Japanese Day in the Průhonice Botanical Garden 2024
The 15th annual Japanese Day in the Průhonice Botanical Garden, enriching program, ikebana, Japanese street food, workshops, vendors and a competition for the best yokai mask!
Preliminatory programme:
9:00 – 9:20 Police School Sports Club: Judo demonstration
9:30 – 10:30 Prague Sogetsu Study Group: presentation and ikebana workshop
10:00 – 10:45 Yōkai parade and the best mask contest
10:45 – 11:15 Opening ceremony of the 15th annual Japanese Day
11:30 – 12:30 Prague Sogetsu Study Group: presentation and ikebana workshop
12:00 – 12:20 Vlastislav Matoušek: shakuhachi bamboo flute performance
12:30 – 13:00 Children’s Studio of the Kyogen Theatre
13:05 – 13:35 Dance performance of the Yosakoi Hanamaru group
13:45 – 14:30 Kyogen Theatre
14:45 – 15:15 Katka Soustružníková: launch of a haiku double-collection ‘The Titmouse’
15:15 – 15:40 The Martial Arts Club of the Czech-Japanese Association
15:45 – 16:30 M. Reiter Fujita: Tea ceremony (Urasenke school)
16:30 – 17:00 Kyūdō Archery
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How to apply for the IKEBANA workshops: (All groups are FULLY BOOKED, thank you 🙂 )
– email the number of participants and their full name, as well as the desired time slot (9.30~ or 11.30~) to info@japan.cz until the 5th of September.
Fee: 250 CZK per person. Shall be paid in advance by transfer, we will send the banking information by email. Maximum number of participants: 10 per group
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Address: Zámek, 252 43 Průhonice
Organized by Czech-Japanese Association, Průhonická botanická zahrada – Botanický ústav AV ČR, Embassy of Japan in the Czech Republic and the Prague Sogetsu Study Group.
We would also like to extend our gratitude to our sponsors for their kind support of the event: