<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809</id><updated>2011-11-16T01:33:40.585Z</updated><category term='Art Exhibition'/><category term='cultural event'/><category term='concert'/><category term='workshop'/><category term='Japanese event'/><title type='text'>Special Events / イベント</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-5637528698851273347</id><published>2011-10-12T00:48:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T01:33:40.623Z</updated><title type='text'>Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFt1nIgmmYg/TqBMwuQLccI/AAAAAAAAACU/J_EOMQ90ftU/s1600/Untitled-1%2Bcopy.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFt1nIgmmYg/TqBMwuQLccI/AAAAAAAAACU/J_EOMQ90ftU/s200/Untitled-1%2Bcopy.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665612731165405634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; &lt;font size="+1"&gt; Arts for Japan &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fri 4 Nov 7:00-9:30pm Guitar Concert wit Hid&amp;eacute Takemoto &amp; Art Exhibition - all works for sale&lt;br /&gt;Sat 5 Nov 11:00am-5:00pm Art Exhibition - all works for sale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artisits;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Cavaciuti - Brush painting&lt;br /&gt;Lesley Coxon - Painting&lt;br /&gt;Clare Crouchman - Ceramics&lt;br /&gt;Mandy Davis-Kent - Painting&lt;br /&gt;Gas Kimishima - Pottery&lt;br /&gt;Emi Gordon - Letter cutting / calligraphy&lt;br /&gt;Helen Martino - Pottery&lt;br /&gt;Melanie Max - Painting&lt;br /&gt;Tomo Murakami - Mixed media, painting &lt;br /&gt;Maki Nariuchi - Bingata Batik&lt;br /&gt;Rika Newcombe - Mixed media&lt;br /&gt;Noriko Sasaki - Painting&lt;br /&gt;Kazuko Seberry - Crafts with Japanese material&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All profit will be donated to the Japan Red Cross via Embassy of Japan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; We have raised and donated £877.64 to the Japan Red Cross from this event.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you very much for your generous cooperation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-5637528698851273347?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5637528698851273347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5637528698851273347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2011/10/japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-appeal.html' title='Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFt1nIgmmYg/TqBMwuQLccI/AAAAAAAAACU/J_EOMQ90ftU/s72-c/Untitled-1%2Bcopy.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-6121987161729274932</id><published>2011-05-24T15:19:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T01:13:16.902+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art Exhibition'/><title type='text'>Exhibition of Paintings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#003333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibition of Paintings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;by&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fruzsina Kerridge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1st - 14th June 2011&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;9:00am - 5:00pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Exhibition of Paintings&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Landscapes, Still lifes and Figures in Oil, Watercolour and Pastel&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artbyfruzsina.yolasite.com"&gt;www.artbyfruzsina.yolasite.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk"&gt;www.camopenstudios.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-6121987161729274932?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/6121987161729274932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/6121987161729274932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2011/05/exhibition-of-paintings.html' title='Exhibition of Paintings'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-4205158132598832511</id><published>2011-03-27T15:47:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:54:52.293+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert'/><title type='text'>Charity Concert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S7TSGywu7hQ/TZBGRHPYsNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/J0bYmyVo0os/s1600/CharityConcert.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S7TSGywu7hQ/TZBGRHPYsNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/J0bYmyVo0os/s200/CharityConcert.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589044397382086866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 東北関東大震災復興支援チャリティ・コンサート&lt;br /&gt;We are holding a charity concert to support the recovery of Japan from Tohoku-Kanto Great Earthquake as follows;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date: Sat 2 April　4月2日（土）&lt;br /&gt;Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)　午後7時開演　（午後6時半開場）&lt;br /&gt;Venue: The Kaetsu Educational &amp; Cultural Centre　嘉悦センターにて&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter MacFarlane - Bagpipe&lt;br /&gt;武本英之 Hide Takemoto - Guitar&lt;br /&gt;辻美舟 Mifune Tsuji - Violin&lt;br /&gt;滝本澄子 Sumiko Takimoto - Piano&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Followed by mini raffle + drink reception&lt;br /&gt;コンサートに引き続き、ミニ福引大会とドリンク・レセプション&lt;br /&gt;Free admission with donation&lt;br /&gt;入場無料　寄付をお願い致します&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/concert/1.html" target="_top"&gt;Photos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to your generosity we raised £1,610.00 on the evening.&lt;br /&gt;Total of £2,810.00 was raised in the past two weeks with charity events at the Kaetsu Centre and it has been donated to the Japanese Red Cross via the Embassy of Japan.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your continuous support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-4205158132598832511?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/4205158132598832511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/4205158132598832511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2011/03/charity-concert.html' title='Charity Concert'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S7TSGywu7hQ/TZBGRHPYsNI/AAAAAAAAAB8/J0bYmyVo0os/s72-c/CharityConcert.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-354378678621394993</id><published>2011-03-22T11:03:00.010Z</published><updated>2011-03-28T09:20:40.897+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Japan Earthquake &amp; Tsunami Appeal</title><content type='html'>Japan Earthquake &amp; Tsunami Appeal&lt;br /&gt;Charity Draw&lt;br /&gt;日本震災援助福引大会&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fri 25 March 2011&lt;br /&gt;7:00pm -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raffle tickets 50p / tickets, ￡2.00 / strip&lt;br /&gt;Available now (Kaetsu Centre Office) and on the day&lt;br /&gt;抽選券　１枚５０ペンス、５枚２．００ポンド&lt;br /&gt;現在嘉悦センターオフィスにて販売中　当日も御購入可&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Programme&lt;br /&gt;(Stage) Karate &amp; Shorinji Kempo Demonstrations&lt;br /&gt;(Stage) Grand Draw&lt;br /&gt;(Foyer) Japanese newspaper displays, Drink reception (￡2.00 donation), Mini shoulder massage (￡5.00 donation)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our big thanks to the sponsors;&lt;br /&gt;Abe, Yuki 阿部勇樹　日本代表 Leicester City F.C.&lt;br /&gt;Aoto, Ryuko - Indian head massage / reflexology&lt;br /&gt;Boots&lt;br /&gt;Cambridge Belfry Hotel Spa &amp; Leisure&lt;br /&gt;Cambridge United F.C.&lt;br /&gt;CurrysPCWorld&lt;br /&gt;Isono, Yukiko - Flower arrengement&lt;br /&gt;Polhill Garden Centre - Coton Orchard&lt;br /&gt;Scudamore's Puting Company&lt;br /&gt;Staples&lt;br /&gt;Superdry&lt;br /&gt;Suzuki, Minako - Indian head massage / reflexology&lt;br /&gt;Teri-aki&lt;br /&gt;Tesco&lt;br /&gt;Yo! Sushi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you can come and support Japan!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/earthquake%20appeal.pdf"&gt; poster &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/earth-j.pdf"&gt; poster japanese&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to your support we raised £1,125.50 from the Charity Draw event.&lt;br /&gt;This will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross via Embassy of Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1kv0DzZS-Ms/TYiDoN2fyJI/AAAAAAAAABk/P1hRzijl4xQ/s1600/Teriaki%2Blogo%2B001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 117px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1kv0DzZS-Ms/TYiDoN2fyJI/AAAAAAAAABk/P1hRzijl4xQ/s200/Teriaki%2Blogo%2B001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586860064689342610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LhP557myMgk/TYiDn36kZOI/AAAAAAAAABc/HlFpprWbu08/s1600/Cambrige%2BU%2BFC%2Blogo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p8P9EWLTJEk/TYnhPPqcGgI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Sf3WL_9pDzw/s200/Scuds3D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587244464748632578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-354378678621394993?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/354378678621394993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/354378678621394993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2011/03/japan-earthquake-tsunami-appeal.html' title='Japan Earthquake &amp; Tsunami Appeal'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1kv0DzZS-Ms/TYiDoN2fyJI/AAAAAAAAABk/P1hRzijl4xQ/s72-c/Teriaki%2Blogo%2B001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-4685586569369426810</id><published>2011-02-01T00:18:00.010Z</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:57:12.712+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese event'/><title type='text'>Japan Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Japan Day&lt;br /&gt;武道〜Eyewitness "Way of the Warrior"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TUdUbKmTujI/AAAAAAAAABI/66-9DSu7Kg4/s1600/Japan-Day-11-poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TUdUbKmTujI/AAAAAAAAABI/66-9DSu7Kg4/s200/Japan-Day-11-poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568512289945139762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sat 5 Mar 2011&lt;br /&gt;12:00 noon - 5:00pm, Cultural events&lt;br /&gt;5:00 - 7:00pm, Japanese Film show (co-hosted with the Embassy of Japan)&lt;br /&gt;Free admission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please come and eyewitness Budo or "Way of the Warriors" not only from martial arts but also through other forms of Japanese traditional culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kaetsu.co.uk/events/japandayprog.pdf"&gt; Programme &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kaetsu.co.uk/events/japanday11/1.html" target="_top"&gt; Photos &lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="red"&gt; NEW &lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-4685586569369426810?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/4685586569369426810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/4685586569369426810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2011/02/japan-day.html' title='Japan Day'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TUdUbKmTujI/AAAAAAAAABI/66-9DSu7Kg4/s72-c/Japan-Day-11-poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-1335457727321041007</id><published>2010-11-23T10:10:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:57:44.631+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Ikebana - Flower Arrangement</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ikebana Workshop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;by Mrs Kiyoko Sawada-Rudd,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Head of Ikenobo London&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Date: Wed 8 Dec 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Time: 12:20 - 14:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Fee: £20.00 (including flowers)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Utensils:&lt;br /&gt;*Please bring your own Hasami (secateurs).&lt;br /&gt;*Kenzan (pinholder) and Kaki (vase) can be borrowed from Kaetsu Centre by prior arrangement.  They can also be purchased from Mrs Sawada-Rudd on the day (please indicate when you book).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Booking:&lt;br /&gt;Please book your place by email - &lt;a href="mailto:admin@kaetsu.co.uk"&gt;admin@kaetsu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No prior experience required!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-1335457727321041007?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/1335457727321041007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/1335457727321041007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/11/ikebana-flower-arrangement.html' title='Ikebana - Flower Arrangement'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-5213734044856590902</id><published>2010-11-08T12:09:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-11-08T12:24:58.190Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert'/><title type='text'>Concert by a Japanese singer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;Maki HATANO (Singer)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;Concert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;"&gt;波多野まき　コンサート&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;pianist: Yuichiro ONUKI（大貫祐一郎）&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sat 13 Nov 2010&lt;br /&gt;open: 18:30&lt;br /&gt;start: 19:00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ticket: £15.00 / £8.00 - student, concessions&lt;br /&gt;(including 1 drink)&lt;br /&gt;Contact for tickets: &lt;a href="mailto:ellie.thomas1@ntlworld.com"&gt;ellie.thomas1@ntlworld.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;A percentage of the profit from this concert will go to Cancer Research UK.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maki will sing some English and French songs as well as some traditional Japanese songs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-5213734044856590902?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5213734044856590902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5213734044856590902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/11/concert-by-japanese-singer.html' title='Concert by a Japanese singer'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-5780601628546060466</id><published>2010-10-12T14:36:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:58:22.678+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert'/><title type='text'>Kyoshi Hasegawa Guitar Concert</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;あらゆるジャンルの音楽を愛し、奏で、歌う&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;長谷川きよし　&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;欧州公演ツアー&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;ケンブリッジ公演&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;2010年11月3日　午後7時より&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kyoshi Hasegawa Concert&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;European Tour (Paris, Trier, Leipzig, London &amp;amp; Cambridge) Autumn 2010&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Cambridge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Wed 3 Nov. 19:00&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Tickets available from &lt;a href="mailto:kheuct@yahoo.co.uk"&gt;kheuct@yahoo.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;£15.00 (student £8.00)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TLWnxdOCBPI/AAAAAAAAAA8/q-RLnLK006Q/s1600/Hasegawa+Kiyoshi.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TLWnxdOCBPI/AAAAAAAAAA8/q-RLnLK006Q/s200/Hasegawa+Kiyoshi.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527508585766061298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Profile:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1949 Born in Tokyo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Hasegawa loses his sight at the age of 2.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;At the age of 12 he begins learning the classical guitar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;40 years have passed since his dramatic debut in 1969 with 'Wakare no Samba'.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;From early on Hasegawa embraced various musical styles from Chanson, Samba, Latin and Jazz to Rock, creating in the process his own unique style and becoming a pioneer of the "World Music" genre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-5780601628546060466?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5780601628546060466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/5780601628546060466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/10/kyoshi-hasegawa-guitar-concert.html' title='Kyoshi Hasegawa Guitar Concert'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/TLWnxdOCBPI/AAAAAAAAAA8/q-RLnLK006Q/s72-c/Hasegawa+Kiyoshi.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-8572289279380864547</id><published>2010-09-14T10:22:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T10:34:52.408+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural event'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Ikebana (Flower Arrangement) Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;池坊ロンドン支部長&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;澤田ルッド喜代子先生による&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;第3回　&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;華道ワークショップ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IKEBANA (Japanese Flower Arrangement) Workshop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;by Mrs Kiyoko Sawada-Rudd&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Head of Ikenobo London Chapter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date:    Wed 6 Oct 10&lt;br /&gt;Time:   12:20 - 14:00&lt;br /&gt;Fee:     £20.00 (including flowers)&lt;br /&gt;Venue: The Kaetsu Centre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Utensils:&lt;br /&gt;*Please bring your own Hasami (secateurs).&lt;br /&gt;*Kenzan (pinholder) and Kaki (vase) can be borrowed from Kaetsu Centre by prior arrangement.  They can also be purchased from Mrs Sawada-Rudd on the day (please indicate when you book).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Booking: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@kaetsu.co.uk"&gt;admin@kaetsu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*No prior experience required.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-8572289279380864547?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8572289279380864547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8572289279380864547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/09/ikebana-flower-arrangement-workshop.html' title='Ikebana (Flower Arrangement) Workshop'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-8232450711131423987</id><published>2010-08-16T13:12:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:58:46.712+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='concert'/><title type='text'>The Sevcik Players Lunch Time Concert</title><content type='html'>The Ševčík Players (Violin) Lunch Time Concert&lt;br /&gt;Wed. 25 August 10&lt;br /&gt;1:00pm (Doors open from 12:30)&lt;br /&gt;Free admission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ševčík Players are a group of violinists from Hiroshima who study the methods, techniques and works of Otakar Ševčík (1852 -1934).&lt;br /&gt;They will be playing some pieces by Ševčík and some traditional and familiar Japanese music.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Programme&lt;br /&gt;O. Ševčik From 7 Czech Dances Op.10&lt;br /&gt;N. Paganini Moto Perpetuo Op.11&lt;br /&gt;Michio Miyagi The sea in Spring&lt;br /&gt;Japanese Songs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/sevcik.pdf"&gt; Download programme &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-8232450711131423987?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8232450711131423987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8232450711131423987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/08/sevcik-players-lunch-time-concert.html' title='The Sevcik Players Lunch Time Concert'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-2170728081714941891</id><published>2010-06-18T15:31:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T15:39:58.304+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;池坊　ロンドン支部長&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;澤田ルッド喜代子先生による&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;第2回&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;華道ワークショップ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Workshop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;by Mrs Kiyoko Sawada-Rudd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Head of Ikenobo London Chapter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;** No prior experience required **&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date:  Wed 7 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;Time:  12:20 - 14:00&lt;br /&gt;Fee:   £21.00 (including flowers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Utensils:  *Please bring your own Hasami (secateurs).&lt;br /&gt;                  *Kenzan (pinholder) and Kaki (vase) can be borrowed from the Centre (limited availability).  They can be purchased from Mrs Sawada-Rudd.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enquiry &amp;amp; Booking:  &lt;a href="mailto:admin@kaetsu.co.uk"&gt;admin@kaetsu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-2170728081714941891?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/2170728081714941891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/2170728081714941891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/06/japanese-flower-arrangement-workshop.html' title='Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-7318057213798354594</id><published>2010-04-27T11:29:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T11:59:14.893+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;池坊ロンドン支部長&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;澤田ルッド喜代子先生による&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;華道ワークショップ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Workshop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;by Mrs Kiyoko Sawada-Rudd&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Head of Ikenobo London Chapter&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date:   Wed 5 May&lt;br /&gt;Time:  12:20 - 14:00&lt;br /&gt;Fee:     £21.00 (including flowers)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Utensils:&lt;br /&gt; *Please bring your own Hasami (secateurs).&lt;br /&gt; *Kenzan (pinholder) and Kaki (Vase) can be borrowed from Kaetsu Centre by prior arrangement.  They can be also purchased from Mrs Sawada-Rudd on the day (please indicate when you book).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Booking:&lt;br /&gt; *Please book your place by e-mail (&lt;a href="mailto:admin@kaetsu.co.uk"&gt;admin@kaetsu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; New &lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="http://kaetsu.co.uk/events/ikebana/1.html"  target="_top"&gt; Photos &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-7318057213798354594?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/7318057213798354594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/7318057213798354594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/04/japanese-flower-arrangement-ikebana.html' title='Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Workshop'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-9029140372084236345</id><published>2010-02-12T00:37:00.012Z</published><updated>2010-04-08T05:47:51.488+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese event'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S5aWdnXAUhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/g3MmQBTjpbM/s1600-h/JDay10poster.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S5aWdnXAUhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/g3MmQBTjpbM/s200/JDay10poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446706234877039122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Japan Day 2010&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ジャパン・デー　〜　今年はちょっと　トロピカル&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Date: Sat 13 March&lt;br /&gt;Time: Doors open at 12:00 noon&lt;br /&gt;Free admission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come and experience Japanese culture including;&lt;br /&gt; Calligraphy, Oriental Painting, Origami,&lt;br /&gt; Chado (The Way of Tea), Flower Arrangement,&lt;br /&gt; Sanshin (Music from Okinawa), Hyottoko Dance,&lt;br /&gt; Japanese Film and Japanese food court.&lt;br /&gt;All ages welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured in the &lt;a href="http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/wm/mar10.html"&gt; web magazine &lt;/a&gt; of the Japan Embassy (click on the link in the "What's on" section)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Programme = &gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kaetsu.co.uk/events/JDay10prog.doc"&gt; download from here &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poster =&gt; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S5aWdnXAUhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/g3MmQBTjpbM/s1600-h/JDay10poster.jpg"&gt; download from here &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; New &lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kaetsu.co.uk/events/japanday10/1-17.htm" target="_top"&gt; Photos &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-9029140372084236345?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/9029140372084236345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/9029140372084236345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/02/japan-day-2010-download-from-here.html' title=''/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S5aWdnXAUhI/AAAAAAAAAAs/g3MmQBTjpbM/s72-c/JDay10poster.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-9057212515010625877</id><published>2010-02-08T17:28:00.011Z</published><updated>2010-04-08T05:58:17.130+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese event'/><title type='text'>日本舞踊　Nihon Buyo - Japanese Dance</title><content type='html'>Date: Thu 4 March 2010&lt;br /&gt;Time: 7:00pm (doors open 6:30pm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;Nihon Buyo &lt;/span&gt;(Japanese Dance) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;by Living National Treasure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;西川流十世宗家　西川扇蔵　Nishikawa Senzo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Lecture, demonstration and workshop&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;followed by reception&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Free Admission&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Sponsored by Kaetsu Universiy, The Kaetsu Educational &amp;amp; Cultural Centre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;With the cooperation of The Japan Foundation, Nihon Buyo Foundation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nihon Buyo - Intrinsic Elegance of Classical Japanese Dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The origin of Nihon Buyo can be traced back to the 8th century. Through history, it has been developed into various refined forms closely linked with important Japanese traditional performing arts such as Kagura, Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku.&lt;br /&gt;The great master and Living National Treasure Nishikawa Senzo X, in a rare visit to the uk, will introduce the essence of Nihon Buyo through a talk and demonstration, with two talented dancers of the younger generation, Nishikawa Minosuke and Onoe Yukari.&lt;br /&gt;Facilitated by Dr David Hughes, SOAS, University of London. Suitable for all ages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VeEZulGII/AAAAAAAAAAU/XcuULEEd2kw/s1600-h/image001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VeEZulGII/AAAAAAAAAAU/XcuULEEd2kw/s200/image001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441859154465855618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NISHIKAWA Senzo X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Born into a family steeped in classical dance, Senzo first performed Nihon Buyo at the age of five. At seven, he inherited the title of head of the Nishikawa-ryu school. He has worked hard to maintain the beauty of the classical dance repertoires, and has also dedicated himself to developing innovative aspects of Nihon Buyo by choreographing new works. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, he was given the title Living National Treasure by the Government of Japan along with numerous other honourable awards.&lt;br /&gt;Senzo is the Chairman of the Nihon Buyo Foundation and the Executive Director of the Japanese Classical Dance Association.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VfIKx1b3I/AAAAAAAAAAc/BkKugTANDsI/s1600-h/image002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VfIKx1b3I/AAAAAAAAAAc/BkKugTANDsI/s200/image002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441860318684082034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NISHIKAWA Minosuke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Born in Tokyo in 1960, the eldest son of Nishikawa Senzo X, Minosuke undertook a theatre course at Waseda University. In 1987, he studied western history and literature at the University of London, then contemporary dance at the Laban Centre. He was awarded the Matsuo Entertainment and the Hanayagi Juoh prizes in 2004 and 2005. In 2009, he formed a group with the aim of developing Nihon Buyo beyond the historically traditional forms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VfVW81S_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/wOrvG0rQTJc/s1600-h/image003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VfVW81S_I/AAAAAAAAAAk/wOrvG0rQTJc/s200/image003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441860545289735154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ONOE Yukari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yukari is the daughter of Onoe Kikunojo, the head of the Onoe-ryu school of Nihon Buyo. She was given the Performance Award and Chairman Award at the 1991 annual Nihon Buyo Contest.&lt;br /&gt;In 2000, she started her career as an actress and has performed actively in film, television and on stage. In 2008, she was given the New Talent Award of the Buyo Critics Association.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br clear="all"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; NEW &lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.kaetsu.co.uk/events/nihonbuyo/1.htm" target="_top"&gt; Photos &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-9057212515010625877?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/9057212515010625877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/9057212515010625877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2010/02/nihon-buyo-japanese-dance.html' title='日本舞踊　Nihon Buyo - Japanese Dance'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nBo-AU82HgM/S4VeEZulGII/AAAAAAAAAAU/XcuULEEd2kw/s72-c/image001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-1705926881102343254</id><published>2009-11-30T11:16:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-04-06T12:01:04.855+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>生け花ワークショップ Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;生け花ワークショップのお知らせ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;～晴れの日の生け花　Celebration arrangement～&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Date:   Thursday 10 December 2009&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Time:   1:00-2:30 pm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Venue:   &lt;font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"&gt;Kaetsu&lt;/font&gt; Centre&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Teacher:   Mrs Yukiko Isono&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fee:    £20.00 (　お花代を含む　including cost of flowers)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font color="#cc0000"&gt;Booking is essential　要予約&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Please e-mail your name to &lt;a href="mailto:admin@kaetsu.co.uk"&gt;admin@kaetsu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; to book your place.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Although you don't need to have any utensils to take part in the workshop, please bring them if you have your own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;お道具をお持ちでなくても参加していただけますが、お持ちの方はご持参ください。&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-1705926881102343254?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/1705926881102343254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/1705926881102343254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2009/11/japanese-flower-arrangement-workshop.html' title='生け花ワークショップ Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-7878820147276499772</id><published>2009-11-18T15:26:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-18T15:36:01.811Z</updated><title type='text'>ケンブリッジ一日領事館</title><content type='html'>　「一日領事館」開催のお知らせ&lt;br /&gt;　Japanese Counsulate service in Cambridge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;日時　2009年12月5日（土）10:30－14:30&lt;br /&gt;場所　嘉悦ケンブリッジ教育文化センター内　２Ｆ（エレベーターあり）&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;　ロンドンから遠方にお住まいの方々のための、各種領事手続きの出張サービスが行われます。具体的な内容やご質問に関しては、在ロンドン日本国総領事館（020-7465-6565）までご連絡ください。&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-7878820147276499772?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/7878820147276499772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/7878820147276499772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html' title='ケンブリッジ一日領事館'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-8564517543842345037</id><published>2009-10-27T16:42:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-10-27T17:02:42.239Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Japanese event'/><title type='text'>Japan Day / ジャパン・デー</title><content type='html'>Sat. 13 March 2010&lt;br /&gt;Doors open at 1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Free admission&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come and experience Japanese culture.&lt;br /&gt;Programme including: Calligraphy, Oriental Painting, Tea Ceremony, Origami, Japanese Food, Hyottoko Dance and Japanese Film.&lt;br /&gt;Families welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;２０１０年３月１３日（土）&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;午後１：００より&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;入場無料&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;日本文化を体験、楽しむイベント・デー。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;書道・水墨画・折り紙のワークショップ、茶道実演、日本食販売、ひょっとこ踊り公演、日本映画上映など。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"&gt;お友達、ご家族お誘い併せの上おいでください。&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-8564517543842345037?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8564517543842345037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/8564517543842345037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2009/10/japan-day.html' title='Japan Day / ジャパン・デー'/><author><name>HRT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06001216918931733140</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993728235567485809.post-682869604293619443</id><published>2009-10-25T09:43:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-04-06T12:00:15.406+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural event'/><title type='text'>Japanese theatre company "DE-E-KU" performance</title><content type='html'>Date: Sat 3 Oct 09&lt;br /&gt;Time: 13:00 - 14:30 (Door opens at 12:30. Please enter by 12:55.)&lt;br /&gt;Free addmission Performed in Japanese (no subtitles but English synopsys will be given)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DE-E-KU perform dramas based on Rakugo, Kodan or Rokyoku (traditional Japanese one-man shows) with minimal stage settings and simple costumes. They come to Cambridge to help celebrate International Children's Bunko Association's 30th Anniversary and as a part of Japan-UK 150 Festival.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3993728235567485809-682869604293619443?l=kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/682869604293619443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3993728235567485809/posts/default/682869604293619443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kaetsu-uk.blogspot.com/2009/10/japanese-theatre-company-de-e-ku.html' title='Japanese theatre company &quot;DE-E-KU&quot; performance'/><author><name>k</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00552273181316148542</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
