17 April - 5 September 2010

*The Heini Riitahuhta exhibition tours in Japan

Designer Heini Riitahuhta's works start the Japan tour at the CasE Gallery, Tokyo, on April 17. Later the works travel to Mie, Toyama and Kagawa.

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4 - 5 September 2010
*Reflections from Finland

“Reflections from Finland”, an art exhibition by two Finnish artists, sculptor Kim Waltzer and artist Hanna Lamnaouer, will be hold at Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA. This exhibition is a related project of Finnish –Japanese education comparative research.

Kawaguchi Art Gallery ATLIA: www.atlia.jp

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2 October - 9 November 2010

*Finland Days introduces Finnish culture in Sapporo

Finland Days takes a theme of “Learning about Finland”, and includes various kinds of events ranging from postcard exhibition and Finnish folk music concert to workshop on Finnish food. Most of the events are free, but for workshops and lectures a prior registration is required.

Events are concentrated in Sapporo Lifelong Learning Center Chieria, where there will be for example free lobby concerts of Finnish folk music and reading sessions of Finnish picture books. There will also be a lecture series on Finnish life style and culture.

The main visitor from Finland is folk music act Järvelän pikkupelimannit, which was founded 30 years ago by 6 young folk musicians. From since they have been playing not only in Finland but also in Europe and America. Now they are coming to Japan for the first time.

Lecture series on Finnish life style and culture (Sapporo Lifelong Learning Center Chieria)

2 October

Preventing lifestyle diseases – experimenting Nordic walking

8 October

Finnish lifestyle – Four seasons of one Salmela family

15 October

Living traditional music – folk music and kantele

22 October

Learning can be fun! – A new way of studying

29 October

Traditional Finnish Christmas decoration Himmeli

9 November

JPP – Järvelän pikkupelimannit gives live concert in Sapporo (Chieria Hall)

Finland Days in Sapporo: vas.co.jp/finlanddays/index.html