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The Jefferson Memorial visible through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Ozaki gave the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also ...
Japanese festivals are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan.In Japan, festivals are called matsuri (祭り), and the origin of the word matsuri is related to the kami (神, Shinto deities); there are theories that the word matsuri is derived from matsu (待つ) meaning "to wait (for the kami to descend)", tatematsuru (献る) meaning "to make offerings ...
In 2008, the Japanese Film Festival was held from 22 to 31 August 2008 at the National Museum of Singapore, and was a pre-event of the Japan Creative Centre, which was launched in mid November 2009. The festival theme focused on femininity in Japanese Cinema, as exemplified by the festival theme: "Jyo-yuu" (女 優).
It is located at 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. [1] In addition to serving as Japan's diplomatic mission in the United States, the embassy provides Japanese consular services to residents of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. [2]
During his visit, he announced that Japan would donate $1 million to the Smithsonian in order to assist in the building of an annex to the Freer to display Asian art. [3] That same year, the United States Senate approved the Smithsonian Institution 's request for $500,000 to build museums for Asian and African art on June 6.
The Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C. is Singapore's main diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3501 International Place Northwest, Washington, D.C. [1] The embassy also operates Consulates-General in San Francisco, New York City, and Honorary Consulates-General in Miami and Chicago. [2]
2000: Camera! Action! Music! (Music and Cinema) 2001: Voices 2002: Music and Literature 2003: Ritual, Nature, and Music 2004: The 20th Anniversary of the Tokyo Summer Festival 2005: Cosmos, Music, and Heart 2006: Songs of the Earth / Music in the Streets 2007: Towards the Islands - Sounds across the Sea 2008: Forest Echoes / Desert Voices
This is a list of noteworthy [a] anime conventions from around the world, as distinct from comic book conventions, furry conventions, gaming conventions, horror conventions, multigenre conventions, and science fiction conventions.