Japanese Arts & Culture from the Centre of Utrecht
In our series of Japanese recipes, we also have a section of “pandesserts” – with pan Asian desserts, cakes, and more sweet delicacies & delights! Today, we proudly present you this pandessert: Takonoki – Japanese pandan dessert cake.
The first Japanese art that many people encounter is the art of paper folding: origami! In this video, Japan Fan Farah from Pakistan folds a cute little origami cat. A step by step follow along video.
In our series on Japanese music, we would like to introduce you to some Japanese folk songs on tenor recorder. The Japan Fans performed these (among others) at CAMERA JAPAN, the Manga & Japanese Culture Week in the Neude Library in Utrecht, and the Heuvelrug festival in Driebergen.
If you are interested in Japanese Culture & History, you have probably already come across many of the concepts listed in our Eight Japanese Habits to Boost your Wellbeing. Let’s check them out!
A haiku for a cat written by Martine and read in our Utrecht haiku group. Dedicated to the “dojo cat”, that wanders around our dojo – the place where we practice budo – and one time jumped on her bike.
The Japan Fans Utrecht organise concerts with Japanese music from the movies of Studio Ghibli. Read more about this Ghibli music concert series in this blog post!
It is with great honour and gratitude that we present on the Japan Fans website: an interview with mr. HORINOUCHI Hidehisa, the Japanese Ambassador to the Netherlands. We would like to thank the Ambassador for taking the time to answer our questions. きょうしゅくです!
Last Sunday, Hortus Overzee organised for the fourteenth time its cultural Japan Day, during which one could immerse oneself in special cultural, culinary and artistic atmospheres in and around the Japanese garden “Meeting of the Streams”. Among other Japan Fans, our board member Marieke was there.
While dreaming of our own Japanese Art & Culture Centre, the Japan Fans Utrecht have been working on a special project for over a year now – maybe you saw something passing by in our Facebook group?
