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Date Category Title Venue Info 01/28
02/04
02/11
02/18
02/25Course Sake, a series of courses on Japanese drinks
Sake and other Japanese drinks are unknown and unloved. Syntra Midden-Vlaanderen is organizing a series of courses that will allow you to discover the fascinating world of Japanese artisanal beverages, with the careful guidance of Peter Kupers, certified sake-expert.
Lesson 1 – an introduction to sake
Lesson 2 – discovering the complexities of sake
Lesson 3 – atypical sake
Lesson 4 – foodpairing with Ko’uzi sushi
Lesson 5 – Shochu, fruit liquors and other Japanese drinks
1730 Asse
Z5 Mollem 20
1730 Asse
URL 01/31
at 20:00Concert Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Mitsuko Uchida
Mahler Chamber Orchestra – Mitsuko Uchida piano, conductor
Programme
Piano Concerto no. 19, KV 459 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3 Stücke (Lyrische Suite) Alban Berg
Piano Concerto no. 20, KV 466 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Hearing the famous Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida play is always a pleasure. Her sensitive musicality, her rigour and her excellent knowledge of Mozart’s work, culminating in several high-flying and award-winning recordings, have sealed her reputation as a premiere interpreter of the Viennese composer’s piano music. Her presence is so vivid and so familiar – she has been performing in some of the world’s leading concert halls for over 40 years – that she has almost become part of our musical landscape. It’s as if she’s always been there. She will perform two of Mozart’s best-known compositions, while conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from behind the piano. Engaging in refined musical dialogue with Uchida is this magnificent ensemble, which was founded 20 years ago by Claudio Abbado.
BOZAR
Henry Le Boeuf Hall
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 BRUSSELS
URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 02/09-10 Exhibition
Lecture
Demonstration‘Best of’ 20 Years Trophy – International Bonsai Show
Admire 120 of winning and nominated bonsais from all former Trophy bonsai exhibitions and from the Ginkgo Award. See also the exclusive exhibition of antique and modern bonsai pots.
More than one hundred bonsai traders from all over Europe will be present.
Limburghal
Jaarbeurslaan 6
3600 Genk
URL
0476 65154602/10-24
Saturday and Sunday 14:00-18:00 (and by appointment)Exhibition A new wave of Japanese printmaking
This exhibition focuses on Japanese young contemporary printmakers: seven artists who studied at Musashino Art University in Tokyo and continued working as artists after their graduation. Their works, even if different, coincide in their way of struggle and finding the essence of expression in the process through printmaking (drawing, using layers, printing etc…), using various techniques (Intaglio, lithograph, woodcut and silkscreen). This means that elements of printmaking process become an essential part in the creation of their artwork. In their work, you can see the presence of nature, climate humidity, the change of seasons or a desire for the inner picturesque, which may be related to Japanese introverted personality.
The title “New wave of Japanese printmaking” is inspired by “The great wave of Kanagawa” which is one of the most famous works from Hokusai. This image has become one of the most recurrent when referring to Japanese printmaking. However, Japanese printmaking has changed and received influences from other cultures and movements making it evolve at the same time that uses the essence of its history as a background. This title refers to constant movement and how Japanese printmaking hasn’t stayed stocked into the past and has become something alive that renews itself with “new waves” of artists who incorporate new elements into the existing base culture. It would be great if this will be the answer to the question of what contemporary Japanese printmaking is.
Artists:
Momoko Akaike
Ayane Sato
Narimi Ochi
Chihiro Taki
Kana Nemoto
Asumi Hayashi
Koyuki Kazahaya
Epreuve d’Artiste | Graphic Art Gallery
Oudekerkstraat 64
2018 Antwerpen
URL
0032(0)477 23409502/13 Meeting Conference with Keiichirô Hirano and Corinne Atlan
Japanese night with the writer Keiichirô Hirano and his French translator, also writer, Corinne Atlan - especially known for her translations of Haruki Murakami – in one of the greatest bookshops in Brussels. This event is bilingual (French/Japanese).
715 chaussée d’Alsemberg
1180 Uccle
URL 02/15 Conference L'Amour dans la littérature Japonaise
Par l'écrivain Keiichirō HIRANO
Traduction par ATLAN, auteur et traductrice
ULB-SOLBOSCH Salle U.B.5.230
FB 02/15-05/11 Exhibition Voice and Sound Waves
The Japanese Scene WITH YUKIO FUJIMOTO, ATSUSHI NISHIJIMA, Collective SOFTPAD (TAKUYA MINAMI, ICHIRO AWAZU, HAJIME TAKEUCHI, HIROSHI TOYAMA), MAMORU AND LYOTA YAGI.
Felix Frachon Gallery gives “carte blanche” in “LE 26 BY” to Anne-Laure Chamboisier, an art historian and a curator who has been conducting researches on artists working with sound and music in Japan for the past 4 years.
“Le 26BY” is an independent cultural platform located in a beautiful Brussels house, created by Félix Frachon Gallery, a gallery established in Brussels in 2016 by art collector Félix Frachon, engaged in introducing mostly non-european artists developing multidisciplinary practices.
This exhibition invites the public to live a sensory experience through the interactive manipulation of sculptural objects and the listening to a variety of sounds. The diversity of the mediums of this exhibition - sculpture, installation, drawings, videos, witnesses the great quality and plurality of Japanese contemporary creation, through the eyes of three generations of artists. This exhibition offers to eight of the most important artists in Japan today, a significant visibility in Europe. Among them, Yukio Fujimoto is one of the pioneer figures of contemporary creation in Japan. In the 1970s, he focused mainly on composition and electronic performance and, in the mid-1980s, he began to produce sound objects. Having close artistic relationships with Atsushi Nishijima, the Softpad collective and Yagi Lyota, the scenography of the central space of the exhibition is the result of a collaboration, creating a subtle dialogue between their works. These artists have been exhibited in prestigious museums, such as The National Museum in Osaka, the Museum of Modern Art in Shiga or National Center of Art in Tokyo, among others.
Mamoru, a very talented emerging artist, occupies another space with an extremely poetic video installation where text, image and sound invite the viewer to open up to an unexpected space, where our common perception of things is disrupted.
With respect to its importance, this exhibition received the precious support of the JAPAN FOUNDATION.
Production Manager: Isabelle Olivier.
Open Thursday to Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00 and by appointment. Access: tram 93, 94, Abbaye station
26 BY
26 rue St Georges
1050 Brussels
URL
+32 486 14 13 3002/16
15:00-17:00Workshop *Origami*. Dessin, engraving, pliets, amuse with the space and time
Aimée Yamamloto is also a fan of Japanese folding called *Origami* that she never ceases to realize,almost for fun.
The paper truly lives under his fingers,with an astonishing celerity...
14 Place of Martyrs
1000 Brussels
URL
02 227 3403
Date Category Title Venue Info 03/02 Concert
Exhibition
CinemaCharity event, 8th Commemoration of East Japan Earthquake
Program;
12:30-16:30 Bazaar of Japanese Goods, Foods, Pottery & Mangas
14:00-15:00 Concert;
Japanese Chorus & Barbershop harmony Chorus
15:00-16:20 Documentary DVD Film “Morgen”
Free Entrance
La Chapelle de l’Eglise Notre-Dame de Stockel
Rue Henri Vandermaelen 23
1150 Bruxelles
URL
02-425 74 0503/04 Demonstration
ConcertUne après-midi au Japon...
Après-midi de la culture japonaise
À partir de 11.30
Démonstration de préparation et vente de sushis et de spécialités japonaises (curry japonais, ebi-furai...)
par Maître Yosuke SUETSUGU (Restaurant NONBE DAÏGAKU)*
13.00
Démonstration et stage de calligraphie
par Maître Nakano HOSHU
14.00|14.50
Musique classique japonaise - Concert KOTO
par Maître Aki SATO
Ventes de thé vert de Azumaya et de pâtisseries japonaises du Maître Yasushi SASAKI
*3 prix à gagner par tirage au sortULB Solbosch - Foyer Culturel
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50
1050 Bruxelles
URL 03/07 Concert Fate Gear Live
Fate Gear is a 100% female power rock band from Japan. Their Steampunk style and their energy will turn you mad. Atelier Rock is really happy to welcome the band for their first ever European Tour on which they will present their third album "7 years ago".
Atelier Rock Huy
Quai Dautrebande 7
4500 Huy
URL
+32(0)85/25.03.5903/09 Concert FUKKO CONCERT 2019
A charity classic music concert for the victims of Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku region of Japan in 2011.
* This event is supported by the Embassy of Japan in Belgium.CONCERT NOBLE - EDIFICIO
Rue d'Arlon 82
1000 BruxellesURL 03/20-24 Cinema Japan Square Filmfestival
The 10th edition of the Japan Square Film Festival is starting from Wednesday the 20th till Sunday the 24th of March in the arthouse cinema Studio Skoop in Ghent.
Programming 10 films of different genres for everybody interested in Japanese Culture.
We welcome Yukiko Mishima, director of the opening film ‘Dear Etranger’ (on 20/3), show a personal message from Sang-il Lee, director of ‘Rage’ (on 23/3) and each film will be professional introduced by Luk VanHaute or Tom Mes. For this edition we'll 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
+32 9 225 08 4503/23 Concert Concert Feniks Taiko
Feniks Taiko will play a benefit concert for children with learning disabilities.
Vrije Basisschool Meerlaar
Meerlaarstraat 95
2430 Laakdal
URL
0479/42 12 5103/30
at 14:00Concert Spring Charity Concert
Concert to the benefit of “Wavre solidarité” and of “Caritas KAMAISHI for the victims of the 2011 tsunami”. Classical Concert (Beethoven, Lysight, Miyagi, Ravel) and Japanese folk melodies.
Musée des instruments de musique
Rue Montagne de la Cour 2
1000 Bruxelles
047965325503/31-06/21 Exhibition 90 days of light
Solo show of the artist, Michiko Van de Velde at the Japanese garden of Hasselt. She questions the poetic relationship that has always existed between people and spring light. Rather than playing with the medium of light, her approach is to use her Japanese and Belgian backgrounds as a tool. This season is, for her, a reminder of our inner light's ability to bloom.
Japanse Tuin van Hasselt
Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23
3500 Hasselt
URL
+011 23 52 00
Date Category Title Venue Info 04/01-05 Japan Week SEMAINE DU JAPON
Lundi 01/04 – 19h-20h – Local A2/5/11
Cours de langue japonaise : Japon Q&A : On répond à vos questions !
Mardi 02/04 – 11h-12h – Local A2/4/17
Présentation : NAGAI Yuri (doctorante ULiège), Ensor et le japonisme - Fantaisie japonaise -.
Mercredi 03/04 – 11h-13h – Local Philo 1
Conférence : Professeur CARBONNET Adrien (KUL), Les relations belgo-coréennes à l’âge des impérialismes (1875-1919).
Jeudi 04/04 – 10h-11h – Local A2/5/16
Présentation d’étudiants du MA2 Chine-Japon : Mon séjour Erasmus au Japon
– 18h30-19h30 – Complexe Opéra, Salle Pousseur
Conférence: S.E.M. HAYASHI Hajime, Ambassadeur du Japon, Japan and Belgium: Different Nations with Common Challenges.
Vendredi 05/04 - 17h-19h - Salle Lumière
Conférence : JOURNET-NGUYEN Thanh-Trâm, Musée Cernuschi - Ecole du Louvre, Au gré des saisons, peintures de l’école Rinpa (XVII-XXe Siècle).
Centre d’Études Japonaises
Université de Liège
Rue de Pitteurs, 20
4020 Liège
URL 04/03-07 Cinema COURTISANE FESTIVAL 2019 // Artist in focus: Tsuchimoto Noriaki
After the focus dedicated to the work of Ogawa Shinsuke and Ogawa Productions in 2017, Courtisane will present a programme of the films of Tsuchimoto Noriaki, one of the most important postwar documentary filmmakers of Japan. The program will comprise of a varied selection of his films from the period 1963 — 1984, including some of his rarely shown first documentaries directed for Iwanami Productions, two films about the Japanese student movement as well as a selection of the influential films he dedicated to the victims of the Minamata mercury poisoning disaster. In order to gain further insight into the practice and vision of Tsuchimoto Noriaki we have invited filmmaker John Gianvito, whose work is greatly influenced by Tsuchimoto’s methods, and scholar of Japanese studies Aaron Gerow, who will give an illustrated lecture about the work of the director.
VARIOUS LOCATIONS GHENT
URL
+32 496 200 60504/06&07 Exhibition
Cinema
Lecture
Workshop
MeetingJapanese Dog Weekend 2019
Japanese dog weekend in the Japanese garden in Hasselt with several activities. Saturday evening april 6 (18-22h) ‘nocturne’ with Japanese diner and Japanese movie ‘Hachiko Monogatari’ with Dutch subtitles. Please subscribe on www.inucrew.be
Japanese Garden Hasselt
Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23
3500 Hasselt
URL
0496/20.64.9504/19-21 Game EASTER TOURNAMENT WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL 2019
This year, Great Britain (World Championship 2018 1st place), Japan (9th place), The Netherlands (10th place), Brasil (15th place) and South Africa (no rank) will participate in the tournament.
Please come and support the Japanese team!
Friday 19th 19:00~: Japan vs The Netherlands
Saturday 20th 9:00~: Japan vs South Africa
Saturday 20th 15:00~: Japan vs Great Britain
Sunday 21st 9:00~: Japan vs Brasil
Entire Program: http://rolstoelbasketbal.eu/program-2019/
Sport Vlaanderen Blankenberge
Koning Boudewijnlaan 15/B
8370 Blankenberge
http://rolstoelbasketbal.eu/program-2019/
URL 04/20
15:00-17:00Meeting 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. No registration is required. Just come and join us!
Av. des Citronniers 58
1020 Bruxelles
Metro No.6 Roi Baudouin
URL 04/24-06/08 Exhibition JUNKO OKI Exhibition "TRULY INDISPENSABLE"
OPENING: Wendnesday, 24 APRIL at 18:00
Solo exhibition of Junko Oki who produces works of art by original embroidery.
http://www.junkooki.com
https://officebaroque.com/artists/32/junko-oki
Office Baroque
Place du Jardin aux Fleurs
1000 Brussels
URL
32 484 599 228
Date Category Title Venue Info 05/10-08/18 Exhibition Images and illustrations from the Japanese Edo period (1603-1868)
An exhibition featuring some of the finest works from the magnificent collection of ancient Japanese books in the Rare Books Reserve of UCLouvain Library will showcase the art of images and illustrations. Aiming to promote the rich diversity of Japanese culture, Japan donated more than 13 600 books to the Université catholique de Louvain in the 1920s, the oldest dating back to the 13th century. At the time, it was regarded as the most beautiful collection housed outside Japan. The vast majority of the items were created during the Edo period ( 1603 —1868 ), considered one of the great eras of artistic and cultural development, when not only society but also attitudes to art were evolving. Against this backdrop, the ukiyo-e movement developed, introducing innovative themes that reflected the interests of the urban bourgeoisie : female beauties and famous courtesans, erotica, the theatre and sumo wrestlers, fantastic creatures and nature. E-hon, Japanese picture books with accompanying text, are one of the most remarkable examples of the works produced during this period and feature strongly in the collection donated to the University. The Japanese prints held by Musée L, together with the collection from the Rare Books Reserve of the UCLouvain Library will provide an opportunity to admire the handiwork of Japanese grand masters such as Hiroshige, Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Utamaro, Kunisada, Harunobi and Toyokuni. Visitors will also be able to learn about the skills and techniques used to create these images and illustrations.
Place des sciences, 3
1348 Loivain-la-Neuve
URL
010 47 48 4105/11
15:00-17:00Meeting 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. No registration is required. Just come and join us!
Av. des Citronniers 58
1020 Bruxelles
Metro No.6 Roi Baudouin
URL 05/12
15:00-17:00Concert
ConferenceThe 3rd Global Health Seminar Event in Belgium May 2019
"The Child-raising Culture with Love in Japan is Great!"
Child-raising ways by the Japanese culture
Presents by: JAPAN GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE
Pediatric specialist, Dr Nobuyuki KODANI, invites you to join his talk on Japanese culture and child education. How can we improve communication between parents and their children?
Does Japanese have traditional secrets for parent-child communication?
How do Japanese parents raise their children?
Dr. Kodani aims to raise awareness and create a message for future generation.
Soprano Hiroko MASAKI, Flutist Marc GRAUWELS and Harpist Ingrid PROCUREUR,
Introduce you the delicious Japanese musical universe.
Language: Japanese (summary projection in English)
* This event is supported by the Embassy of Japan in Belgium.
Palais des Beaux- Arts Studio PBA
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 BruxellesURL
Book ticket05/19
at 11:00Workshop “Kaiseki Ryori” Workshop
The BJA is organizing an exclusive Kaiseki Ryori workshop led by the two Master Chefs, Mr. Yosuke Suetsugu of Nonbe Daigaku and Mr. Tomoyasu Kamo of Restaurant Kamo in Brussels.
Restaurant Kamo
Chaussée de Waterloo 550a
1050 Brussels
URL
02 644 14 0505/26 Concert
Miscellaneous30th Concert & Tasting Wine
15h-16h: Concert: A. Sato (Koto,), Y. Takamizo (Sax), T. Kakiuchi (Piano). Bolling, Saint-Saëns, Tomasi, Nakayama, …
16h15-17h30: 6 season culinary preparations (M. Iwakame, Chef), 3 wines (Wine & food comments, R. Guiot, sommelier)
Les Pêcheries
Rue des Pêcheries 97
1170 Watermael-Boitsfort
Date Category Title Venue Info 06/02
13:30-17:00Meeting 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.
プログラム：
13:30 ～受付
14:00 ～15:00 「話そう会」
15:00 ～15:30 休憩
15:30 ～16:00 歌いましょう会
16:00 ～17:00 自由に園内散策 解散
参加費 : 無料
No admission fee, but Registration is required.
ただし、事前申し込みが必要です。
申し込み：参加ご希望の方は、お名前とメールアドレスを下記のメールアドレスに5月31日（金）までにお送りください。
この日以降にお申し込みの方は入園料をお支払いいただくことになります。
Registration is required. Please inform us of your name and email address to hanasoukai.limburg@gmail.com by 31st May(at 23:59). Those who apply after this date（31st May） will be required to pay the entrance fee of Japanese garden.
Japanese garden
Gouverneur Verwilghensingel 23
3500 Hasselt
URL 06/24
at 1900Workshop Sake Night at Souvenir
In a first collaboration Kanpai, the biggest sake specialist in Belgium and Souvenir, a celebrated restaurant in Gent present a unique dinner pairing quality sake with the unique creations of chef Vilhjalmur Sigurdarson. An event not to be missed! Contact the restaurant directly to book your table!
Restaurant Souvenir
Brabantdam 134
9000 Gent
URL
09 335 60 73
Date Category Title Venue Info 07/27
12:05-13:05Concert Beiaardbespeling Ayako Vander Poorten
Ayaka zal het beste van zichzelf geven tijdens de beiaardbespeling op de wekelijkse markt.
Kerk van Meise
Oudstrijdersplein
1860 Meise
URL
Tel.: 028 92 20 82
Date Category Title Venue Info 08/05&06
13:30-16:00Exhibition Testimonies of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
74 years after atomic air raid
After 74 years of atomic air raid in Hiroshima and Nagasakai, you can look back on the real fact of affairs.
Mission de Scheut
Che de Ninove 548
1070 Bruxelles
08/22
at 14:00Concert Hide&Seek Festival:
Mieko Miyazaki (Japan) @ 'Le Peruchet' Puppet Theatre
CONCERT + VISIT
The puppet theater “Le Peruchet” has puppets from all over the world, with a large collection of dolls from Asia. For this reason we program music from the Far East. With Mieko Miyazaki we invite a master of the koto, a 13-string zither, who has been honored countless times in Japan. Miyazaki is also a gifted singer. The concert will be followed by a guided tour of the museum and surroundings.
‘LE PERUCHET’ PUPPET THEATRE
Avenue de la Forêt 50
1050 Ixelles
URL
Email02/217.26.00
Date Category Title Venue Info 09/04-15
12pm-7pm
Vernissage:
09/05
7pm-10pm
Mandatory reservationExhibition
WABI SABI : The world of Beauty
With Showzi Tsukamoto
Master of Kintsugi- Urushi & Maki-e
A unique exhibition! For the first time in Europe, Sensei Showzi Tsukamoto will display his Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century enhanced with gold by the extraordinary technique of Kintsugi, as well as a selection of its finest jewels.
L’Arbre à Plumes – Rollebeek Galerie des Arts
28 rue de Rollebeek
1000 Brussels (Sablon)
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/06
1pm-5pmWorkshop
Discover Kintsugi 1 DAY workshop : Beginners
Learn the art of Kintsugi—repairing ceramics using lacquer dusted with precious metals. While it usually takes more than a month to finish a Kintsugi piece, Showzi have developed this lesson so you can participate in this craft in one afternoon. With his guidance, you'll apply lacquer and 24-karat gold powder using the traditional techniques and methods. You'll leave with your own Kintsugi piece as a souvenir of the experience.
Institut Bruno Lussato Fédier
Avenue de la sapinière 52-54
1180 Brussels
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/06-10/05
Opening:
09/05Exhibition
Daisuke Iguchi
First exhibition in Europe of the ceramic artworks of Daisuke Iguchi.
Rue de Praetere 7
1050 Ixelles
URL
02 503 03 5109/07
1pm-5pmWorkshop
Course
Discover Kintsugi 1 DAY workshop : Beginners
Learn the art of Kintsugi—repairing ceramics using lacquer dusted with precious metals. While it usually takes more than a month to finish a Kintsugi piece, Showzi have developed this lesson so you can participate in this craft in one afternoon. With his guidance, you'll apply lacquer and 24-karat gold powder using the traditional techniques and methods. You'll leave with your own Kintsugi piece as a souvenir of the experience.
L’Arbre à Plumes – Rollebeek Galerie des Arts
28 rue de Rollebeek
1000 Brussels (Sablon)
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/09-13
1pm-5pmWorkshop
Masterclass of Kintsugi 5 DAYs workshop : for advance students
This 5-day workshop is dedicated to ceramic professionals, lacquerers or restaurateurs. Sensei will deliver you his secret techniques and will address the compositions of simple and compound fractures. The material (lacquer, gold, brushes and pieces of ceramics at different stages are included in the price)
L’Arbre à Plumes – Rollebeek Galerie des Arts
28 rue de Rollebeek
1000 Brussels (Sablon)
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/14
10am-5:30pmLecture
Stopover in Japan: Conferences and discovery of the art of the Do
10:00 am: coffee reception
10:30 am to 11:15 am: lecture by Mr Baudouin Decharneux (Martial Art Philosophy)
11:15 am to 12:00 pm: Lecture by Mr Charles Van Overstyns (Chado)
1:45 pm to 3:45 pm: Me Showzi Tsukamoto –Kintsuigi & Wabi-Sabi Conference: the world of beauty.
16h - 17h30 (max): martial arts demonstrations - kendo club Yo-shin. Kyudo
Musée Royal de Mariemont
Chaussée de Mariemont 100
7140 Morlanwelz
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/15
1pm-5pmWorkshop
Discover Kintsugi 1 DAY workshop : Beginners
Learn the art of Kintsugi—repairing ceramics using lacquer dusted with precious metals. While it usually takes more than a month to finish a Kintsugi piece, Showzi have developed this lesson so you can participate in this craft in one afternoon. With his guidance, you'll apply lacquer and 24-karat gold powder using the traditional techniques and methods. You'll leave with your own Kintsugi piece as a souvenir of the experience.
L’Arbre à Plumes – Rollebeek Galerie des Arts
28 rue de Rollebeek
1000 Brussels (Sablon)
URL
+32 476 23 51 5209/15
10:00 - 19:00Competition
Sport- running event
Team Belgium Run to Tokyo
Enjoy the Olympic & Japanese atmosphere of this unique event celebrating the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020.
Form a team of 5 runners and run the distance of a marathon in relay. Your team will also be able to win ‘time bonusses’ at one of the sports challenges. Many Olympic athletes will be present to cheer for the participants and to participate themselves to the activities.
The Run to Tokyo will bring a bit of Japan and the Tokyo Games to Brussels.
It’s a perfect team-building activity open to all supporters, family & friends.
More than ever, participating is more important than winning.
Drohme - Hippodrome de Boitsfort
114 Chaussée de la Hulpe
1000 Bruxelles
URL
Date Category Title Venue Info 10/08
10/15
at 19:30Concert 
Brussels Piano Festival
Brussels Piano Festival give recitals every Tuesday in October. We invite 2 great Japanese pianists, Atsushi Imada on the 8th, Tomoharu Ushida on the 15th, this year. We would much appreciate if we could share this fantastic opportunities together.
Brussels Town Hall, Salle Gothique
in Grand Place
URL
049465477010/05
20:00Concert
Piano Recital Kotaro Fukuma
The worldly renowned Japanese pianist KOTARO FUKUMA (www.kotarofukuma.com) makes his comeback to Belgium after his successful recital last year in Antwerp. This time he will perform in Ghent, and bring a romantic program around Beethoven and Schumann:
Beethoven : An die ferne Geliebte op. 98 (transcription by Liszt)
Beethoven : Sonata no. 23 in f minor op. 57 "Appassionata"
- break –
Schumann : Widmung (transcription by Liszt)
Schumann : Fantasy op. 17
CULTUURKAPEL SINT-VINCENT
Sint-Antoniuskaai 10
9000 Gent
URL 10/07
at 18:00 & 20:30Concert
Dance
Il Corpo Dentro
Festival Artonov
A performance that combines Buthoh dance, Bauhaus design and music.
In the exceptional setting of the Villa Empain, the opening night of the ARTONOV Festival pays tribute to Bauhaus for the one hundredth anniversary of the movement born in Weimar. Il Corpo Dentro is a show created by three artists: Sonia Biacchi (costume designer), Atsushi Takenouchi (choreographer and Butoh dancer) and Hiroko Komiya (musician), who engage in different aesthetic approaches yet possess similar philosophies. The original costumes in Bauhaus style, on loan from the Venice Theatrical Research Center, are inspired by the three-part ballet of Oskar Schlemmer. The staging by dancer Atsushi Takenouchi highlights the forms of the space building a true architecture of the body.
Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67
1050 Ixelles
URL
046812177410/09
at 20:00 & 21:30Miscellaneous
Cartographie Sensorielle
Festival Artonov
A performance that combines culinary art, poetry, parfum, sensations and music.
Ryoko Sekiguchi, writer
Trami Nguyen, musician, visual and performance artist
Sugio Yamaguchi, chef
Each city has its own mapping system reflecting its shadows, its portrait, catered to those who want to travel by foot or on motorised vehicles. And for those who move a bit differently? Is there a city map for the birds? For dogs? It would be the same for us, if we were to move with our eyes closed; the landmarks necessary to reach our destination would become completely different. We would feel the heat of the sun hit us as we walk into an open square and the smell of butter coming from the bakery around the corner. This evening, it is the perfume of jasmine flowers who will show us the way. Each living being relies on its senses to guide them in the world. So, does a city map for ghosts exist? And for ourselves, in our dreams, which map would serve us?
MAD Brussels Fashion and Art Platform
Place du Nouveau Marché aux Grains 10
1000 Bruxelles
URL
046812177410/13
14:00-17:00Demonstration
Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony at La Maison Cauchie
Join us in the beautiful settings of the Cauchie House for an unforgettable traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony held by Saian Ansyu, a certified Tea Master from Japan.
After the tea ceremony, you will also do a guided tour of the first floor, a masterpiece of Art nouveau rich in Japanese influences.
* Duration of the ceremony + visit : 1 hour
* Starting time in French: 14h00 or 14h45
* Starting time in English: 15h30 or 16h15
You will have the possibility to choose your preferred starting time and language when buying the tickets.
La Maison Cauchie
Rue des Francs 5
1040 Bruxelles
URL
0473 64 26 9710/18-04/19 Exhibition Cool Japan
Cool Japan showcases the world’s fascination with Japanese visual culture.
Using historic highlights from its own Japan collection and selected loans, the MAS shows how contemporary icons are predicated on a long tradition.
Not only is there lots to see, there’s also lots to do. Visitors can converse with Pepper, the humanoid robot. For fans of comic books and graphic novels, there are thousands of mangas to choose from for a good read.
Cool Japan is an exhibition of the National Museum of World Cultures, the Netherlands adapted by the MAS, Antwerp.
MAS | Museum aan de Stroom
Hanzestedenplaats 1
2000 Antwerp
URL
+32 3338440010/19
20:00Dance
Kara-da-Kara by Azusa Takeuchi
(Belgian premiere)
Young Japanese choreographer Azusa Takeuchi echoes Martha Graham’s words that “the body never lies and the more time goes by, the more traces become visible” to present “a piece on the body’s existence”, questioning the foundation of certain philosophies that distinguish the body from the soul. To address the soul and summon ghosts, she has crept into the light installation by the visual artist Nicolas Villenave (The song of filament) consisting of 81 bulbs that create waves around her flexible, deliberately contorted body. In a moving space featuring a sky of stars or a sea of fireflies, the installation produces a rhythm in tune with the dancer’s movements, which live musician Shinjiro Yamaguchi strives to recompose with great finesse.
With the meanings of the words “kara” (void), “karada” (body) and “dakara” (because), Azusa Takeuchi provides the keys to a performance in the form of meditation, extreme care and attention, and infinite poetry rooted in Japanese culture.
Charleroi danse - Les Ecuries
Boulevard Pierre Mayence 65c
6000 Charleroi
URL
Regular Events in Belgium
Category Name Detailsl Place Contact Martial Arts Bunbukan Karate Shitoryu / Ryukyu Kobudo Budo Club Berchem Sainte-Agathe 0475 910 901
alain.berckmans@bunbukan.be
http://bunbukan.be/index.htmlGojuryu Brussels Gojuryu Karate Gymnasium Auderghem (Mon & Fri)
Ecole Park Shuman (Sat)0472/97.07.40 or 0473/23.39.36
m_sanglier@hotmail.com
http://gojuryu.be/Brussels Shorinji Kempo Traditional Japanese martial art Gymnasium Auderghem (Mon & Fri)
Stade Communal Ixelles (Sat)0472.22.09.31
contact@shorinjikempobruxelles.be
www.shorinjikempo.beShishinkan Tenshin Shoden Katori Ryu (classical weaponery school) & Okinawa Kobudo http://www.shishinkan.be/ Association Francophone D’Aïkido Stages, training and lesson Place Marcel Broodthaers 8 bte 5, 1060 Brussels 02.537.47.62
afa@aikido.be
http://www.aikido.be/Taiho Jutsu Belgium Taiho Jutsu - Japanese police self defense Dojo du Cinquantenaire - Rue abbé Cuypers, 9 - 1040 Etterbeek Contact:
+32 (0)4 92 73 10 06 (Julien)
http://www.taihojutsu.beThe Essentials of Martial Arts Course of No and Aîki-ju-jitsu given by Ecôle SAYU Dojo du Brochet, rue du Brochet 55, 1080 Brussels 0496.24.23.93 (Bruno Marin)
lesdeuxspirales.be@gmail.com
http://lesdeuxspirales.free.fr/Brussels Yaegaki-kai Iaido training, Japanese sword techniques pl. St Job 20, 1180 Uccle 0486/460.434 (Y.Kanto)
http://www.yaegaki-kai.beBrussels Shotokan Karate-do Sawada Academy Sport Complex VUB, Entrée No.8, Bld.Triomphe, 1050 Brussels 02/734.31.74
http://www.sawadaacademy.com/Union Belge d'Aïkido - UBeA Aïkido seminars and lessons avenue Orban, 225, 1150 Bruxelles 02 770 62 90
www.aikido-belgique.be
infos@aikikai-belgium.beLanguage Japanese Conversation Courses From elementary to advanced GLTT Campus Rode, Hall m.ikeda@skynet.be Japanese Language Course with the method "Japanese for busy people" Brussels Language Activities (BLA), Rue J.G.Eggericx 3, 1150 Brussels 02.358.28.97 (Rode), 02.361.60.96 (Halle)
info@gltt.be
http://www.gltt.be/Belgium Japan Association Friendship Committee (BJA-FC) Various events to "meet and talk" with anybody, of any culture, without any constraint http://www.bja-fc.be/ Let's Talk in Japanese (Nihongo Hanasokai) Learners of Japanese and Japanese people talk freely http://www.bnk-nihongo.be/ Calligraphy Japanese Calligraphy and Ink Drawing "SUMIE" The ancient Japanese way of restoring one's energy while concentrating on a peaceful brush line. UDA, Av. de l'Assomption 73, 1200 Brussels 02.764.46.95
bxl@universitedesaines.be
m.ikeda@skynet.be
http://www.universitedesaines.be/Atelier Calligraphie Japonaise Bibliotheque de Sesame & Maison du livre de St-Gilles 0486.905.137
satorutoma@gmail.com
http://www.calligraphiejaponaise.sitew.com/Cours de Calligraphie Japonaise Japanese calligraphy lesson Atelier or participants home More info
becrimus-shodo@yahoo.co.jpMusic Tatake! Taiko Drumming courses, workshops, events 0475.270.870
info@tatake-taiko.be
http://www.tatake-taiko.be/Feniks Taiko Japanese Drum lesson & workshop Bibliotheque de Sesame & Maison du livre de st-gille grete.taiko@hotmail.com
http://www.fenikstaiko.be/Atelier de flûte Japanese flute (shinobue) courses Ask the organizer atelierdeflute@gmail.com
http://atelierdeflute.blogspot.be/Koto Shamisen Koto at the Ikuta School, Jiuta shamisen at the Nogawa School lesson. +32 498 54 68 27
akiverg@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/akisato.koto/Tea Ceremony CHADO Course of tea ceremony Berlaar (Lier) 03.482.14.40 (Staf Daems)
stafdaems@hotmail.com
http://www.urasenke.beCha no Yu (Tea ceremony) Voie de l'Orient, Rue du Midi 69, Bruxelles 0497.535380 (Thierry Geerinckx)
http://www.voiesorient.beTea ceremony Musee royal de Mariemont, 7140 Morlanwelz 064/21.21.93
relation.publiques@musee-mariemont.be
http://www.musee-mariemont.beTea ceremony Japanese Garden Hasselt 064/21.21.93
toerisme@hasselt.be
http://toerisme.hasselt.be/en/482/
content/3742/japanese-garden.htmlTea ceremony workshop Center Culturel de Genappe, rue de Bruxelles 14, 1470 Genappe 0475/69.78.18
charles.van.overstyns@yucom.beCha-no-yu:Tea ceremony Introduction to Cha-no-yu : Tea ceremony : 01 learning the base of host Initiation à Cha-no-yu: la cérémonie du thé :01 apprendre la base d’hôte
http://saikouan-en.blogspot.be/2014/08/introduction-to-cha-no-yu-tea-ceremony_22.html
http://saikouan-fr.blogspot.be/2014/08/initiation-cha-no-yu-la-ceremonie-du-01.htmlENDIKU asbl: Square Alfred Baron Bouvier, 1060 Brussels 0495.27 80 12
saian@saikoproject.com
http://www.saikoproject.com/saian00.html
http://saikouan-en.blogspot.com
http://saikouan-fr.blogspot.comUrasenke Chadou Tankokai Belgium See http://www.urasenke.be/Certified Tea Ceremony Instructors. Various places in Belgium, see http://www.urasenke.be/uk/cours.html contact@urasenke.be Chantal Verdoodt Wednesday afternoon 2 x a month. av. des Jacinthes 4 – 1030 Brussels tél 02/2451076
chantal.verdoodt@skynet.beEric Franchimont Email for details. Liège ericfranchimont01@gmail.com Ikebana Izumi-Yans Ekuko I give lessons of ikebana following the request, and some demonstration of ikebana. atelier vert, 18 les Tailles, Houffalize 6661 ekukoyans@hotmail.com Cours d’Ikebana 1 jeudi par mois 10h30 ou 13h30
Chaque année, des cours d’Ikebana – art floral japonais – sont donnés à Mariemont par un maître de l’école Ohara, pour les débutants comme pour des personnes ayant déjà une certaine pratique.
L'Ikebana, c'est l'art de composer des bouquets qui mettent les fleurs, les branchages et les feuillages en valeur selon certaines règles et méthodes qui varient suivant les écoles.
L'observation de la nature est très importante, car l'accent est mis sur les saisons, le processus de croissance des végétaux et la beauté de l'environnement naturel. Pratiquer l'Ikebana permet de se retrouver face à la nature et face à soi-même: une forme de méditation active qui nous laisse entrevoir un message de simplicité devant ces végétaux par essence éphémères.Musée royal de Mariemont
Chaussée de Mariemont 100
7140 Morlanwelz064 21 21 93
info@musee-mariemont.be
http://www.musee-mariemont.be/index.php?id=1043Miscellaneous Japans Cultureel Centrum vzw Courses in various Japanese arts and craft Linterseweg 108, 3440 Zoutleeuw, and on location 0475.270.870
info@japanscentrum.be
http://www.japanscentrum.be/Atelier de fabrication et pliage de furoshikis Tous les derniers samedis de chaque mois, je vous propose de fabriquer votre propre furoshiki et d'apprendre à faire les nouages pour en faire le sac de votre choix !
Le furoshiki est un tissus carré qui appartient à la tradition japonaise et dont le nouage, selon sa dimension, permet de créer des emballages d'objets (bento, cadeaux, etc.), des sacs pour sortir ou des sacs pour faire les courses, et même des vêtements improvisés ! C'est un objet très fonctionnel et écologique qui peut être simple ou élégant, selon les envies de chacun !
Le prix est de 25 euros, tissus non compris. Des tissus japonais, des unis, et de très beaux tissus fleuris (de chez Rowan) seront en vente sur place.Adresse des ateliers:
"L'atelier de Myna "
114 rue Meyerbeer, 1180 Uccle0470 19 46 13
sophieprudhomme@free.frLes Voies de l’Orient Meditation Rue du midi 69, 1000 Bruxelles 02.511.79.60
info@voiesorient.be
http://www.voiesorient.be/?page_id=80Brussels Shogi Dojo Outpost Game Center, rue de la Tribune 8, 1000 Brussels Roland.Marounek@skynet.be
0496.227.097GO Belgian Go Federation belgium@european-go.org
http://www.gofed.beShôgi Belgium Japanese chess Boulevard de la Sauvenière 127-4000 Liège shogi@passerelle-japon.be
0479.38.60.44Zen Ask the organiser zen@azb.be
http://www.azb.be/IYASHI Shiatsu course given by Annelies Declerck and Ronny Massa Tweekleinewegenstraat 71, 3001 Heverlee 0474/83.64.01
annelies@iyashi.be
http://www.iyashi.be/SHINZUIKAI Shiatsu course given by ShinzuiKai Rue du Congrès 2, 1000 Brussels / Koningsstraat 62, 8400 Oestende 0478.522.388
http://www.shinzui.be/Atelier Sashiko Lesson and workshop of Sashiko: traditional Japanese stitching by Japanese researcher and artist ENKIDU asbl
Square Baron Alfred Bouvier 6
1050 Brussels0495 27 80 12
sashikobel@gmail.com
https://ateliersashiko.weebly.com/
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