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2019 October 16 Kirigami (paper cutting) is one of the traditional Japanese vaudeville arts. A performer cuts a piece of paper with scissors into elaborate figures. It is often performed with music on a stage and excites the audience with its amazing speed and skill. In this class, a professional Kirigami performer, Ms.Chiaki, will teach you how to do Kirigami. A couple from Singapore participated in this program. First, the lecturer gave a Kirigami performance and made “drag

2019 October 11 A family from America participated in our program “Making Origami”. Origami is the art of folding paper into various figures. It is a part of traditional Japanese culture, and most children do origami at home or in kindergarten. This time, they made “Koma”(spinning top), “cat, “tulip”, and “butterfly”. The daughter of the family likes Origami and often does it at home. Her skill was very high, so the lecturer was very surprised. The daughter really looked like

2019 October 7 Every July 15th and August 15th, annual festivals are held in Hamamasu. Here is the video which introduces these festivals. You can see people carrying a portable shrine, dancing, and also fishing boats, which are flying the “Tairyo-bata” (fishing boat flags), returning from the sea. If you watch this video, you may feel you want to come and experience the real thing! #hokkaido #ishikari #hamamasu #japanesetraditional #japanesefestival