Don’t miss Japanese Culture Festival

Baku will host the Third Japanese Culture Festival aimed at bringing the two nations closer.

The colorful festival that will feature several events will be held at Baku State University on April 22.

Guests will enjoy traditional Japanese culture through music, dances, games, competitions, as well as delicious Japanese cuisine.

Workshops on origami (paper folding), ikebana (flower arrangement) and other Japanese fine arts will also be organized, Report.az reported.

Besides, guests of the event will be able to watch the theatricalized performance of Azerbaijan's fairytale “Tiq-Tiq Hanim” in Japanese language.

This year, Baku has already hosted a colorful Japanese Film Festival aimed at promoting the Japanese culture in the country.

The three-day festival featured five Japanese films such as "You're a good kid", "Letter", "Around Us", "The meeting with the mother of Pekoros" and "Tales of the city Kaytan".

Japanese Ambassador to Baku Tsuquo Takahashi attended the event.

Diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Japan were established in 1992. Relations between the two countries have continued to develop steadily. Japan was one of the first countries to support Azerbaijan's forward-looking oil strategy.

Japan has a fascinating and multifaceted culture; on the one hand it is steeped in the deepest of traditions dating back thousands of years; on the other it is a society in a continual state of rapid flux, with continually shifting fads and fashions and technological development that constantly pushes back the boundaries of the possible.