Two-day Japan Festival in Ahmedabad this weekend

Two-day Japan Festival in Ahmedabad this weekend
By our correspondent
Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 20 February, 2010

Two-day Japan Festival in Ahmedabad this weekend

Shinichi Lida, counsul of Japan in Mumbai at press interaction in Ahmedabad



Two-day ‘Japan Festival’ hosted by the Indo-Japan Friendship Association, Gujarat and Centre for Japanese Studies is starting today at Ahmedabad’s Ahmedabad Management Association in cooperation with the Consulate General of Japan, Mumbai and Hitachi Home and Life Solutions.

The festival is showcasing four popular Japanese art forms- Ikebana(decorative flower arrangement), Sumi-e(brush painting), Origami(Paper craft art) and Karate(Martial art) through range of workshops and demonstrations, open for all. Several films would also be screened during the festival.

The Indo-Japan Friendship Association’s Gujarat chapter was founded in 1975.