi-e (japanese painting with black ink) At first, we learn about the movement of brush with your breath and body. Then we try to paint the bamboo, vegetables, flowers, trees and fishes, etc.	Planète des Arts Salon Jaune Rue Lesbroussarts 31 1050 Brussels	URL Email
  07/07 07/14 07/28 &08/04 (One day's workshop by your choice)	Workshop Demonstration	Workshop of Modular Origami We create the real Japanese art with origamis! Modular ori-gami or unit origami is a paperfolding technique which uses two or more sheets of paper to create a larger and more com-plex structure than would not be possible using single-piece origami techniques (wikipedia) We can choose the colors you want, and make a magnifique objet en 3 hours…	Planète des Arts Salon Jaune Rue Lesbroussarts 31 1050 Brussels	URL Email
  07/13,08/10, 09/14, 10/19, 11/9  at 18:30 07/16,08/13, 09/17, 10/15, 11/12  at 13:30	Workshop	Sya-butsu - 写仏 - Buddha copying × Cha-no-yu - tea ceremony Sya-butsu (写仏) means copying an image of the Buddha. It is said that concentration on sya-butsu allows us to let go of stray thoughts and to be composed. We will trace over one of the images of Buddha (Every month has different image), using a Japanese brush pen and Japanese paper. 　After sya-butsu, you will savour a bowl of light matcha from Kyoto, and enjoy the moment of cha-no-yu in a mood of quiet reflection the cha-shitsu (tea ceremony room). *You can take part just once or several times. *It has no religious purpose. *You can sit in the cha-shitsu in either the Japanese way or the Western way.	ENKIDU asbl Square Baron Alfred Bouvier 6, 1050 Brussels	URL Email
  07/15~09/20	Exhibition	Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics JICC EVENT In light of Japan’s contemporary comics and their global proliferation, the 19th-century Hokusai Manga is attracting increasing interest. Fans worldwide tend to even regard this pictorialcompendium by ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai as the origin of today’s manga. But the outward appearance of these two types of manga does not immediately suggest a continuous tradition. Do present-day graphic narratives and the master’s “diverse drawings” share anything other than a name? Unlike past exhibitions of Hokusai’s work, Manga Hokusai Manga approaches the Hokusai Manga from the perspective of contemporary Japanese comics,focusing on genre, pictorial storytelling and participatory culture rather than the integration of word and image or the role of popular characters. And instead of aiming at a historiographic verification of influences, the exhibition invites viewers to ponder their own notions about manga by comparing works from different periods while exploring the diversity therein.	World Traveling Exhibition by The Japan Foundation Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan Rue Van Maerlant 1 1040 Brussels	Email
  07/29	Theater	Rakugo theatre and Japanese dinner The rakugo master Ichinosuke Shunputei is on a European tour for the 150th anniversary of the belgo-japanese relationship. You will discover this demanding art that requires a vocal technique, a rhythm control, face expression and mime. Words are essential but the way the actor plays is so impressive! He has to play all the roles and make them recognizable only with the moves of his body, his head and a fan or a tissue. This time there will be a French subtitles and some explanations. It will be a rare occasion to discover this art.	Barvaux, “Salle du moulin” Parc Juliénas 1 6940 Barvaux-Sur-Ourthe, Durbuy	URL Email

• August 2016

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  08/01~12	Course	Stage d'été Japonais- Ardennes Japanese language summer course and cultural activities Liege university teacher will provide intense workshop, in a lovely countryside house in the Ardennes. Full-course Japanese meals, fun activities to learn Japanese (beginner / advanced) so you'll be ready to enjoy Japan! Cours et activités culturelles japonaises (débutant ou avancé) donnés par une professeur belgo-japonaise de l'université de Liège. Logement dans une charmante maison d'hôte - Pension complète avec une délicieuse cuisine japonaise. Immersion totale et cadre verdoyant dans les Ardennes belges.	Les Tailles,18 6661 Houffalize	URL Email
  08/06 14:00 - 18:00	Event	Origami for Peace According to an old Japanese story, you can recover from the worst diseases if you can fold 1,000 cranes. After the atomic bomb on Hiroshima this story acquired another dimension: a girl who suffered from radiation disease took the legend literally, hoping for healing and peace for all child victims. Since then cranes, origami and wishes for peace have been closely linked. So, the Japanese Garden every year commemorates the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 with a crane-folding Origami contest.	Japanese Garden Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23, 3500 Hasselt	URL URL Email
  08/06 19:00 - 1:00	Event Concert Demonstration	Comic Strip Night   NEW A ghost in the museum ? No, it's the Comic Strip Night, a midsummer night with activities for all ages. In the context of the celebrations of the 150th birthday of the diplomatic treaty between Belgium and Japan, we honour the relations between our countries through the looking-glass of comic art. The Comics Museum welcomes you for a Kendo demonstration, cartoon movies, an illustrated live concert, and much more !	Comics Art Museum 20, Rue des Sables 1000 Brussels	URL Email
  08/06 21:00	Concert	Keiko's story   NEW A peace concert in commemoration of the bombings in Hisoshima and Nagasaki "Keiko's story" is an evocation for storyteller, choir, harp, clarinet and percussion. Mrs Nadja Delbarre resumed this story starting from diaries of Japanese young ones who suffered the bombings in '45. Are collaborating: Nadja Delbarre | Florian De Bont Delbarre, storryteller | Hannah van den Borne, harp | Hannes Beauprez, clarinet | Lisa Couck, percussion | Kyōko Ishida (JP), soprano | Maarten Van Ingelgem, conductor | De 2de Adem, chamber choir for contemporary music 21u Keiko’s story, peace concert at the Sint-Niklaas-church. Be on time to have a nice seat and to enjoy fully our performance. 22u Official commemoratian, speeches, floating lanterns on the water and Eline Duerinck, violoncello from a gondola at the Graslei/Korenlei.	Venue 1 - 21u Sint-Niklaaskerk Cataloniëstraat 9000 Ghent Venue 2 - 22u Graslei and Korenlei 9000 Ghent	URL Email
  08/09 20:00	Concert	Ami Hoyano : JS BACH recital “ Bach young and old “   NEW	Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula Parvis Sainte-Gudule 1000 Brussels	URL Email
  08/12~15	Event	The 2016 Brussels Flower Carpet by Nomura designer Fujie Suzuki The Brussels Flower Carpet is a biannual event held at the Brussels Grand Place and this year will mark the 20th edition. The design of the “Brussels Flower Carpet 2016” will feature a Japanese motif by Nomura designer Fujie Suzuki as part of the celebrations of 150 of Friendship between Japan and Belgium. The Flower Carpet is taking place from August 12 to 15, 2016 on the Grand Place of Brussels.	Grand Place 1000 Brussels	URL
  08/13~19	Workshop	Aikido summer camp directed by Miyamoto Shihan	Centre sportif Adeps « La Fraîneuse » Avenue Amédée Hesse 41/A B- 4900 Spa	URL Email +32(0)2.537.47.62
  08/17 18:00 - 23:00	Event	Obon Matsuri – Evening Opening   NEW There is nothing more enchanting than the atmosphere of lanterns and festive decoration during a night-time event. In this fairy-tale festival (matsuri) you will experience the Japanese Garden in a very different light. Let yourself be carried away by a captivating obon dance demonstration or by a narrator who you will immerse you in a magical Japanese atmosphere. The emotion will come to a head when the wishes the visitors wrote during the Tanabata festival are burned and sent to the gods in order to make them come true. A real crowd-puller!	Japanese Garden Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23, 3500 Hasselt	URL URL Email
  08/19~21 Friday 08/19 16:00-19:00 Saturday 08/20: 17:00-19:00 Sunday 08/21 : 17:00-18:30	Exhibition	Exposition : “Budo, friendship & crafts” Exhibition of crafts work by 5 iaidoka  NEW - Photography, Philippe Bruwier, 7dan, renshi - Bladesmithing, Michael Simonini, 6dan, renshi - Woodcraft, Luc Defraeye, 6dan - Urushi (Japanese lacquer), Arthur Degand, 5dan - Bonsai, Alain De Burghgraeve, 5dan A friendship is born many years ago between 5 persons who would have nothing in common outside of their practice. They discovered that, they were having activities inspired by the Japanese culture or following the path of traditional Japanese crafts. To celebrate the 150th year anniversary of friendship between Japan and Belgium and the 15th edition of the Iaido Summer Seminar, they decided to share their passion through an exhibition of the best pieces of their work. Three of them have produced for this occasion 4 knives that are going to be shown for the first time.	Hotel ibis Styles Meeting Center Louvain la Neuve Boulevard de Lauzelle 61 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve	URL Email
  08/26~28	Course	Ikebana Ohara workshop Ikebana lessons on the base of full boarding for 2 nights stay . The number of the participants is very limited and lessons given by the Japanese master. Cost 250€ including everything/lessons, flowers, foods, lodging etc.	L'atelier vert Les Tailles,18 6661 Houffalize	URL Email

• September 2016

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  09/04 14:00	Concert	Duo Chelys - Viole de gambe Masanobu Tokura & Rebecca Lefèvre Program: F. Couperin S. Ives C. Simpson	Eglise Protestante de Bruxelles - Protestante kapel van Brussels Place du Musée, 2 - Museumplein 2 1000 Brussels €17 sur place / bij de ingang €8 students €15 email reservation	URL Email
  09/07 & 10	Concert 11:00~12:00	Le carillon aux couleurs du Japon To announce the exhibition of Ikebana by master Horikoshi and her students and of calligraphy by master Nakano, a selection of traditional Japanese and Belgian music will be played on the carillon during the weekly concerts, on Wednesday September 7th and Saturday 10th from 11 to 12 am.	Eglise Saint Jean-Baptiste Place Cardinal Mercier 1300 Wavre	URL Email
  09/08~11	Course	Ikebana Ohara workshop  NEW Ikebana lessons on the base of full boarding for 3 nights stay . The number of the participants is very limited and lessons given by the Japanese master. Cost 360€ including everything/lessons, flowers, foods, lodging etc.	L'atelier vert Les Tailles,18 6661 Houffalize	URL Email
  09/09	Concert Exhibition	Sogetsu Ikebana & Calligraphy with carillon music During the vernissage of the exhibition of Ikebana by master Horikoshi and her students and of calligraphy by master Nakano, a selection of traditional Japanese music will be played on carillon, a typical instrument of Belgium.	Le Chateau de l'Ermitage Rue de l'Ermitage 23 1300 Wavre	URL Email
  09/10~18	Exhibition	Sogetsu Ikebana & Calligraphy Exhibition of Ikebana by master Horikoshi and her students and of calligraphy by master Nakano.	Le Chateau de l'Ermitage Rue de l'Ermitage 23 1300 Wavre	Email
  09/24	Miscellaneous	“wine man show” with Eric Boshman Eric Boschman, a Belgian wine expert, will present 5 wines from different countries but also a Japanese whiskies and a Japanese wine. You can taste all of these for 20€. Booking: tourisme@durbuy.be or 086/219 868	Barvaux, “Salle du moulin” Parc Juliénas 1 6940 Barvaux-Sur-Ourthe, Durbuy	URL Email
  09/24	Symposium	The New Era of Carillon Art - How Bells Connect Belgium and Japan Hosted by: The Royal Carillon School, International Institute for Carillon Art 'Jef Denyn' Sponsored by: The Japan foundation Supported by: Embassy of Japan in Belgium City of Mechelen Flemish Carillon Association Act for Japan.be	Congres en Erfgoedcentrum Lamot Van Beethovenstraat 8-10, 2800 Mechelen St. Rumbold's Tower (for concerts) Royal Carillon School 'Jef Denyn' (for reception) Admission fee €15 / €10 (students) The official language is English only. Japanese: English consecutive interpretation will be available at a limited extent.	URL URL
  09/28 18:00 - 20:00 Doors open at 17:30	Conference - Film	The Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Temples of Shikoku: A Meditation Between Two Worlds JICC EVENT Conference (45 minutes) by Ms. Muriel Jolivet Film O-Henro, the Pilgrimage of Shikoku, documentary by Nina Barbier (45 minutes)	Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan Rue Van Maerlant 1 1040 Brussels Reservation required Re: Reservation Shikoku 28092016 Reservation	Email
  09/30~10/01 from 10:00 to 17:00	Exhibition	Ikebana Exposition by Ohara chapter Belgium vzw.  NEW To celebrate the 150 years of friendship between Japan and Belgium and the 25th anniversary of Ohara chapter Belgium the members of Ohara Chapter Belgium organize an ikebana exposition in the Exposition hall of the Botanical Garden .	Botanical Garden Nieuwelaan 38 1860 Meise	Email

• October 2016

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  10/07~28	Exhibition	Maiko no hikari (Geisha apprentices from Kyoto) by Régis Defurnaux JICC EVENT Maiko no hikari is a photographic exhibition on Geisha apprentices from Kyoto, the Maiko. Prisoners of stereotypes linked to the world of prostitution, used by the touristic industry, the pictures from Régis Defurnaux intends to show these young artists from a different and unusual perspective. Actually, these women perpetuate old artistic practices (dancing, singing, recitations, playing instruments, tea ceremony, etc.) all linked to the cycle of seasons and the world of flowers. They even bring us back to the animistic origins of Japan, while directly connecting with courtesan art, kabuki theater and propitiatory dances from agricultural traditions. Living art form, they are at the forefront of Japanese femininity as they interact with women as a model of independence in a rapidly changing gender issues. Way beyond the simplistic opposition between tradition and modernity, they search for a different life within Arts. Expression of elusiveness, these women question our own human condition: an unstable balance between an intimate feeling of immediacy and a strange sense of permanency - like in photography.	Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan Rue Van Maerlant 1 1040 Brussels	URL
  10/07~11/08 Opening 10/07  8PM	Exhibition	Made in Japan The exhibition ‘Made in Japan’ takes its start in the 1950s and is dedicated to post-war Japan and its avant-garde by taking a closer look to some of the major movements and artists involved. A selection of works from the collection of S.M.A.K. Museum in Ghent (our partner since 2013) will be brought together with loans from private collections to form a historical presentation that will map the artistic ideas of the time. Special focus is on Gutai and intersections with European and American art. Besides we a number of artists from different generations who are (still) working and have a link to Japan were invited to show (new) work. Cultural Center Strombeek is a vivid center for arts and culture, based in the immediate vicinity of Brussels and within walking distance of the 1958 World Fair site and Atomium.	Cultuurcentrum Strombeek Gemeenteplein 1853 Strombeek-Bever	URL Email
  10/08~13	Miscellaneous	The 41st JAPAN WEEK Events to be determined.	Brussels	URL
  10/15~16 10:00 - 16:30	Ikebana Exhibition	Tonsen 26th Students Ikebana Exhibition This year marks the 26th time that Tonsen (Atsuko Bersma) has　an annual ikebana exhibition with her students. This year, the exhibition will again take place at the beautiful Botanic Garden in Meise.	Botanic Garden Meise Nieuwelaan 38 1860 Meise	URL Email
  10/22~23	Seminar	International Aikido Celebration under the direction of Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba.	Tour & Taxis Brussels	URL

• November 2016

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  11/01~12/19	Exhibition	Ecrire, Fixer et Modeler : Japon et Belgique You will see works from different artists from Japan and Belgium. Calligraphy ( from the friends of Europe and Japan), photography (Jean Lambert), engraving (Shigeki Tomura), ceramics (Antonio Lampecco, Ana Belen Montero, Dominique Mosseray) Free entrance.	Durbuy, la halle aux blés Rue Comte d’Ursel 6940 Durbuy	URL Email
  11/12~13	Festival	The 30th International Exchange Festival in Antwerp Chorus, Mandrin concert, danse, Kimono fashion show, calligraphy, tea ceremony etc.	The Zuiderkroon, Antwerp	Email
  11/12~27	Concert	ARS MUSICA: LE PAYS DU SONORE LEVANT Focused on Japanese contemporary music, more than 35 concerts, workshops and lectures, aiming at fusion in creation between Japan and Belgium.	Brussels (Les halles de Schaerbeek, BOZAR, Botanique, Ancienne Belgique, Britiggines, Kaaitheater etc.) Mons (Arsonic) Antwerp (De Singel) Brugge (Concertgebouw) Liège (Théâtre de Liège)	FaceBook

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