Location Palm House, Sefton Park Liverpool. 英国北西部日英協会 – JSNW SEFTON PARK MATSURI .
This event is free to attend.
… Celebrate Japan with hosts, JET AA NW and JSNW. Activities include Koto Performances, Japanese Food and Drink, Origami, Japanese Martial Arts, Calligraphy, Japan Garden Society, Kimono Dressing, Arts and Crafts, Bonsai. (Art & craft stations for Nejiribana, Calligraphy, Ikebana) …
We will also have a treasure map for the children. … and Taiko Drumming by Tengu Taiko and Kaminari Taiko.
Venue: Sefton Park, Liverpool, Merseyside L17 1AP
This event is supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. This event is free to attend.
Free to attend for members and non-members. Zoom details at the bottom of the article.
For lovers of art and Japanese ink painting join us for this special online talk and demonstration from master calligraphy artist Kōshū (Akemi Lucas)!
Beginning with a presentation about the history and techniques of sumi-e (墨絵), Akemi will also provide a live demonstration to bring this beautiful Japanese art to life before your very eyes!
Akemi Lucas began training in calligraphy (shōdo, 書道) at a very young age under the tutelage of Master Seizan Fujimoto. After qualifying as a calligraphy master at 24, Akemi was given the name Kōshū (紅秋; red autumn) and has had many high profile commissions for the likes of Kokoro Gin and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
She began to learn the art of sumi-e after qualifying as a master at the suggestion of her teacher, and found a whole new world of brush techniques and skills to explore and express her art.
In 2024 Akemi had her first book Sumi-e: The Mindful Art of Japanese Ink Painting published by Herbert Press, an imprint of Bloomsbury books and JSNW members are entitled to a 20% discount until June 30th 2025! JSNW members, please check your emails, next newsletter or get in touch at events@jsnw.org.uk for your discount code.
Akemi also teaches calligraphy and sumi-e courses online, with specialist residential courses available in Japan and by request in the UK. For more information visit: www.koshujapaneseart.co.uk
Join us at our next Taiko Drumming Workshop, Saturday 31st May @ 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Tim Parry Community Centre search for Cromdale Way Pre-School, Cromdale Way, Warrington WA5 3NY Thank you if you have already booked a place.
Learn the basics of Taiko in this workshop led by Jared Hardwick of Tengu School of Taiko.
The cost is £16 for JSNW members, and £22 for non-members.
Places are restricted to a maximum of 20. Please come along and enjoy yourselves. Email: events@jsnw.org.uk
Learn the basics of Taiko Drumming in this workshop led by Jared Hardwick of the Tengu School of Taiko. His passion for Taiko led Jared to start the school with an aim to provide access to this exciting Japanese performing art to adults and children alike. Since starting in 2007, Jared has gained substantial experience both in performing, and in teaching classes in workshops, both in schools and with adults. During his training, he has trained with Yoshikazu Fujimoto of world-renowned Japanese Taiko group ‘Kodo’.https://www.kodo.or.jp/en/about_en/member/yoshikazu
The cost is £10.00 for JSNW members, and £14.00 non-members.
Contact events@jsnw.org.uk to book a seat. (Pay on the Day or by Bank Transfer – email for details.). Note we only accept payments for the show in Liverpool.
Copyright JSNW/ Leigh Walmsley
A Photo from the visit in 2019 to Manchester of the English Rakugo Association. Copyright JSNW/ Leigh Walsmley
“We hold English Rakugo events regularly in Japan and abroad to spread the essence of Rakugo to non-Japanese speakers. Get a taste of Japanese culture through the traditional art of storytelling!”
“The history of Japan is often all about battles and warriors, samurai, and shoguns. But women also played a prominent role. I will talk about some of the extraordinary women in Japanese history, starting with Himiko the Shaman Queen and the powerful empresses of early Japanese history, all the way through to the militant feminists of the Taisho period, with of course lots of lovely illustrations.”
Lesley Downer first went to Japan on the very first year of the Wolfers Scheme, which later became known as the JET Programme. She lived in Gifu City for two years, followed by many more years in Japan. She spent some 15 years researching and writing the Shogun Quartet, four novels set in the crucial years between the arrival of Commodore Perry and the Meiji Restoration, and discovered that the true story is a lot more complicated.
The event is £10 for Members and £14 for non-Members.
One Coffee, or one Tea, or a drink, is included in fee.
If you have any questions or are interested in attending, please get in touch at events@jsnw.org.uk.
You can bring one of her books, which she has agreed to sign. Also, she will be bringing a few copies of her new book, “On the Narrow Road,” to sell as well. Please bring cash if you want to buy a book.
Event Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
“View of Edo” (Edo-zu) pair of six-panel folding screens (17th century). Public Domain
With support from The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, the Embassy of Japan in the UK., and the Japan Society.
From 11 AM, come and experience everything Japan has to offer, with live performances, market stalls, Japanese food and drink, and much more for the whole family.
Taiko Drumming, Kimono Dressing, Enka Singing, a cosplay competition, and many more!
Held at the Sugden Sports Centre in Central Manchester – Entrance to the event is free!
Only a short walk from Manchester Oxford Road Train station – Find directions here.
For the JSNW to continue, we need you to vote in a new committee. Your Support is essential. Please come, see how the Society is performing and have your say.
Saturday 29th June @ 2:00 to 4:30 pm
at Tim Parry Community Centre search for: Cromdale Way Pre-School, Cromdale Way, Warrington WA5 3NY
Please check your member emails for details. If you have not received an email (or are not a member but wish to join the society) please contact events@jsnw.org.uk.
This year we have a TalkAbout A Japanese Flag and its Story.
Presented by Andrew Clare – Free to Members.
“JSNW member, Andrew Clare, will talk about his quest to return a Japanese war flag to the family of a soldier who died during WWII. With the assistance of photos, he will discuss how he came by the flag as a 19-year-old Royal Marine, how years later he managed to identify the soldier and trace the living relatives.”
Take the opportunity to ask questions and make suggestions. Control the direction of the Society, and Elect the new Committee.
The Society needs your support at this important meeting.
You will be updated on the Society’s finances, membership, and activities.
It is also your opportunity to question, praise, encourage (or lambaste!) those who organise events or carry out the ‘backroom’ activities that keep the society afloat.
We need more members to join the committee so do step forward, and please put your name forward at the AGM.
AGM AGENDA
Welcome & Introduction
Approval of Minutes and Matters Arising
Reports of Officers
Audited Accounts for the Year
Nominations to the Committee
Election of Committee Members
Any Other Business.
Followed by Coffee, Tea, and the Presentation by Andrew Clare.
This show is sponsored by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
In association with JET Alumni Association NW we present:
“The Shogun’s Court”.
Saturday 18th May 2024 at 2:00 PM.
The Adelphi Hotel, Empire Suite
Edo Castle was Japan’s Versailles, from where the shoguns governed Japan for 250 years.
I will take my audience on a guided tour back in time and reveal the secrets of the outer and middle palaces and the mysterious ‘Great Interior’, where the shogun’s 3000 women lived lives of cloistered luxury. I will also talk about the westerners who visited Edo Castle and recorded their impressions, first a succession of Dutch merchants and then the American Townsend Harris who visited in 1858. Finally in 1868 Emperor Meiji entered Edo Castle and it became the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
KENJI invites you all to their GRAND OPENING event for their new Trafford Centre store on Saturday the 16th of March, 11am – 9pm!
We’re excited to announce that from 11am – 1pm on the day, Japan Society North West will be hosting THREE events in store: An Origami Station, Calligraphy Station AND a ‘Write your Name’ in Katakana Station on the First Floor!
Alongside this, there will be a live DJ in store all day, PLUS the first 100 customers to spend over £10 will receive a FREE GOODY BAG!
AND if that’s not all, there will also be in-store exclusive discounts on the day!
Find KENJI on the Upper Level of Regent Crescent, next door to the new M&S! Make sure you join us and we can’t wait to see you there!
The Trafford Centre is off J9 and J10 of the M60 in Manchester. Address here
