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Date Category Title Venue Info 21/1
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Jit.si Meet
Registration in advance is required. Please inform us of your name and email address to
hanasoukai.bru@gmail.com
by Thursday 19th JanuaryURL
Date Category Title Venue Info 5/2
11:00Concert
Duo² 2 pianos concert
Piano : Kanako Ninomiya, Sara Vujadinivic
Programme
Rachmaninov : Russian Rhapsody
Stravinsky : 3 Movements from Petrushka (arr. V. Babin for 2 pianos)
Skryabin :Fantasy for 2 Pianos
Rachmaninov :Suite no.1, op. 5Bozar Henry le Boeuf hall
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 Brussels
URL 12/2
11:00Concert
Keigo Mukawa – Flagey Piano Days
Since winning the 2nd prize of the Long-Thibaud Competition in 2019 and 3rd prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2021, the career of Japanese pianist Keigo Mukawa has really taken off. During his recital at the Flagey Piano Days, this young pianist proves that he is at ease in the refined worlds of Bach and Mozart, in Ravel's colourful sound landscape as well as in the contemporary imaginative music of Akira Nishimura.Flagey
Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Bruxells
URL 21/2
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Jit.si Meet
Registration in advance is required. Please inform us of your name and email address to
hanasoukai.bru@gmail.com
by Thursday 9th FebruaryURL
Date Category Title Venue Info 4/3
18:00Concert
Live at Museum : Taïkophonic
Wood meets waves, tradition meets innovation. Taïko Drums meets Monotrons. This duo is a unique meeting between one of the most traditional (and iconic) japanese drums and analogic instruments. Despite the incongruity, their universes get along. The project is carried throug experimenting, improvising on silence, feeling both emptiness and fullness : two musicians combining and mixing their multidisciplinary experiences.Galerie
Rue Royale 236, 1210 Brussels
URL 10/3
13:00-
18:00Conference
第93回ベルギー研究会 ブリュッセル大会
研究発表
主催：ベルギー研究会会場：ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）, Campus Solbosch 503 (5階), Batiment R42
住所：42 avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 1050
https://www.ulb.be/fr/solbosch/plan-du-campus
地図上のR の建物（Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management）URL 11/3
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Zoom meeting
-Registration in advance is required. Please inform your name and email address to the mail below.
by Thursday 9th March
URL 12/3-29/4 Exhibition
Michiko Van de Velde - Timing
Through her work, Michiko Van de Velde seems to want to capture the awareness of the plurality of time and space, and especially the elusiveness of time, in images. For her, the fleeting time and space is visible and tangible in the permanently changing light.Michèle Schoonjans Gallery
Rivoli Building - 690 / 25 Chaussée de Waterloo, 1180 Bruxelles
URL 13-17/3
Miscellaneous
SEMAINE DU JAPON
Chasse au trésor dans les bâtiments de l’Université !
Dans le cadre de la Semaine du Japon, le Centre d’Etudes japonaises invite ses étudiants à une chasse au trésor !
Huit images liées au Japon vont être affichées dans les bâtiments de l’Université situés place du 20-Août et rue de Pitteurs, où se trouve la bibliothèque du Centre.
A vous de retrouver ces images, de les identifier et de trouver ce qu’elles ont en commun !
Pour gagner, il vous suffit de nous envoyer votre réponse (le point commun entre toutes les photos) ainsi que des selfies à côté de chacune des illustrations pour VENDREDI 17 MARS à 12H au plus tard à l’adresse cej@uliege.be. Un tirage au sort sera effectué parmi les bonnes réponses.Liége Université
http://web.philo.ulg.ac.be/cej/activite/semaine-du-japon-2/URL 22-26/3
Cinema
Japan Square Filmfestival
The 13th edition of the Japan Square Film Festival is starting from Wednesday the 22th till Sunday the 26th of March in the arthouse cinema Studio Skoop in Ghent.
Programming 10 films of different genres for everybody interested in Japanese Culture.
Each film will be professionally introduced by Luk VanHaute or Carlo Vanstiphout. For this edition we will spoil our visitors with culinair extras and on Saturday we have many activities for the little ones.Studio Skoop
Sint-Annaplein 63, 9000 Gent
URL 24/3
19:00Cinema
MY SMALL LAND
Screening of the film "My small land" by the director Emma Kawawada at the 15th edition of the Brussels International Women’s Film Festival Elles Tournent – Dames Draaien
JPN/FR, 2022, 114', VO JA/TR/KU ST FR/EN
Cinéma Vendôme
Chau. de Wavre 18, 1050 Ixelles
URL 27/3 18:30 Conférence
KIMONO I ÉTERNELLE FASCINATION
Le kimono, l’un des symboles nationaux du Japon, met en valeur l’essence de la féminité et révèle le raffinement de la culture nippone en illustrant les liens étroits entre le vêtement, l’art et la société. Cet habit traditionnel fascine esthétiquement l’étranger tout en ignorant ses codes vestimentaires.
Tout d’abord, Adina vous présentera l’évolution du kimono à travers l’histoire, du faste des douze jupons de soie superposés durant la période Heian à l’élégance sobre et délicate du kimono actuel, puis elle vous exposera quelques règles d’usage.
Pourquoi ce sujet ?
Pour faire suite à la publication de ses huit articles sur le KIMONO par Idées Japon I Jipango Paris, dans le cadre de l'exposition qui lui est consacrée au Musée du Quai Branly jusqu'au 28 Mai 2023.
Conférence donnée par Adina Mazzoni-Cernus
créatrice du blog Jap_on the way https://japontheway.com/
Une passionnante soirée co-organisée avec
Librairie Quartier Libre
Chaussée d'Alsemberg 374
1180 BRUXELLES (Uccle)
📆 Lundi 27 Mars à 18h30
Sur réservation : info@monquartierlibre.com
Entrée 8€ - en espècesLibrairie Quartier Libre
Chaussée d'Alsemberg 374, 1180 BRUXELLES UCCLE
URL 1
URL 231/3 10:00-12:00 Lecture, Workshop
日本語教育の源流をたどる：西洋の日本語学者と日本人教師たち (History of Japanese Language Teaching in the World. European Japanese Language specialists and native Japanese teachers in Europe)
Lecture and Workshop given by Prof. OGAWA Yoshimi (Yokohama National University). For more information, please see attached program.KULeuven, Letteren 01.52 Jos Cretenzaal (Erasmushuis 2nd Floor)
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Date Category Title Venue Info 11/04
20:00Cinema
SUZUME_BIFFF 41st Edition Opening Film
Suzume, the latest box office smash by anime grandmaster Makoto Shinkai, will open the 41st edition of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.Brussels Expo, Heysel, Palais 10
Place de Belgique 1, 1020 BrusselsURL 20/04
18:30 - 22:00Exhibition
Peripheral Sentiment Hirofumi Takemoto
Dear friends, we are honoured to announce that the long-awaited project Peripheral Sentiment by artist Hirofumi Takemoto is now in Brussels.
We invite you to join us during April until June to experience the encounter with the elegant pictorial appeal of the Japanese artist's latest project for the first time in Europe.
Curated by Hirofumi Takemoto, Desiree Meza Herrero and Marcos Herrero, with the great collaboration and support of the Erasmus Students Program, Mario Martínez and Alejandro Gil.Chau. de Louvain 803
1140 EvereURL 22/04
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Place: Jit.si Meet
Registration in advance is required.
Please inform your name and email address to hanasoukai.bru@gmail.com by Thursday 20th April.
URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 02/05 - 05/05 Workshop
Souffle, geste, trace(s) - Stage d'initiation à la calligraphie japonaise
Art du mouvement, à la croisée de l’écriture et du dessin, la calligraphie japonaise lie le souffle et le geste pour tracer, au pinceau et à l’encre de Chine, une écriture imagée et pleine de poésie. En travaillant le « Kanji » – idéogramme japonais – vous apprendrez à respirer, ressentir, amorcer un geste, à le poursuivre… et à savoir quand l’arrêter. Expérience à la fois corporelle et spirituelle, la calligraphie japonaise s’inscrit dans le temps présent et invite à une forme de lâcher prise.24-28 rue de Rome
1060 Bruxelles07/5
17:00Concert
Feniks Taiko & friends – Kenny Endo
A smaller version of our concert series ‘Feniks Taiko & friends’. This time with grandmaster Kenny Endo. Guest players Adilia Yip and Shuya Tanaka will also be performing.Music Academy Hoboken
Lageweg 141, 2660 HobokenURL 18/05 - 24/06 Exhibition
Touch of the Air
Oil paintings and installations exhibition
Contemporary art depicting invisible airArielle d’Hauterives gallery
118 rue Blaes, 1000 BrusselsURL 20/05
16:00-Concert
FESTIVAL Choirs in the heart of the abbey
Choral Japanese singing in all its musical, rhythmic and cultural diversityJARDIN de l'ABBAYE (ÉGLISE SAINT-DENIS)
Chaussée de Bruxelles 26
1190 ForestURL 21/05
14:00-16:00Meeting
Language Exchange Event Japanese & Dutch
This is a language exchange event for Dutch-speaking people who learn Japanese and Japanese-speaking people who learn Dutch. We will make small groups and change the groups and the languages with the time, so everyone gets to talk with different people.
We will also prepare a list of questions to provide some ideas for topics. You are of course free to talk what you would like to talk about.
The event is for free, but you will have to pay for the access to the Japanese Garden (max. 6 euro).Okando in the Japanese Garden
Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23
3500 Hasselt
Registration in advance is required to participate this event. Please register through this link by May 17th.URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 2/06 Demonstration
Delicious Life of Belgium and Japan: Fermentation meets distillation
This event will be an unique opportunity to meet with Tōji (sake master brewer) of Hokko Masamune, Yuya Muramatsu and sake expert, Azumi Tamaoka, and taste a variety of Nagano sake under their professional guidance.Filliers Distrillery
Leernsesteenweg 5, 9800 DeinzeURL 17/06 Concert, Workshop
Academiedag Araumi Daiko
The annual ‘academy day’ from Araumi Daiko.
On this day the students show what they have been rehearsing the past year.
The different concert teams will also be present to give a little glimpse in what they are working on.
You can also participate in one of the initiations to try it yourself.
So what will the planning look like?
• 12u30-13u15: Levels 1&2
• 13u15-14u: Taiko initiation
• 14u30-15u30: Levels 3&4
• 15u30-16u15: Taiko initiation
• 16:30-18u45: Concert teams Taikidoki, Ikezuki & Feniks Taiko
• 19u: Last pieces with all the studentsAraumi Daiko Dojo
Deurnestraat 239, 2640 MortselURL 3/06
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!-Place: Jit.si Meet
-Registration in advance is required. Please inform your name and email address to the mail below.
by Thursday 1st June
18/06
14:00-
16:00Meeting
スペシャルHanasôkai - Let's Speak Japanese
We invite you to our Spring edition in the beautiful Okando room in Japanese Garden Hasselt.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese as well as native speakers.
Program:
14:00-14:10 Welcome word
14:10-14:40 Hajimemashite Bingo
14:40-15:50 Kamishibai
15:50-16:00 Wrap-up word
Hasselt - Japanese Garden
Free event except entrance fee garden
(€6 / €4.5 / €1 / €0)
Registration is required by Thursday 15 June:
HANASOUKAI.BRU@GMAIL.COM
URL 23, 25/06
Concert
At the dawn of musical romantism
Fumika Mohri, 6th Prize of Queen Elisabeth Competition violin 2015 will play in trio with Suzanne Vermeyen and Abdel Rahman El Bacha 1st Prize piano of Queen Elisabeth Competition 1978.Villa Empain/ Fondation Boghossian
Av. Franklin Roosevelt,67,1050 brusselsURL
30/06 Concert
Feniks Taiko & friends - Bonten
The founders of both groups – Masataka Kobayashi and Grete Moortgat- share the same passion for and vision of music and taiko. It is their ambition to detach taiko from its niche in world-music and lift it to its full, independent place on the international music scene. To this end, both leaders have collaborated on numerous occasions with artists from a vast array of disciplines in order to explore and show the diversity and musicality of taiko.
With this vision as a starting point, they train their players to become dynamic, virtuoso and flexible all-round taiko-musicians. In this concert the alumni of the Araumi Daiko Academy return to the essence of taiko; speed and strength, sweat and discipline, thunderous rhythms and tight choreographies.
A concert not to be missed!Mark Liebrechtschouwburg
Heiligkruisstraat 16, 2640 MortselURL
Date Category Title Venue Info 4-7/07 Exhibition
Testimonies of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Real fact of affairs actual accounts, of atomic bombing
Photos and Films
Op-Weule
Sint-Lambertusstraat 91, 1200 Brussels
URL 15 and 22/07 Workshop
Experience real kintsugi for a day WS
Antiques from the Edo period in Japan are beautifully decorated with real gold and silver using the technique of maki-e, the final process of kintsugi. Participants can take it home with them on the day.
Dojo RŌGETSUDŌ
Rue Renier Chalon 48, 1050 Ixelles, Bruxelles
URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 10/08 - 22/09 Exhibition
Art Nouveau in Japan – A Return to the Source of Inspiration
Art Nouveau’s style and ideology were developed as an answer to the need for a new approach to art and design at the end of the nineteenth century. At the backbone of this development was Japanese art (and Japonisme), which provided a major inspiration to the art and design world of the time. However, the popularity and global development of the movement in its turn provided a new impetus to its land of origin. In Japan, Art Nouveau encouraged artists to transcend art and design genres, and to re-evaluate traditional crafts and designs, activities that can be said to be the starting point of modern Japanese craft design.
This exhibition introduces the influence and development of Art Nouveau in Japan. It will feature graphic works of artists that were considered central figures linked to the art movement in Japan, and kimono, a medium in which Art Nouveau played an important role. This exhibition is exhibited in two venues: part 1 (chapter 1, 2 and 3) at Les Halles Saint-Géry, and part 2 (chapter 4) at the Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan in Brussels (Rue Van Maerlant 1, 1000 Bruxelles).
Vernissage: 10/08/2023, 18:00~
Opening hours: Halles Saint-Géry: 7/7 10:00-18:00 JICC of the Embassy of Japan in Brussels: Monday - Friday. 9:30-17:00Les Halles Saint-Géry & JICC
Place Saint-Géry, Brussels
Rue Van Maerlant 1, BrusselsURL 12/08
15:00-
18:00Exhibition
Testimonies of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Real fact of affairs actual accounts, of atomic bombing
Photos and Films
Avenue Deleur 17, 1170 BrusselsURL 17-20/08 Conference
17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
As one of the most important and largest international conferences for Japan Studies’ specialists in the world, the triennial international conferences of the EAJS gathers scholars from Europe, Japan and beyond. The 2023 conference will have 310 individual papers + 106 panels, with a total of more than 700 speakers. The conference is divided into different sections/research disciplines: Urban, Regional and Environmental Studies; Language and Linguistics; Modern Literature; Pre-Modern Literature; Visual Arts; Performing Arts; Economics, Business and Political Economy; Politics and International Relations; Intellectual History and Philosophy; History; Religion and Religious Thought; AWS/ Anthropology and Sociology; AJE/ Japanese Language Education; Media and a transdisciplinary section.
Ghent University, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Blandijnberg 2, 9000 GhentURL 17/08-23/09 Exhibition
KIMONO TODAY
The kimono (literally “things you wear”,) is seen today as a symbol of Japanese tradition as well as national and cultural identity. While the kimono is less visible in everyday life than in the 20th century, it still is a garment present in all aspects of daily life in Japan: worn at home, at work, at street festivals and at ceremonial occasions and at the moment we witness a revival in street fashion. This side of the kimono, however, is hardly shown in exhibitions, which often focus on the flamboyant, on the extravaganza of expensive and exclusive kimono worn for special occasions. By showing a selection of kimono from the Ruth Jäschke Private Collection, we will introduce you to kimono in all of its varieties and its relevance in contemporary Japan. Interviews with Japanese exchange students and a kimono master, as well as photos taken by students from Ghent during their stay in Kanazawa additionally provide a more intimate account of the lived kimono experience and add new layers of meaning. Come to the Vandenhove Pavilion to feel and experience the kimono.Vandenhove Pavilion
Rozier 1, 9000 Ghent
URL
28/08 18:30-
19:30Lecture
Between Japonism and Art Nouveau: Retracing the Hybrid Influences in Privat Livemont's Works
A talk organised as part of the exhibition ‘Privat Livemont. Fleurs à l’affiche! Bloemenpracht!'
We have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Saskia Thoelen (Art/Fashion historian at Bunka Gakuen University, Japan) at the Autrique House for a talk organised as part of the exhibition ‘Privat Livemont. Fleurs à l’affiche! Bloemenpracht!’. (Lecture in English)
It is widely known that the formative characteristics of Art Nouveau, such as the usage of natural elements, asymmetry, compositions with blank spaces, planar expressions and bold colors were influenced by Japanese art. The movement’s ideology of equality between the arts and crafts and the return of art in everyday life, was equally influenced by Japan’s aesthetic thought. Many Art Nouveau artists collected Japanese art and integrated influences from Japanese art in the development of their own Art Nouveau expressions. In Privat Livemont’s work, this tendency is also visible.
This presentation will discuss the influence of Japanese art on Privat Livemonts posters and artworks. Livemont's works will be compared with concrete ukiyo-e prints and Japanese figurative characteristics that Belgian Art Nouveau artists were aware of at the time.Autrique House
Chaussée de Haecht 266, 1030 SchaerbeekURL
Date Category Title Venue Info 16-17/09
10:00-17:00Exhibition
'An inner dialogue with yourself thanks to the generosity of plants'
IKENOBO is said to be the origin of ikebana and its history goes back to the 15th century. Ikenobo's history encompasses both the classical and the modern, the two constantly interacting. The major developments can be found in 3 recognizable styles: 'Rikka' (standing flowers) - 'Shoka' (living flowers) and Jiyuka (free style).
The INTENTION of an IKENOBO IKEBANA arrangement is not only to express beauty, but also the passage of time and the feeling of the heart. We are part of the universe, living with the seasons and therefore also the ephemeral.
The FEATURES of IKENOBO IKEBANA are: LIFE/TO LIVE, space, emptiness, line, asymmetry.
Welcome to discover this artform as part of the Japanese culture.
No entrance fee for the exhibition.
ARBORETUM KALMTHOUT
Heuvel 8, 2920 KalmthoutURL 16/09
14:00-18:00Miscellaneous
30th anniversary of the zen Centre in Brabant Wallon
Active in the Brabant Wallon province since 1993, the Zen Centre invites you to a big day of celebrations on Saturday 16 September.
On the programme:
Morning: open house and introductions to zazen meditation (from 11am to 12pm)
Afternoon (2-6pm): zazen meditation introductions, tea ceremony, Zen storytelling for young and old, Zen Buddhist ceremony for world peace with sutra chanting, traditional Japanese martial arts demonstration, 108 bells ceremony, etc.
Participation in costs: free participation.
Monk in charge and teacher: Jean-François Ryugen Vercauteren
Brabant Wallon Zen Buddhist Centre
6a rue du Vieux Moulin
1331 Rixensart-Rosières
URL 22/09
22:00Concert
Marni Jazz Festival : GIUSEPPE MILLACI trio + TAKUMI NAKAYAMA
For the festival, the trio is inviting the Japanese saxophonist Takumi Nakayama who joined them on their international tour. After studying in Los Angeles, this musician is not only respected by young musicians, but by older statesmen as well. A composer and arranger, he mainly plays in his own quartet and is always looking to create sensitive music that touches people’s hearts. A truly high-flying quartet !
Théâtre Marni
Rue de Vergnies, 25
1050 Bruxelles
URL 23/09 - 1/10 Exhibition
The Rise of Creative Kokeshi
Fakapapa proudly presents the exhibition 'The Rise of Creative Kokeshi'. From September 23 to October 1, you can view an exclusive selection of Japanese wooden sculptures, called kokeshi, in the Zilverhof (Ghent) for the first time in Belgium.
These handmade sculptures have a rich cultural tradition in Japan, dating back to 1830. This exhibition highlights the work of some of the leading artists in the renewal movement that sparked the rise of creative kokeshi in Japan in the 1960s.
Exhibition Hall Zilverhof
Zilverhof 34B
9000 Gent
URL Thursday, September 28th 2023, 14:00-16:00 Book launch
Book launch ‘Vademecum beëdigde vertalingen Japans-Nederlands'
Presentation of a manual on sworn translations from Japanese into Dutch on the basis of eight templates.Maklu Uitgevers
Somersstraat 13-15 2018 Antwerpen
URL 28/09
20:00Concert
Dohnányi Project 2023
A collaboration concert with a Japanese Pianist, Keishi Suzuki and Brussels String Quartet, "Zenne Quartet."Keishi Suzuki a Japanese Pianist, Conductor, and the authority who researches "Dohnányi" in Japan.
There is also another program, "Fire Bird" composed by one of the most famous Japanese composer, "Hironori Osone". The piece is going to be performed for the first time in Europe by the Piano and the Violin.
During the concert, the program will be described by "Keishi Suzuki" and "Hironori Osone".
Melissa ansel Bxl
74, Rue des Glands
1190 Bruxelles
URL 30/09
18:30Conference
KIMONO I ETERNELLE FASCINATION
Heian (794-1185) & Edo (1603-1868)
conférence donnée par Adina MAZZONI-CERNUS
créatrice du blog japontheway.com
suivi d’un atelier d’habillage de kimono kitsuke presté par
AOI x KYOTOVenue: AOI X KYOTO - Concept Store
Address: Rue Antoine Dansaert 28, 1000 Bruxelles
URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 3/10
20:00Cinema
Premiere documentaries “Michiko Sensei” and “Soho Sensei”
Urasenke Tankokai Belgium, Staf Daems and Anneleen Hermans are pleased to invite you to the documentaries 'Michiko Sensei' and 'Soho Sensei' premiere. In this diptych, director Anneleen Hermans portrays tea masters Michiko Nojiri and Staf Daems.
Duration: 2 x 45 min. with intermission
Tickets: 9 euro
Payment can be made on the evening at the box office with cash or Payconiq.
Cinema Varietes Lier
Antwerpsestraat 48
2500 Lier
URL
FB5-8/10
Exhibition
Solo Exhibition of the 'Tale of Genji' series by Mizuho Koyama at Art on Paper Brussels 2023
Gallery Kitai is proud to present Mizuho Koyama's 'The Tale of Genji' series at the Art on Paper Brussels, a specialized international art fair dedicated to paper-based artworks.
Mizuho Koyama, after years of studying classical calligraphy, has developed a distinctive style that combines text with abstract imagery to reinterpret and create contemporary interpretations of ancient poems and stories. From 2019 to 2020, Koyama embarked on the ambitious project of producing all 55 chapters of what is considered the world's oldest novel, 'The Tale of Genji,' consisting of 54 chapters plus the 'Kumogakure' chapter. This 11th-century love story of aristocrats from the Heian period has been reborn in the modern era through Koyama's unique contemporary calligraphic expressions. Join us as this timeless narrative is revitalized for the Reiwa era.
Gare Maritime – Tour & Taxis
Rue Picard 11, B-1000 Brussels
URL 6-8/10 Cinema Festival
Beyond Japan Fim Festival ♯2
Pour le deuxième opus du “Beyond Japan Film Festival”, l'équipe vous a concocté un programme qui ne vous laissera pas indifférent, allant du film catastrophe culte, au policier énervé en passant par des comédies, du drame, de l'anime et un documentaire primé.
Le concept reste le même : diffuser et promouvoir la culture japonaise au sens large et faire découvrir au public belge des films japonais inédits/méconnus.
Avec de grands noms, mais surtout des perles cinématographiques qui témoignent de la richesse du cinéma nippon, l’édition 2023 se déroulera du 6 au 8 octobre 2023 dans la magnifique Maison de la Poste de la Gare Maritime de Tour & Taxis.
Maison de la Poste
Tour & Taxi
Rue Picard 5/7 - 1000 Bruxelles
URL 13-18/10
10:30-
17:00Exhibition
Testimonies of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
78 years after atomic bombings, Documentary photos from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and DVD VideoEglise des Peres Carmes
Avenue de la Toison d’Or 45,1050 Bruxelles
URL 14/10 Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!
Online meeting with Jitsi Meet
by Thursday 12th October
URL 15/10 Meeting
Autumn Special Hanasôkai @ Hasselt Japanese Garden
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Hasselt Japanese Garden
Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 15, 3500 Hasselt
by Thursday 12th October
URL 20/10 (10.00-12.00)
Workshop
Initiation à la calligraphie japonaise
Atelier de calligraphie japonaise (en français)
Le Sho Do ou la voie d’écriture
La calligraphie japonaise lie le souffle et le geste pour former une écriture imagée pleine de poésie. Cet art hors du commun favorise la concentration. Il invite à un rapport privilégié au temps présent et à une forme de lâcher prise.
Prix : 19€ par personne
Inscription indispensable : +32 64 27 37 41
Informations : mediation@mariemont.beMusée royal de Mariemont
100 Chaussée de Mariemont – 7140 Morlanwelz (Hainaut)
URL 21/10
17:30-
20:00Lecture
Le théâtre Nô et ses costumes
La SAAMB a fait l’acquisition d’un costume Nô, spécialement fabriqué au Japon pour le Musée international du carnaval et du masque de Binche. À l’occasion de son arrivée imminente, le professeur Andreas Thele nous parlera du théâtre Nô et de ses costumes.Musée international du carnaval et du masque de Binche
Rue Saint-Moustier, 10
7130 Binche
URL 22/10 (11.00-12.30)
Demonstration
Cérémonie du thé
Cérémonie du thé (en français)
Un pavillon de thé dans les salles du musée royal de Mariemont ? Venez y assister à une cérémonie du thé avec un maitre de thé du Studio Wa et goûter le matcha traditionnel. Une occasion unique de vivre un moment de partage et de rencontre.
Prix : 19€ par personne
Inscription indispensable : +32 64 27 37 41
Informations : mediation@mariemont.beMusée royal de Mariemont
100 Chaussée de Mariemont – 7140 Morlanwelz (Hainaut)
URL 25/10
Lecture
Corps romantique ou post-moderne ? Le modèle somatique à l’œuvre dans Sôsô( la funèbre) de Keiichiro HIRANO
ULB-Solbosch Auditoire Depage (H 1302)
AV.F.D. Roosevelt 50 1050 BruxellesURL 28&29/10
Exhibition
Tri-annual Bonsai Exhibition from Eda Uchi Kai
Every 3rd year, Belgium bonsai club Eda Uchi Kai organizes a 2-day exhibition in Diepenbeek, where the best bonsai trees will be shown in a beautiful tokonoma setting.Diepenbeek
Servaasplein 14
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Date Category Title Venue Info 6/11
19:30Concert
CHAI
Since breaking out in 2018, CHAI have been associated with explosive joy. At their live shows, the Japanese four-piece of identical twins MANA (lead vocals and keys) and KANA (guitar), drummer YUNA, and bassist-lyricist YUUKI have become known for buoyant displays of eclectic and clever songwriting, impressive musicianship, matching outfits, delightful choreography, and sheer relief.Le Botanique
Rue Royale 236, 1210 BruxellesURL 11/11
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Online meeting with Jitsi Meet
by Thursday 9 November
URL 11/11 (Samedi) de 15h à 17h Conference & Tea Ceremony
Conférence (Le Culte de la Beauté à la Cour de Heian (794-1185)) & Cérémonie du Thé Japonais (Adina Mazzoni-Cernus - Blogueuse et conférencière|Yoko Hoogedeure-Kimura - Maître de thé)
Vivez une expérience passionnante et intime dans une maison privée à Uccle. Une plongée culturelle dans le Japon traditionnel !
Conférence - Adina Mazzoni-Cernus Le Culte de la Beauté à la Cour de Heian (794-1185)
La période Heian, également connue sous le nom de l'âge d'or du Japon, a été marquée par une effervescence créative exceptionnelle dans tous les domaines des arts sous Fujiwara, illustre famille de la noblesse. Après une brève présentation de la Cour, nous allons explorer la contribution de l'aristocratie à l’essor de l'autonomie culturelle et au culte de la beauté.
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Cérémonie du Thé Japonais - Yoko Hoogedeure-Kimura
Le chanoyu, rituel japonais ancestral, consiste en la préparation et la dégustation du thé vert en poudre matcha. Le Maître du Thé vous initiera à cette cérémonie codifiée, suivie d’une dégustation de matcha et d’une pâtisserie japonaise. Un moment de détente et d’échange, où vous pourrez apprécier l’esthétique de cette tradition.
En savoir plus sur la collaboration entre Adina & Yoko >> ICI
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1180 Bruxelles - Uccle
Places limitées : 12 personnes
Tarif : 40 € / personne
Inscription obligatoire par email : japontheway@gmail.com L’adresse sera indiquée uniquement aux participants après réservationl’adresse sera indiquée uniquement aux participants après inscription
1180 BRUXELLES UCCLEURL 16/11
19:00Conference
Godzilla et ses 70 ans, la naissance du Kaiju Eiga.
Immerse yourself in the world of Japanese cinema through an emblematic figure of popular culture “Godzilla” who has continued to fascinate since his creation in 1954.
Through this conference, Francesco, our “master speaker” will try to answer everything you always wanted to know about Godzilla.
How and when was he born? Who is its creator?
What does Godzilla mean? What is the link between Godzilla to the films of master Akira Kurosawa?
How many films have there been about this character since his existence in 1954?
Who are the actors and actresses who participated in these films? The evolution of Godzilla over the ages?
Is Godzilla a hero who wants to save humanity or destroy it? And what does Godzilla represent for Japanese society today?
Want to know the answers to all these questions, meet on 11/16 at 7
p.m. at the Mediathèque.W:Hall
Av. Charles Thielemans 93, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
URL 19/11
19:00Conference
A Discovery of Japanese Swordsmanship
The Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce and the Rōgetsudō Dojo are organizing a special event to discover the art of Japanese Swordsmanship. Iai is a Martial Art which developed in Japan from the beginning of the 17th century onwards. Professor Andreas Thele, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at University of Liège, will lecture about the spiritual, historical, and cultural background specific to the Japanese Martial Arts. Techniques will be demonstrated and explained by Benoit de Spoelberch, teacher of Musō Jikiden Eishin-ryū Iaijutsu.Rōgetsudō Dojo
48 rue Renier Chalon, 1050 BrusselsURL 21/11 (Tue)
20:00Theatre / Traditional Comedy
RAKUGO (And Other Comic Forms)
Rakugo is a 400-year tradition of comic storytelling. Katsura Sunshine is in his 5th year performing Rakugo on Broadway. He is joined by the great Italian comedian Luca Cupani for an evening of cross-cultural hilarity!Bouche à Oreille, Brussels
Rue Félix Hap 11, 1040 Etterbeek, BelgiumURL 29/11
19:00Concert
Cinema
CINÉ-CONCERT:Fûun jôshi 風雲城史, Restored by CINEMATEK
Ciné concert: to an original composition by Stéphane ORLANDO for the Erämaa trio, with Akiko OKAWA on violin and viola, Cédric DE BRUYCKER on clarinet and bass clarinet, Quentin MEURISSE on keyboard and electronics, and as special guest the Japanese musician Aki Sato on shamisen and koto. In co-production with the Forum de la Création Musicale
CINEMATEK
Baron Horta 9, 1000 Brussels
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Date Category Title Venue Info 1/12 (10.00-12.00)
Workshop
Initiation à la calligraphie japonaise
Atelier de calligraphie japonaise (en français)
Le Sho Do ou la voie d’écriture
La calligraphie japonaise lie le souffle et le geste pour former une écriture imagée pleine de poésie. Cet art hors du commun favorise la concentration. Il invite à un rapport privilégié au temps présent et à une forme de lâcher prise.
Prix : 19€ par personne
Inscription indispensable : +32 64 27 37 41
Informations : mediation@mariemont.beMusée royal de Mariemont
100 Chaussée de Mariemont – 7140 Morlanwelz (Hainaut)
URL 3/12
Miscellaneous
Copyright: Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Worldwide Official Website（https://www.jlpt.jp/）Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
Registration for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test at Ghent University has started and will end on September 1.Ghent University, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy,
Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent
URL 9/12
16:00-
17:30Meeting
Nihongo hanasoukai
Let's talk in Japanese ('Nihongo Hanasoukai') is an event organized by BNK (Belgian Association of Japanese Language Teachers) vzw/asbl.
We welcome all people interested in practicing speaking Japanese, as well as native speakers who want to exchange information or simply networking. Just come and join us!Online meeting with Jitsi Meet
by Thursday 7th December
URL 10/12 (11.00-12.30 & 14.00-15.30)
Demonstration
Cérémonie du thé
Cérémonie du thé (en français)
Un pavillon de thé dans les salles du musée royal de Mariemont ? Venez y assister à une cérémonie du thé avec un maitre de thé du Studio Wa et goûter le matcha traditionnel. Une occasion unique de vivre un moment de partage et de rencontre.
Prix : 19€ par personne
Inscription indispensable : +32 64 27 37 41
Informations : mediation@mariemont.beMusée royal de Mariemont
100 Chaussée de Mariemont – 7140 Morlanwelz (Hainaut)
URL 12/12 Workshop
BJA Exclusive Workshop - Synergizing cross-cultural business communication
The BJA Membership Committee is offering a unique cross-cultural business workshop for Japanese and non-Japanese participants to come together, to have an open discussion and learn how to best communicate and work with each other. The objectives of the workshop are to increase mutual understanding of other business cultures, to identify challenges and discuss about possible solutions, and to provide efficient communication tools to work better together – all via practical tools and insightful testimonials.
Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel
Avenue Louise 71, 1050 BrusselsURL 9-17/12 Exhibition
Testimonies of Hiroshima ' Nagasaki
Real fact of affairs actual accounts, of atomic bombing
Photos and FilmsGemeenschapscentrum
De Zeyp
Zeypstraat 47, 1080 Brussel (Ganshoren)
URL 17/12
Concert
Coudenberg Sound Box Fest. Fire. Tsubasa Hori & La Cetra d’Orfeo
Abandon yourself to the vital force that breathes in the darkness of the Coudenberg Palace and seek out the sounds between the memories of reminiscences and the future implied in the flickering lights. Tsubasa Hori, an electrifying percussion virtuoso, wants to show her audience how her Taiko drums, brought from Japan, can exploit the unique and generous acoustics of Coudenberg Palace.
Coudenberg Palace
Place Royale 10, 1000 Bruxelles
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