Summary The aim of the festival was to provide Pakistanis with an opportunity to learn about Japanese culture. Photo: Dunya News
(Dunya News) – A Japanese festival to mark 65 years of Pak-Japan relations was held at a hotel in Karachi. Organised by the Consulate General of Japan, the colourful event featuring an exhibition of Japanese art as well as music, spellbound the visitors.
The aim of the festival was to provide Pakistanis with an opportunity to learn about Japanese culture.
Featuring ikebana – the traditional Japanese floral arrangement, origami – Japan’s traditional paper-art, and a display of Japan’s bonsai trees, a Japanese art exhibition was also part of the event.
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The festival also featured a Japanese art exhibition. Photo: Dunya News
“Pakistan and Japan have always shared a pleasant relation and I wish for it to be this way in the future too,” said Toshikazu Isomura, Consul General of Japan at the festival.
The enchanting festival concluded with a musical performance by a Japanese singer, Kaneko Somi, who amazed the audience after performing on Pakistani music.
For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.
