We would like to announce that “Yukata Try-out V” will be brought to you on 24 August for all Japan lovers who would like to try wearing Yukata, Japanese summer traditional outfit. New bees to Yukata, people who have never tried wearing Yukata before will be prioritized for registration. The size of the Yukata is Japanese adult size (medium).
This time, we divide the event into two sessions so that people can join according to the availability. This time the limited participant is ten people ( 8 females and 2 males ) for one session thus we’d like to request to register if you are truly interested in the event.
We suggest you wear comfortable clothes – shirts without collar and pants not too long as you will wear Yukata upon your clothes. Do not forget to bring your ID card. Please register via Japan Foundation messenger by dropping your name, phone number and the session you want to attend. You can also bring your friends to observe and take photos. We will close the registration on Friday, 23 August 9 am.
As we will pick up the participants randomly, for those who register together with their friends in groups, we would like to inform in advance that there is no guarantee that everyone in your group will be chosen. We will contact to those who are chosen by phone in the afternoon of 23 August Friday. We would like to welcome those who do not get the phone call to next Yukata Try-out.
The Japan Foundation, Yangon brings you the second photo exhibition of “Beauty of World Heritage in Japan” photo exhibition series, this time, we will exhibit the photos of Japan Natural world heritage sites under the theme (The Nature). The photos include the sites of unspoilt and off-the-beaten-truck rainforests, mountains, islands of Japan where the endangered species of flora and fauna live and the remaining beech forests existing since 8,000 years ago. You can experience Japan’s untouched nature and its spectacular geography.
Come join us to watch nice Japanese films at the Japan Foundation, Yangon!
Every month, on Saturday, we have film screening event called “Saturday Yoke Shin” where we show the films of various kinds such as drama, comedy and of various themes such as Yakuza, Samurai, high school, etc. For this month, we have chosen “Mameshiba” (幼獣マメシバ) and will show the movie on 17 August, next week Saturday. The entry is free for everyone! Come join us!!
Plot
“Mameshiba” (幼獣マメシバ) is a film adaptation of the TV series which depicts the journey of a middle-aged man with a two-month old puppy in search of his mother who has run away from home. The film has a rich lineup of established actors from TV dramas, films and stage performances under their belts, including Sato Jiro who stars in this film. One day Jiro (Sato Jiro), a 35-year old unemployed male who has never stepped out of his town, runs into Ichiro, a Mameshiba puppy with a red scarf around its neck. Ichiro turns out to be a puppy Jiro’s runaway mother had sent for her family to come looking for her. To find his mother, Jiro has to venture out into the world.
Good Morning
(original title: Ohayo / 1959 / 2013 / 94 min / Color)
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Screenplay: Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda
Cast: Koji Shitara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada
©1959/2013 Shochiku Co., Ltd.
The film will be shown with English subtitles.
Talk by Dr. Aung Min
Talk will be in Burmese translated to Japanese.
Free Admission.
Organized by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government,
The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar,
Japan Foundation, Yangon
Synopsis
Several families live alongside each other in rows of small houses in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. One of them is home to the Hayashi family, comprised of office worker Keitaro, his wife Tamiko, her younger sister Setsuko, and their elementary school age sons Minoru and Isamu. The boys pester their parents to buy a television but to no avail, so they spend all their free time with the other neighborhood children ensconced in the home of a young couple with the only television on the block. Meanwhile, breaking wind becomes a fad among the local kids, and they pour their energies into trying different methods of producing flatulent sounds on command. Meanwhile, a minor dispute breaks out among the local housewives over fees for the local women’s association.
Tamiko admonishes Minoru and Isamu for persistently pleading for a television, and Keitaro angrily scolds them for saying unnecessary things. The children retort that adults say needless things too, such as “Good day,” “Good morning,” and “Nice weather we’re having.” Then they implement a new strategy: a vow of silence…
Field Trip Project Asia is an open art initiative responding to recent natural disasters.
The ultimate purpose of this project is to create awareness and provoke dialogue about various aspects of natural disasters, environments and beyond, and how they could be used to connect people and create communities through compassion and art. Social media and the fast world of digital communication are making the world a smaller place where what happens thousands of miles away affects us all in different ways, and it is crucial yet challenging to foster these physical engagements.
The project will launch in Yangon; the biggest city of Myanmar which is a nation in reformation in every sector. There are many things about social and communities’ problems; namely civil conflicts, poverty of livelihood, education and economy crisis. As many other reforming countries, Myanmar faces challenges to revitalize its people both mentally and physically to cultivate their knowledge, especially to raise in behaviors for basic humanity, ethics, sympathy and freedom from fear. Field Trip Project Asia – Myanmar will be introduced to people to re-think about their society through our mobile creations.
Field Trip Project Asia – Myanmar is co-curated by Daisuke Takeya and Aung Myat Htay (SOCA).
At the Japan Foundation Yangon, we have “Origami Club”, a regular monthly activity, where the people who are interested in Japanese origami and paper quilling can come and try new origami and paper folding methods.
This time, we will make the backpacks and very sophisticated key chains by using paper quilling method. People who love to do paper craft are very much welcome to join this event held in the Japan Foundation, Yangon. Join us to know how to make nice key chains with easy items to give as presents to loved ones. Please register via Facebook messenger to join by dropping your name and phone number not later than 12 pm on August 2.
Origami Club
Date : 3 August, 2019
Time : 10 am ~ 12 am
Place : Japan Foundation, Yangon, No. 70, Nat Mauk Lane (1), Bahan Township.
Expected participants : 15 ppl (maximum) Entry : free
* The discussion and talk will only be in Japanese and Burmese.
*Organized by:
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government,
The Embassy of Japan in Myanmar,
The Japan Foundation, Yangon
The “Saturday Yoke Shin”, is the monthly movie screening program of The Japan Foundation, Yangon.
The entry is free, and everyone is welcome !!!!
And this month movie is “SHODO GIRLS !!”
On this month of Saturday Yoke Shin, we have chosen Director Ryuichi Inomata’s SHODO GIRLS Young
The story is about the young and adorable high school girls who are trying to save their town from economic crisis and their love for calligraphy.
Saturday Yoke Shin : Shodo Girls
Date: 13 July 2019
Venus: The Japan Foundation, Yangon
++++ Admission Free++++
Chuo City in Ehime Prefecture was known as “City of Paper” as it is the place that produces the papers of best quality in Japan. However, the city is not as prosperous as those good old days because of the long recession. There is the Shodo (Calligraphy) Club in high school and everyone have their own talent in club but lack in team’s sprit. The vice-captain, Kana spent three years in club and who have the passion to win in competition. The new transfer teacher Ekezawa become advisor of the club and his idea of drawing calligraphy with music is impressed by everyone and become a new direction to the club. And then the club join the competition under the captain Sato but suffer the failure due to weakness of team work.
Can she make the change the situation of her town ‘s economy and the calligraphy club???
And How? Just come and find out those answer on the screen of our Saturday Yoke Shin Time.
“Origami Club”, one of the well-known and popular activities of Japan Foundation, will be held on 6 July, coming Saturday. This time Sayama Hninn Si will teach how to do beautiful paper umbrella and do beautiful paper decoration by using kirigami technique. People who love to do paper craft are very much welcome to join this Origami Club held in the Japan Foundation, Yangon. Either craft master or craft learner, can enjoy this event because we will start from the very basic paper crafting to much more enjoyable advanced level crafts. Please register via Facebook messenger to join by dropping your name and phone number not later than 12 pm on July 5.
Let’s feel summer days of Japan while sinking in the beauty of photos in “Summer Days” exhibition.
As a part of our photo exhibition series, this time we are going to exhibit the beauty scenery of Japanese gardens in Summer time by the art works of famous Japanese photographer Mr. Mizuno Katsuhiko.
In this series of exhibition, we have selected photo panels which show the beauty of Japaense gardens in summer time. Anyone who come to the exhibition willl know what it’s like to be in summer in Japan. So, please find time or save time and come enjoy the photo exhibition.
About Mizuno Katsuhiko, The Photographer)
Mizuno Katsuhiko was born in the Kamigyou ward of Kyoto city in 1941. He is a graduate of the Department of Literature, Doshisha University, and he completed a postgraduate course at the Tokyo Sogo Photography College. He has specialized in photographing the scenery of Kyoto since 1969. He has also contemplated the traditional culture of Japan, and so he has continued to come forth with works in the editorial category.
In 2000, he inaugured his own photo gallery spaces, the Machiya Shashinkan or “Townhouse Photo Hall”, opening it to the public.
His Landscapes for small spaces won the gold prize in the Home & Garden category of the Fore Word 2002 Book of the Year Award, sponsored by Fore World Magazine.
He is a member of the Japan Photographers Association and the Japan Photographic Art Society.
He has had 140 books published, the majority of which have been photo collections.
