Embassy of Japan in Ireland
在アイルランド日本国大使館

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Our Activities (June 2007)

14,16,18/06/07

Masahiro Nitta Tsugaru Shamisen Concerts

The concert in Dublin

As one of the highlights among the ongoing commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland, Tsugaru Shamisen concerts by Mr. Masahiro Nitta were held in Dublin (National Concert Hall) on 14 June, in Cork (Cork City Hall) on 16 June, and in Donegal (Tullyarvan Mill, Buncrana) on 18 June. At the concerts, entitled "Dynamic Japanese Tsugaru Shamisen Meets Ireland", Mr. Nitta, with Mr. Dean Magraw (guitar) and Mr. John Williams (button accordion),  played a wide range of music from both Japanese and Irish traditional songs to his latest original tunes, which received a standing ovation from a large audience. We hope that the audience of both Irish and Japanese people at the concerts thoroughly enjoyed listening to this Japanese traditional music/instrument, Tsugaru Shamisen, as well as a new artistic experience generated by the fascinating fusion between Japanese and Irish music through the concerts.

13/06/07

Opening of "Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar Japan" Photo Exhibition and "Japan-Ireland Children's Art Exhibition"

The opening of the exhibitions

On 13 June, as part of the ongoing commemorative events for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Ireland, the "Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar Japan" photo exhibition (co-organised by the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation) and "Japan-Ireland Children's Art Exhibition" (organised by the Embassy of Japan) opened at the Atrium, Office of Public Works in Dublin.  The exhibitions include not only 83 photographs of children taken over the pastt sixty years by famous Japanese photographers such as Ken Domon and Kishin Shinoyama, but also 87 pictures painted by both Japanese and Irish children of kindergarten age. The exhibitions will continue until 4th July  (closed on Sundays), and we hope that many people will visit the Atrium.