Update from JICC
2023/5/24
This month we launched a new exhibition which focuses on the art of indigo-dyeing. Aizome - The Craft of Japanese Indigo-dyeing runs until 28 July 2023 and is open weekdays, 10am - 5pm (closed weekends, UK bank holidays). Admission is free but photo ID is required. Advance bookings can be made here. Come and learn about one of the oldest plant dyes in existence and it's popularity in Japan since being introduced approximately 1400 years ago.
Ambassador Hayashi attended the Kyoto Prize at Oxford earlier this month. Launched in 2017, the Kyoto Prize at Oxford features lectures and panel discussions held by the previous year's laureates. You can read more here. Ambassador also visited Imperial College London and learnt of recent collaborative research venutres as well as meeting with Japanese exchange students. Read about the visit here.
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Ambassador Hayashi attended the Kyoto Prize at Oxford earlier this month. Launched in 2017, the Kyoto Prize at Oxford features lectures and panel discussions held by the previous year's laureates. You can read more here. Ambassador also visited Imperial College London and learnt of recent collaborative research venutres as well as meeting with Japanese exchange students. Read about the visit here.
To follow Ambassador's latest news, check the Ambassador's Activities page here.
Hiroshima G7 Summit, 19-21 May
The G7 Hiroshima Summit 2023 took place from 19 to 21 May. PM Sunak attended the Summit as well as engaging in bilateral talks with PM Kishida at a Japan-UK Leader’s Working Dinner. You can read further details about the Working Dinner here. The meeting was held in a traditional Japanese room meaning that attendees needed to remove their shoes as is custom when walking on tatami (straw) mats. On this occassion, PM Sunak delighted his host PM Kishida, who is a Hiroshima native, by wearing socks of the local professional baseball team, Hiroshima Carp.
During the Summit, along with fellow leaders, PM Sunak visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and left the following message in the guest book. "Shakespeare tells us to “give sorrow words”. Yet language fails in the light of the bomb’s flash. No words can describe the horror and suffering of the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But what we can say, with all our hearts, and all our souls, is no more."
For more links about the G7 Hiroshima Summit and related meetings check here.
During the Summit, along with fellow leaders, PM Sunak visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and left the following message in the guest book. "Shakespeare tells us to “give sorrow words”. Yet language fails in the light of the bomb’s flash. No words can describe the horror and suffering of the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But what we can say, with all our hearts, and all our souls, is no more."
For more links about the G7 Hiroshima Summit and related meetings check here.
