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We're delighted to announce that to date we have raised £780.89 for the Tsunami appeal to help the people of the Tohoku region of Japan, in particular the Minami Sanriku area.
We were also delighted to help BROTHER of Manchester to raise £30,700 for their appeal.
Welcome to Festival of Japan EXTRA, here you can get
more information on our tours, corporate events, geisha
events and exciting goods to buy.
If you haven't arrived here via our main site please visit:
Starting in June 2011 we will be running
a very special competition with
a very special prize.
You could be jetting off to Kyoto with us on our 2013 Cherry Blossom Tour of Kyoto. For full details click the link above. The competition will be launched at one of Tridents amazing craft shows.
Please have a look at out tours to Kyoto. We
take tours up to four times a year. We are
always delighted to add extra dates for specialist tours. Two such tours in 2012 are Japanese Embroidery and Beading.
A great new range of traditional
All come with simple to follow
step by step instructions. Bags and
boxes to chigiri-e.
You can now see us at shows all over the country. Chris and I work with several event organisors including: Trident, Knitting and Stitching, Crafts for All and Initial J Prommotions During the shows as well as displaying kimono we also do up to three kimono dressing demonstrations every day. Fancy volounteering?
Please note that this will take you to our
main site Festival of Japan
Beading, Craft, Culture or Gourmet tours to Japans old capital. New for 2011 are Embroidery, Beading and Mazda MX5 Sports cars!
Heartwarmimg news
story from Japan
Photos found under rubble put on display in Iwate
In one of the towns devastated by the March 11th tsunami, photographs found in the debris are being displayed so that they can be returned to their owners.
Self-Defense Forces personnel and firefighters have recovered more than 1,000 photo albums from collapsed houses in Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture, during their search operations.
The items were handed over to NPOs and volunteers who cleaned them and put them on display in a temporary town hall on Sunday.
Many of the pictures are of children or were taken at weddings or other ceremonies.
Many visitors were seen checking the photos and albums one by one, in the hope of finding any photos showing important moments for their families.
A woman said that she is very happy to have found photos of her 2 daughters dressed for a children's ceremony. She smiled, saying that even though her home was swept away by the tsunami, the photos have given her some encouragement.
A woman who returned to the town to see the display said in tears that she appreciates people who have recovered pictures of her family taken more than 30 years ago.
Another woman said that she has not yet found any photo of her husband, who has been unaccounted for since the disaster. The woman said it's very painful that all houses in her neighborhood are gone. The display will continue through Tuesday.
Sunday, May 01, 2011 14:11 +0900 (JST)
If you have SKY go to NEWS, 2nd page for NHK, its jam packed with programmes about Japan and on in our house just about all day.
