| Japan-Estonia Friendship Association | Niiza-city, Tokyo, Toyota city, Japan Tallinn2011-European Capital of Culture |
First experience of dressing Noh Kimonos at the Noh play workshop
To celebrate the diplomatic relationship between Japan and Estonia on the 90th anniversary of the first independence from the Russian Empire as well as the 20th anniversary of the restoration from the long occupation by the Soviet Union after the World War II, Japan-Estonia Friendship Association is planning several events in various fields to provide more information of Estonia for better understandings. Besides with cooperation of friendly groups related to Latvia and Lithuania and embassies, more fulfilled event named "Baltic States' Week" is scheduled to appeal their meaningful history of the Baltic States countries and vividly growing new lives as members of EU.
| Date | Program | Artist | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Feb. 2011 | Estonian Music Project Concert | Takahiro Akiba, Yuko Yoshioka | Lutheran Ichigaya Center（Tokyo） |
| 29 Apr. 2011 | Estonian Cooking Class | Rutt Molter, Ulla Kodama | Ikebukuro Miraikan Taimei（Tokyo） |
| 22 May 2011 | Award J-EFA Prize for G.A.M. Exhibition | Groval Artist Movement | Toyota Municipal Museum of Art（Toyoda city, Aichi pref.） |
| 13-18 Sep. 2011 | Noh play workshops at Japan Days | Michiharu Wakebayashi, Takayuki Koshika, Kosuke Terasawa | Estonia National Museum KUMU/Academy of Theatre and Music （Tallin, Estonia） |
| 20 Oct.-20 Dec. 2011 | Baltic States' Children's books exhibition | Int'l Library of Chidren's Literature | Int'l Library of Chidren's Literature（Tokyo） |
| 3 Nov. 2011 | Festival of Hasunuma neighborhood association/Introduce Estonian culture | Katrin HIRAI /Japan-Estonia Ffriendship Association | Hasunuma Children's Park（Tokyo） |
| 6-12 Nov. 2011 | Baltic Week/introduce Baltic Culture | Yuki Ando, Coro Fantasia, Mizuno Folk Dance Group, Maki Kasai, Maarja, etc. | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, etc.（Tokyo, etc.） |
| 10 Nov. 2011 | Estonia Music Festival | Maarja/Takahiro Akiba/Yuko Yoshioka/Yutaka Shiina/Yuhei Honkawa | Shinjuku Cultural Center Small Hall（Tokyo） |
| Date | Program | Artist | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,16 Sep.2011 | Noh play workshops | Michiharu Wakebayashi, Takayuki Koshika, Kosuke Terasawa | Estonia National Museum KUMU（Tallinn, Estonia） |
| 6 Nov. 2011 | Opening Concert | Yuki Ando, Coro Fantasia, Mizuno Folk Dance Group, Maki Kasai, Maarja, etc. | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada（Tokyo） |
| 6-12 Nov. 2011 | Baltic States Photo Exhibition | Embassies of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Noboru SONEHARA | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Gallery（Tokyo） |
| 6-12 Nov. 2011 | Children's Painting Exhibition | Children from Baltic States and Nakameguro Elementary School | Walls around Riga Collection（Tokyo） |
| 6-12 Nov. 2011 | Baltic States Film Festival | Documentary and animation films | Laputa Asagaya（Tokyo） |
| 7 Nov. 2011 | Estonian Cooking Class | Rutt Molter | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Cooking room（Tokyo） |
| 7 Nov. 2011 | Lecture/Chiune Sugihara | Tadahiko Yoshino | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Lecture room（Tokyo） |
| 8 Nov. 2011 | Discussion | Kazuto Matsumura, Takeshi Fujii, Eizo Kaneyasu | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Lecture room（Tokyo） |
| 8 Nov. 2011 | Workshop/flower arrangement | Katrin Hirai | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Cooking room（Tokyo） |
| 9 Nov. 2011 | Lithuanian Cooking Class | Egle Aoki | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Cooking room（Tokyo） |
| 9 Nov. 2011 | Sightseeing seminar | Latvia Tourist Bureau, Enterprise Estonia | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Lecture room（Tokyo） |
| 9-11 Nov. 2011 | Selling folk crafts | Baltic matterials importers | Riga Collection Gallery（Tokyo） |
| 11 Nov. 2011 | Latvian Cooking Class | Dana Rudaka/Alina Ascepkova | Shibuya Cultural Center Owada Cooking room（Tokyo） |
It was twenty years ago when an Estonian woman who married to a Japanese in Kushiro dropped tears watching the news of her motherland's independent by singing songs from the former Soviet Union. Japan-Estonia Friendship Association was established by her friends and started its activity since then. We welcomed many Estonians from many politicians such as President, musicians, artists, authors, academics, doctors of spherical moss and dairy farming, to a hitch hiker and. And we have been supporting Japanese language classes and cultural activities in Estonia as well. Since 2010, the main activity base was moved to Tokyo.
http://j-efa.com/
