Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Promote and preserve the culture of Japan

As many of you know, last year I had the exceptional opportunity to spend six months in Japan as a fellow of the International Affairs and as a visiting scholar at the Tokyo University of agriculture. During my time at University I often eat lunch in municipalities with some of the pupils so can my Japanese language skills into practice and learn firsthand the Japanese people and their culture today. One day, when talking about how much I love our Japanese cultural events such as the O-Bon and Moonviewing in Garden in Portland, two young Japanese students looked intrigued. They said they tested or Festival and joked that perhaps I knew more about Japanese culture rather than never.

This call me with important insights and strengthened my commitment to advance our incredible Garden in order to facilitate the promotion and preservation of the culture of Japan. While most people associate the preservation of their culture in museums and exhibitions of artifacts and art work here in the Garden we have a unique opportunity to offer the dissemination of contemporary and traditional culture through business, and the exhibition with the assistance of the garden as a place to ensure a considerable cultural and aesthetic context.The garden has a long tea ceremonies and Ikebana demonstration added cultural festivals, such as children's day and Kiku Matsuri Hina Matsuri and extended offers which include many practical workshops in traditional Japanese garden techniques and practices, all these programs act directly to maintain traditional Japanese culture.

Equally important in the exceptional leadership of curatorial Diane Durston exhibition last year of Arts northwest Native Americans and the indigenous people of the Ainu in Japan makes the impact and innovative cultural comparisons.Impressive garden installation of glass art by Jun Kaneko in 2008 to attract an audience of entirely new for the garden, providing all the exciting and important convergence of modern Japanese artistic expression in the traditional setting.This year, we are with the contemporary Japanese art in the work of Indigo, textile artist, Shihoko Fukumoto in November and the traditional art with hidden art of Netsuke carving exhibition in June. these diverse programmes offer important perspective of Japanese culture with the garden as a background. these exhibitions and activities established customs and traditions of the past, as well as innovative ideas of this audience of today on the creative and unique ways that speak, sometimes slightly and sometimes very markedly.

Portland Japanese garden is proud to play a role in helping the local community and visitors from around the nation and the world (including perhaps some friends from Japan), with the beauty of Japanese culture, old and new, right here in our incredible garden.

– Steve Bloom

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