[:it]L’amicizia fra Giappone ed Italia si stringe sempre di più col passare degli anni. Oggi siamo felici di presentarvi un evento per che unisce ancora di più i nostri paesi: Japan 4 L’Aquila.

Dal Monte Fuji al Gran Sasso, un percorso che attraversa il globo e arriva sino a noi, in una città che col Giappone ha molto in comune. In questi territori dove la vita sta rinascendo e tornando alla normalità dopo il grande terremoto del 6 aprile 2009, l’Associazione Giappone in Abruzzo dal Fuji al Gran Sasso ha organizzato questo evento culturale gratuito per  prmuovere l’interculutralità e la solidarietà fra Italia e Giappone.

Tra il 30 e il 31 marzo avrete la possibilità di assistere a quattro eventi, quattro anime artistiche che dal Sol Levante verranno per dare il proprio contributo alla rinascita culturale della città di L’Aquila. Un’iniziativa di volontariato e di solidarietà che mette in forte evidenza il senso di appartenenza e il dolore causato da calamità naturali così devastanti, in Italia come in Giappone.

L’appello di Japan 4 L’Aquila è stato recepito da più persone, che, venute a conoscenza dell’iniziativa, si sono prodigate per parteciparvi e donare alla città de L’Aquila un segnale di speranza di rinascita e superamento del dolore.

Due giornate ricche di eventi per avvicinare ancora di più le nostre due culture. Il primo evento si terrà il 30 Marzo 2019 dalle 18.30 alla Basilica di San Bernardino, Armonie d’Argento (L’aquila). Una manifestazione canora eseguita da tre cori, due italiani e uno giapponese. Qui sarà possibile ascoltare il Coro Aquilano “Armonie d’Argento”, il Coro “Francesco D’Urbano” di “Fara Filiorum Petri” e il coro giapponese “en” della pianista Mami Odagiri. Ognuno dei tre cori eseguirà brani dal proprio repertorio per unirsi poi nell’esecuzione di “Furusato” un brano giapponese ed Inno “A San Bernardino da Siena” alla chiusura del concerto.

Un concerto in segno di amicizia per commemorare e pregare insieme per le vittime dei terremoti dell’Aquila e del grante terremoto della regione del Tohoku, duramente colpita nel marzo 2011 da un sisma che ha generato un violento Tsunami causando anche l’incidente alla centrale nucleare di Fukushima.

Questa iniziativa diventa così un ponte, un simbolo di amicizia e di speranza che unisce Italia e Giappone che senza confini hanno vissuto le medesime tragedie.

In segno di solidarietà e fratellanza con i ragazzi aquilani del post-terremoto assieme ai bambini dell’Izumi Kids Camp, delle scuole elementari di Iwaki, hanno realizzato e dipinto 99 okiagari-koboshi per la città’ di 99. Le okiagari-koboshi sono bamboline di cartapesta tipiche della tradizione giapponese, simbolo di perseveranza e resilienza. La loro caratteristica è quella di cadere e rialzarsi da sole immediatamente. Le bambole, tenute in esposizione nei giorni della mostra presso il Palazzetto dei Nobili, verranno donate alla Scuola Media Statale “Dante Alighieri” di L’Aquila in segno di solidarietà tra ragazzi della stessa età che hanno sofferto le medesime esperienze con l’augurio di rialzarsi e continuare a sorridere.

Continuiamo poi con l’artista giapponese Ayami Noritake, con il suo progetto artistico “Roman Kobo Ren”. Nelle giornate di sabato 30 e domenica 31 marzo 2019, le opere saranno esposte presso le stanze del Palazzetto dei Nobili, dove l’artista Ayami Noritake mostrerà anche le sue tecniche di lavorazione e il processo creativo legato alle sue opere.

Grazie all’utilizzo della tecnica del chigiri-e l’artista Noritake utilizza la carta di riso, tipica della tradizione giapponese, per creare quadri tridimensionali dove una materia, leggera ed inconsistente come la carta, prende nuove forme.

Il 30 pomeriggio verrà anche trasmesso il docu-film televisivo del regista giapponese Yoshizaku Kaneyama, intitolato “Sukagawa, un passo verso la ricostruzione” (須賀川、復興への歩み) con sottotitoli in italiano.

Non possiamo mai dimenticare il grande terremoto del Tohoku che colpì il Giappone nel marzo 2011. Il sisma causò un violento Tsunami che, oltre a devastare intere città e cancellare migliaia di vite, provocò anche l’incidente alla centrale nucleare di Fukushima.

Attraverso il suo “docu-film televisivo”, il regista Kaneyama affronta il complicato tema della questo terrificante terremoto nella città di Sukagawa. Racconta i vari passaggi dal dolore alla rinascita della comunità di Sukagawa, documentando quanto, anche in un paese come il Giappone, abituato a forti e costanti terremoti, sia lento e complicato attivare un meccanismo collettivo che porti al risanamento di una città/società, colpite da una catastrofe naturale.

L’evento si concluderà poi in grande allegria grazie ai “Vaiwatt” che terranno un conecrto gratuito proprio nella serata del 30 marzo!

Il gruppo, composto dai musicisti e vocalist Tama e Pierrot Ken, ha deciso di regalare alla città di L’Aquila una serata del suo tour europeo 2019, in segno di solidarietà e simpatia. Al duo si aggiunge anche il chitarrista Daisuke Chiba, che oramai da anni collabora con loro.

Dal 2014 al 2017 hanno realizzato concerti di solidarietà per il Tohoku e hanno deciso di proseguire questa esperienza di solidarietà, arrivando a L’Aquila con la loro passione e la speranza di poter avvicinare due popoli tramite la loro musica.

Se siete nei dintorni de l’Aquila, vi consigliamo vivamente di assistere a questi eventi, un’occasione stupenda per approfondire la cultura sul Giappone e poter portare solidarieta alle nostre due nazioni colpite così duramente da catastrofi come il terremoto.[:en]The friendship between Japan and Italy is getting closer and closer as the years go by. Today we are happy to present you an event that brings together our countries even more: Japan 4 L’Aquila.

From Mount Fuji to the Gran Sasso, a path that crosses the globe and reaches us, in a city that has much in common with Japan. In these areas where life is being reborn and returning to normal after the great earthquake of April 6, 2009, the Japan Association in Abruzzo from Fuji to Gran Sasso has organized this free cultural event to promote interculturality and solidarity between Italy and Japan.

Between 30 and 31 March, you will have the opportunity to attend four events, four artistic souls that from the Rising Sun will come to make their own contribution to the cultural renaissance of the city of L’Aquila. A voluntary and solidarity initiative that strongly highlights the sense of belonging and the pain caused by such devastating natural disasters, in Italy as in Japan.

The appeal of Japan 4 The Eagle has been received by several people, who, having learned of the initiative, have done their best to participate in it and give the city of L’Aquila a sign of hope of rebirth and overcoming pain.

Two days full of events to bring our two cultures closer together. The first event will be held on March 30th 2019 from 6.30pm at the Basilica of San Bernardino, Armonie d’Argento (The Eagle). A singing event performed by three choirs, two Italians and one Japanese. Here it will be possible to listen to the Aquilano Choir “Armonie d’Argento”, the “Francesco D’Urbano” Choir of “Fara Filiorum Petri” and the Japanese “en” choir of pianist Mami Odagiri. Each of the three choirs will perform pieces from their repertoire to then join in the performance of “Furusato” a Japanese song and Inno “A San Bernardino da Siena” at the end of the concert.

A concert as a sign of friendship to commemorate and pray together for the victims of the earthquakes in L’Aquila and the grinding earthquake of the Tohoku region, hit hard in March 2011 by an earthquake that generated a violent Tsunami, causing the accident at the nuclear power plant of Fukushima.

This initiative thus becomes a bridge, a symbol of friendship and hope that unites Italy and Japan that without borders have experienced the same tragedies.

As a sign of solidarity and brotherhood with the post-earthquake boys from L’Aquila together with the children of the Izumi Kids Camp, Iwaki elementary schools, they created and painted 99 okiagari-koboshi for the city of 99. The okiagari-koboshi are dolls of papier-mache typical of the Japanese tradition, symbol of perseverance and resilience. Their characteristic is to fall and stand up again immediately. The dolls, held on display in the days of the exhibition at the Palazzetto dei Nobili, will be donated to the Dante Alighieri State High School in L’Aquila as a sign of solidarity among children of the same age who have suffered the same experiences with the wish of get up and keep smiling.

We then continue with the Japanese artist Ayami Noritake, with his artistic project “Roman Kobo Ren”. On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March 2019, the works will be exhibited in the rooms of the Palazzetto dei Nobili, where the artist Ayami Noritake will also show her working techniques and the creative process linked to her works.

Thanks to the use of the chigiri technique-and the artist Noritake uses rice paper, typical of the Japanese tradition, to create three-dimensional paintings where a material, light and inconsistent like paper, take new forms.

On the 30th afternoon, the Japanese documentary film Yoshizaku Kaneyama, entitled “Sukagawa, a step towards reconstruction” (須賀川、復興への歩み) will be broadcast with Italian subtitles.

We can never forget the great earthquake of Tohoku that hit Japan in March 2011. The earthquake caused a violent tsunami that, in addition to devastating entire cities and wiping out thousands of lives, also caused the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Through his “docu-film television”, the director Kaneyama addresses the complicated theme of this terrifying earthquake in the city of Sukagawa. It tells the various passages from pain to the rebirth of the Sukagawa community, documenting how, even in a country like Japan, used to strong and constant earthquakes, it is slow and complicated to activate a collective mechanism that leads to the rehabilitation of a city/society, affected from a natural disaster.

The event will then end in great joy thanks to the “Vaiwatts” who will hold a free concerto on the evening of March 30th!

The group, composed of musicians and vocalist Tama and Pierrot Ken, decided to give the city of L’Aquila an evening of his 2019 European tour, as a sign of solidarity and sympathy. The duo will also be joined by guitarist Daisuke Chiba, who has been working with them for years now.

From 2014 to 2017 they held solidarity concerts for Tohoku and decided to continue this experience of solidarity, arriving in L’Aquila with their passion and the hope of being able to approach two peoples through their music.

If you are in the surroundings of L’Aquila, we strongly advise you to attend these events, a wonderful opportunity to deepen the culture of Japan and be able to bring solidarity to our two nations hit so hard by catastrophes like the earthquake.[:ja]The friendship between Japan and Italy is getting closer and closer as the years go by. Today we are happy to present you an event that brings together our countries even more: Japan 4 L’Aquila.

From Mount Fuji to the Gran Sasso, a path that crosses the globe and reaches us, in a city that has much in common with Japan. In these areas where life is being reborn and returning to normal after the great earthquake of April 6, 2009, the Japan Association in Abruzzo from Fuji to Gran Sasso has organized this free cultural event to promote interculturality and solidarity between Italy and Japan.

Between 30 and 31 March, you will have the opportunity to attend four events, four artistic souls that from the Rising Sun will come to make their own contribution to the cultural renaissance of the city of L’Aquila. A voluntary and solidarity initiative that strongly highlights the sense of belonging and the pain caused by such devastating natural disasters, in Italy as in Japan.

The appeal of Japan 4 The Eagle has been received by several people, who, having learned of the initiative, have done their best to participate in it and give the city of L’Aquila a sign of hope of rebirth and overcoming pain.

Two days full of events to bring our two cultures closer together. The first event will be held on March 30th 2019 from 6.30pm at the Basilica of San Bernardino, Armonie d’Argento (The Eagle). A singing event performed by three choirs, two Italians and one Japanese. Here it will be possible to listen to the Aquilano Choir “Armonie d’Argento”, the “Francesco D’Urbano” Choir of “Fara Filiorum Petri” and the Japanese “en” choir of pianist Mami Odagiri. Each of the three choirs will perform pieces from their repertoire to then join in the performance of “Furusato” a Japanese song and Inno “A San Bernardino da Siena” at the end of the concert.

A concert as a sign of friendship to commemorate and pray together for the victims of the earthquakes in L’Aquila and the grinding earthquake of the Tohoku region, hit hard in March 2011 by an earthquake that generated a violent Tsunami, causing the accident at the nuclear power plant of Fukushima.

This initiative thus becomes a bridge, a symbol of friendship and hope that unites Italy and Japan that without borders have experienced the same tragedies.

As a sign of solidarity and brotherhood with the post-earthquake boys from L’Aquila together with the children of the Izumi Kids Camp, Iwaki elementary schools, they created and painted 99 okiagari-koboshi for the city of 99. The okiagari-koboshi are dolls of papier-mache typical of the Japanese tradition, symbol of perseverance and resilience. Their characteristic is to fall and stand up again immediately. The dolls, held on display in the days of the exhibition at the Palazzetto dei Nobili, will be donated to the Dante Alighieri State High School in L’Aquila as a sign of solidarity among children of the same age who have suffered the same experiences with the wish of get up and keep smiling.

We then continue with the Japanese artist Ayami Noritake, with his artistic project “Roman Kobo Ren”. On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 March 2019, the works will be exhibited in the rooms of the Palazzetto dei Nobili, where the artist Ayami Noritake will also show her working techniques and the creative process linked to her works.

Thanks to the use of the chigiri technique-and the artist Noritake uses rice paper, typical of the Japanese tradition, to create three-dimensional paintings where a material, light and inconsistent like paper, take new forms.

On the 30th afternoon, the Japanese documentary film Yoshizaku Kaneyama, entitled “Sukagawa, a step towards reconstruction” (須賀川、復興への歩み) will be broadcast with Italian subtitles.

We can never forget the great earthquake of Tohoku that hit Japan in March 2011. The earthquake caused a violent tsunami that, in addition to devastating entire cities and wiping out thousands of lives, also caused the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Through his “docu-film television”, the director Kaneyama addresses the complicated theme of this terrifying earthquake in the city of Sukagawa. It tells the various passages from pain to the rebirth of the Sukagawa community, documenting how, even in a country like Japan, used to strong and constant earthquakes, it is slow and complicated to activate a collective mechanism that leads to the rehabilitation of a city/society, affected from a natural disaster.

The event will then end in great joy thanks to the “Vaiwatts” who will hold a free concerto on the evening of March 30th!

The group, composed of musicians and vocalist Tama and Pierrot Ken, decided to give the city of L’Aquila an evening of his 2019 European tour, as a sign of solidarity and sympathy. The duo will also be joined by guitarist Daisuke Chiba, who has been working with them for years now.

From 2014 to 2017 they held solidarity concerts for Tohoku and decided to continue this experience of solidarity, arriving in L’Aquila with their passion and the hope of being able to approach two peoples through their music.

If you are in the surroundings of L’Aquila, we strongly advise you to attend these events, a wonderful opportunity to deepen the culture of Japan and be able to bring solidarity to our two nations hit so hard by catastrophes like the earthquake.[:]