May Meeting and AGM Our May regular meeting was held at Park Hotel in Yuigahama with AGM and new officer installation. Many members participated. After the AGM, there was a performance of ‘Songs, Kimono and SDGs Fashion Show’! Yukari, a singer, gracefully sang with her beautiful voice,...
May Monthly Meeting 2024 / 32nd Exhibition of Osaka Chapter We held our May Monthly Meeting and our chapter’s 32nd Exhibition on Friday, May 10th, 2024, at Hotel New Otani Osaka. At the meeting, we welcomed Ms. Senko Ikenobo, Headmaster Designate of Ikenobo, who was invited as...
Contemporary Traditional, Traditional Contemporary It was a busy May gathering. We started off the afternoon announcing the nominated slate of officers for 2024-2025, allowing for any nominations from the floor before our final vote. The newly elected officers were greeted and handed a rose from our Honorary...
Our chapter programs for March, April and May 2024 For two days in March our Katen was held in Ayres Hall at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. It was very successful. The Consul General of Japan, Mr. Kenko Sone and Mrs. Sone took part...
Blossoms of Hope 2024 Ikebana International Sri Lanka Chapter 262 annual exhibition “Blossoms of Hope 2024” was held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel ‐ Ivy room on the 10th and 11th of May 2024. The chief guests were the patron, the ambassador for Japan in Sri Lanka,...
Floral momentum It was an annual exhibition of Montreal Chapter at the Japanese Pavilion of Montreal Botanical Garden. 20 members participated in this exhibition. The opening ceremony took place in Friday evening with attendance and speeches of Mr. Masaki Morimoto, Deputy Consul General of Consulate General of...
Workshop of Korin Iris Screens Faye Phillips, Sogetsu teacher Second Sanyo lead our chapter in recreating a gorgeous Korin Screen using iris. This was based on the Sogetsu lesson 5-17. We were taught about iris and the iris leaves as we made our individual arrangements. Once we...
Arranging with paperbark from eucalyptus-tree During our monthly meeting in Leverkusen Edelgard Herwald in May, a member of the Sogetsu School came all the way from Australia to show our members how to build a sculpture covered with paperbark from eucalyptus-tree. With a lot of patience and...
