Visit to Raast School Ikebana International Karachi Chapter celebrated Independence Day of Pakistan at Raast School on August 19th in lieu of 14th August. Raast School was built for the underprivileged children whose parents cannot afford to pay school fees. It provides them proper opportunities to study...
Destination Asia Festival at The Morton Arboretum Members of Ikebana International Chicago Chapter #27 participated in the Destination Asia Festival at Morton Arboretum. The Destination Asia Festival celebrates the cultures of Asia, where many trees and plants at The Morton Arboretum originated. From its founding in 1922,...
Two Japanese festivals Hinamatsuri: We were able to visit a village just as the plum blossoms, peach blossoms, and seasonal cherry blossoms were beginning to bloom all at once. Slightly reddish weeping cherry blossom buds at the Zuiryu-ji Temple in the village were beginning to open and...
We had an Ikebana exhibition on 6-9 August 2024, working together with The Japan Foundation, Jakarta. There were 49 arrangements by five Ikebana schools in Jakarta. The Deputy of Japan Foundation, and the Minister of Information and Culture of Embassy of Japan, Indonesia attended the opening ceremony....
Demostration and Chapter Meeting Ikebana Demonstrations from Sogetsu School, Ohara School, Shogetsudo Koryu and Ichiyo School The AGM of Melbourne Chapter was held on Tuesday 13 August and the presidency was handed over from Nobuko Kobayashi to Jenny Loo supported by the members’ approval. Nobuko Kobayashi thanked...
Little things that make us happy Chapter President, Datin Ong Kid Ching opened her lovely house for our first meeting of the year, titled "Little Things that make us Happy ". It was an Ikebana workshop using perfume bottles. Because of space constraints, the workshop was limited...
Workshop On November 5th, we held ikebana workshop for overseas students at Hiroshima International House Festival in Hiroshima. 20 foreigners were welcomed to experience ikebana and through beautiful flowers we could enjoy and share the fruitful time with them. Also, on November 19th, 9 Hiroshima members exhibited...
General Meeting and Luncheon Party Our chapter’s General Meeting was held on August 4th at Hotel-Burillante. At the beginning, the chapter president, Ms. Karasawa, and other officers presented Business report for this year, Income and expenditure account settlement report, Audit report, and Business plan for the next...
