Edinburgh Charity Event : Experiencing Japan

Konnichi wa from Petit Japon.

Women's Federation For World Peace Scotland (FFWPU Scotland) has come up with a charity event together with Petit Japon at St.George's West Church in 14th June.

It is so-called "Experiencing Japan"

The aim is to raise fund by enjoying experiencing a variety of Japanese cultures.

Date:14th June (Saturday) 14:00 - 16:00

Venue: St.George's West Church at West End of Edinburgh

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=St+George+West+Curch+Edinburgh&ie=UTF8&ll=55.953573,-3.18758&spn=0.02196,0.079994&z=14&iwloc=A

Admission: Free

We will offer Japanese cultural demonstrarions, Hand-on Experience and Japanese goods at the event.

• Japanese cultural demonstration

Kimono dressing :

You have a chance to try on a kimono and take a photography of it.

Japanese tea ceremony :

You enjoy feeling the Japanese tea cult in which is the traditional Japanese way of drinking tea in accordance with set rules of etiquette.

Shamisen :

You enjoy listening to the Shamisen playing

• Hand-on Experience

There is a variety of indoor activities such as Origami (Folding Japanese paper), Brush calligraphy and Colouring of Japanese themes for children.

• Stalls

FFWPU Scotland produces various goods related to environmental-friendly, original and hand-made.

• Lucky Dip

You may be able to have a great gift from the Lucky Dip. Attractive and valuable items will be available. Let's try your Luck!

We are looking forward to seeing you at the fun event!

Thank you very much for visiting Japanorama

Konnichiwa (Hello in Japanese) from Petit Japon.

First of all, thank you very much for visiting Japanorama at Perth Museum and Art Gallery yesterday.We are glad that all of you enjoyed doing Japanese activities and got interested in some of Japanese cultures.

We would like to introduce our home town in Japan.It is so-called Tokamachi-city in Niigata Prefecture in Japan, located in the northern part of Japan, about 130 mile away from the centre of Tokyo.

http://www.joshin-etsu.jp/english/08-09/index.htm

We are famous for the best rice producing, nice ski resorts, the beautiful snow festival, cozy hot springs (Not with monkeys) and silk kimono design and manufacturing.The cherry blossom in our home town has just started as it happens in Edinburgh area and the rice-planting season has come in.


The rice we produce, so-called "Koshihikari" brand, the tastiest and one of the best rice for sushi in Japan. The reason why the rice we produce is so different from others is due to heavy snowfall during winter.When tons of clear snow melt on mountains in the early spring and the Japanese longest river, so called "Shinano river" takes its water from melting snow on the mountains,
flows through our home town to the Sea of Japan. Therefore, clear meltwater makes our rice special.Surprisingly, it was the heaviest snowfall we had had in 80 years in winter 2005, about 40 feet in total snowfall accumulation within the season.

It is unbelievable isn't it?

It is so-called "Golden week" in this week in Japan. People get a week off or more and they take travels and have a lot of fun during this period.However, this is the busiest period for most of rice farmers in our home town to plant rice and take care of it.

Refer to below address for more about our rice
http://web-japan.org/trends/07_food/jfd071226.html



We have been also famous for silk kimono producing since the mid of the Edo period (1750s). At that time, Japanese started enjoying their fashion by wearing colorful kimonos due to the stable economy and the peaceful period.So people in our home town learned kimono design and manufacturing techniques originally from Kyoto, in which is located in the western part of Japan, then they brought them back to Tokamachi. After that, started producing local silk kimonos with Kyoto accents. This is the origin of our silk kimono production today.Therefore, it is easier to find out a variety of antique and newly designed kimonos and silk materials in our home town.

Refer to below address for more about local Kimono
http://www.pref.niigata.jp/sangyorodo/kankoshinko/en/contents/related/melissa/toyu/index.html

We will introduce more about Japanese culture in general and special occasions later on.

Have a nice weekend!!