We kindly invite you to the fifth Japanese cultural festival and a tenth  bonsai and suiseki exhibition in Alytus, which will be held from September 2nd until 4th by Lithuania Bonsai Association and “Black Scissors” community. VMU Centre for Asian Studies is one of the partners of the event and many of VMU students will be volunteers in this festival.

Attendees will be able to see artists from around the world with their bonsai trees and suiseki, have a look at traditional kimono, enjoy Japanese theater Kiogeno performance, attend variuos lectures about Japanese culture. The second day of the festival, Saturday, will be designed for children, for this reason usual lectures will be complemented by workshops. Each day of the event will end with jazz artists from Japan performance.

This year’s festival brings noble mission – the last day of the festival, September 4th at 6pm will be held the closing concert, during which visitors will be invited to share their kindness and support fund “Rugutė”, which is taking care of children with cancer.

More information about the venue and the full program of the event at www.bonsai.lt and Japanese Arts Festival Facebook page.

Event partners: Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, Alytus City Municipality, Alytus City Theatre, Charity and Support Foundation “Rugutė”, VMU Centre for Asian Studies.

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