You could experience Japanese culture firsthand at the “Japanese Culture Day” hosted by Tokai University European Center

Tokai University European Center (TUEC) hosted a “Japanese Culture Day” on the 22nd of June this year. Since 2020, Danes have been able to further their understanding of Japanese culture by experiencing it firsthand at the annual “Japanese Culture Day”.

This year you could experience everything from traditional cultural elements, like calligraphy, origami, Ikebana and karate, to pop-cultural elements, like Pokémon, Cosplay and J-fashion. Both Japanese ceramics and food items, like candy, Ramune soda, onigiris, seaweed, shaved ice, and so much more was sold!
It was an event where whole families could enjoy Japanese culture together, so like previous years, “Japan Quizzes” were held for both adults and children, something which attracted participation from many visitors. Moreover, this year was the first time that the traditional folk event, stemming from Akita-prefecture, called “Namahage” was performed. Even though they became a little scared at times, especially children at the event seemed to enjoy it!

We were blessed by hundreds of visitors and good weather this year. We are deeply grateful that this event could be held once more thanks to the cooperation with various organizations involved in Japanese culture in Denmark.

As the organizer, we would once again like to express our gratitude to the organizations that cooperated with us. Thank you for your dedicated efforts, which allowed us to reaffirm the appeal of Japanese culture through this year's Japanese Culture Day.