The Spirit of Kanji at the Utrecht Stadskantoor
From 4 February to 1 March 2023, the Japan Fans present posters of The Spirit of Kanji at the Utrecht Stadskantoor. Will you drop by to take a look?
Category:Japanese Events in The Netherlands
Japanese arts in ACU Utrecht
Perhaps you had already come across them here & there in Utrecht? They hang, lie and stand in community centres, libraries and cafés, among other places: the results of our artistic research “The Spirit of Kanji“. From 1 October, we will exhibit more of our Japanese arts in ACU Utrecht.
Ghibli Music Concert Series
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!
The Spirit of Kanji
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?
The Lost World Exhibition
Maan means Moon and from the 16th of May onwards, she invites her audience to join her on a journey to the Land of the Rising Sun. This blog post is a personal reflection on the opening of Maan’s “The Lost World Exhibition”.
Mini Matsuri in Culemborg
Most of the Japan Fans’ events are in the centre of Utrecht, but last Friday, we had a “mini matsuri” (in Dutch, we call that a “matsurietje”) in Culemborg.
Hanami in Utrecht (the Netherlands)
Hanami (花見, “viewing flowers”) is the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the ephemeral beauty of flowers; in this case, flowers (“hana”) almost always refer to those of the cherry tree (“sakura”) or, less often, those of the plum tree (“ume”).