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• January 2019

Date	Category	Title	Venue	Info
01/28 02/04 02/11 02/18 02/25	Course	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 20:00	Concert	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

• February 2019

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 Email 0476 651546
02/10-24 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 Email 0032(0)477 234095
02/13	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 Email
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 Email
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 Email +32 486 14 13 30
02/16 15:00-17:00	Workshop	*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 Email 02 227 3403

• March 2019

Date	Category	Title	Venue	Info
03/02	Concert Exhibition Cinema	Charity 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 Email 02-425 74 05
03/04	Demonstration Concert	Une 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 sort	ULB Solbosch - Foyer Culturel Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt 50 1050 Bruxelles	URL Email
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 Email +32(0)85/25.03.59
03/09	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 Bruxelles	URL
03/23	Concert	Concert Feniks Taiko Feniks Taiko will play a benefit concert for children with learning disabilities.	Vrije Basisschool Meerlaar Meerlaarstraat 95 2430 Laakdal	URL Email 0479/42 12 51
03/30 at 14:00	Concert	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	Email 0479653255

• April 2019

Date	Category	Title	Venue	Info
04/06&07	Exhibition Cinema Lecture Workshop Meeting	Japanese 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 Email 0496/20.64.95

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.html
	Gojuryu 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.be
	Shishinkan	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.be
	The 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.be
	Brussels 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.be
Language	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.jp
Music	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.be
	Cha no Yu (Tea ceremony)		Voie de l'Orient, Rue du Midi 69, Bruxelles	0497.535380 (Thierry Geerinckx) http://www.voiesorient.be
	Tea ceremony		Musee royal de Mariemont, 7140 Morlanwelz	064/21.21.93 relation.publiques@musee-mariemont.be http://www.musee-mariemont.be
	Tea ceremony		Japanese Garden Hasselt	064/21.21.93 toerisme@hasselt.be http://toerisme.hasselt.be/en/482/ content/3742/japanese-garden.html
	Tea ceremony workshop		Center Culturel de Genappe, rue de Bruxelles 14, 1470 Genappe	0475/69.78.18 charles.van.overstyns@yucom.be
	Cha-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.html	ENDIKU 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.com
	Urasenke 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.be
	Eric 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 Morlanwelz	064 21 21 93 info@musee-mariemont.be http://www.musee-mariemont.be/index.php?id=1043
Miscellaneous	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 Uccle	0470 19 46 13 sophieprudhomme@free.fr
	Les Voies de l’Orient	Meditation	Rue du midi 69, 1000 Bruxelles	02.511.79.60 info@voiesorient.be http://www.voiesorient.be/?page_id=80
	Brussels Shogi Dojo		Outpost Game Center, rue de la Tribune 8, 1000 Brussels	Roland.Marounek@skynet.be 0496.227.097
	GO		Belgian Go Federation	belgium@european-go.org http://www.gofed.be
	Shôgi Belgium	Japanese chess	Boulevard de la Sauvenière 127-4000 Liège	shogi@passerelle-japon.be 0479.38.60.44
	Zen		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/