2025 Experience Japan Hanami Festival

On 27 April, Ambassador Shimada and his wife, Kaoru, attended the 2025 Experience Japan Hanami Festival in the grounds of Farmleigh House in Dublin's Phoenix Park. The Ambassador was joined for the opening on the main stage by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Emma Blain, Assistant Secretary General - Heritage & Capital Works Delivery, Office of Public Works, Ms Rosemary Collier, and the official character of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, MYAKU-MYAKU.