On the 20th of November, 18:00, Embassy of Japan in Lithuania and VMU Centre for Asian studies invite everyone to a unique show – puppet dance performance by Hiroshi Hori. The event will take place at Vytautas Magnus University Great Hall (Donelaičio 28, Kaunas). Dance performance will be accompanied by demonstration of kimono. The event […]

Mizuhiki is traditional Japanese art of ornamentation and is already 607 years old. For this ornamentation technique colorful paper chords are being used. From these chords various compositions and ornaments are made. While packing the gifts we use only ribbons but Japanese people use Mizuhiki to decorate the presents. Mizuhiki gives an especial meaning to […]

This Friday HASHI will present two traditional Japanese arts – calligraphy and ink wash painting. Japanese calligraphy (shodō) is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing. After the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive Japanese writing system developed and calligraphers produced styles intrinsic to Japan. Ink wash painting (sumi-e), also […]