Everybody's crazy for Japan
Two months of events at the Buonconsiglio Castle to celebrate the Land of the Rising Sun with films, concerts, conferences, workshops and family activities.
If the Japanese world has always fascinated you, or if you have the curiosity to learn more about the Land of the Rising Sun, you cannot miss the numerous themed events that the Buonconsiglio Castle has organised from 23 February to 1 May as part of the exhibition Incontri in Giappone. Le fotografie di Felice Beato e le raccolte di Giuseppe Grazioli al Castello del Buonconsiglio | Encounters in Japan. Photos by Felice Beato and Giuseppe Grazioli's collections at the Buonconsiglio Castle .
You'll have the opportunity to take part in more than thirty events telling not only about the exhibition and the museum's Japanese collection, but also about 360 degrees Japan, through films, workshops, guided tours, concerts and meetings.
The Yomoyamabanashi cultural association of Trento, the Bookique and Trentino's Bonsai art school, in collaboration with the Haydn Foundation, the Municipality of Trento, the Civic Library of Trento, the local Theatre Coordination propose a full calendar of events from 27 March to 2 April.
A festival dedicated to Japanese cinema, conferences with experts and the exhibition curators, origami, suminagashi, calligraphy, oshie (Japanese little dolls), bonsai workshops, martial arts exhibitions, a two-day event (11 and 12 March) with the world of manga with Lucca Manga School, a Japanese drum concert by the famous 'Munedaiko' musical trio (16 April), music played by the 'Ariosto Furioso Trio' with music by Debussy, guided tours of the exhibition with a Japanese anthropologist, and the 'Japanese week'.
The first four dates of cinema (admission € 3 and tickets online at www.trentinospettacoli.it) will be on Friday evenings at 20.30 and will begin on 24 February with the film 'Seta', while the last four dates will begin on Tuesday evenings, concluding on 11 April with Takita's film 'Departures'.
One of the highlights is the drum concert by the Munedaiko group on Sunday 16 April at 15.00 in the castle gardens.
Munedaiko is a study group dedicated to the practice and appreciation of the traditional Japanese drum. Officially recognised as a cultural collaborator by the Japanese embassy in Italy, they perform concerts throughout Italy and Europe to make the expressive power of their drums known. Bringing the music, theatre and dance of this centuries-old tradition to life in their incredible performances, they revive fragments of ancient Japan for the listener.
