EVENT: Kukai haiku exchange, 21 February 2025, JICC
2025/1/28
EVENT: Kukai haiku exchange, 21 February, JICC
For the first time, the Mission of Japan to the EU will host a Kukai haiku exchange session on Friday 21st February 2025, bringing together a small group of haiku practitioners from around Belgium to share and discuss their original haiku with each other and an audience. At the end of the discussion, participants will pick the winning haiku.
Haiku is a type of Japanese short form poetry most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. A haiku often evokes an image, a scene or an emotion in a brief but powerful way. Haiku has become widespread and beloved among professionals and amateurs alike and is commonly featured in many language and literature syllabi in schools and colleges across Europe.
“Kukai” is a haiku poetry meeting whereby participants present, exchange and appreciate their haiku. For our Kukai, participants will have a chance to submit two haiku each, and these haiku entries will then be made anonymous and discussed freely among our participants. In the end, a vote will be taken to choose the most liked haiku.
The Kukai will be moderated by Ms Kazuko Nishimura, a published haiku poet and author from Japan. She has been a member of the Haiku Poets Association since 1977 and has received a number of awards for her haiku poetry.
Interpretation will be provided by Professor Willy Vande Walle, Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
We encourage all admirers and practitioners of haiku as well as language teachers, students and all those interested in Japanese literature and culture to register for the event and join us!
Date: Friday 21st February 2025
Time: 14:30-16:30 (Doors open at 14:00)
Place: Japan Culture and Information Centre (JICC), Embassy of Japan, Rue Van Maerlant 1, Brussels 1040
Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/pJUkt2JXHP
For the first time, the Mission of Japan to the EU will host a Kukai haiku exchange session on Friday 21st February 2025, bringing together a small group of haiku practitioners from around Belgium to share and discuss their original haiku with each other and an audience. At the end of the discussion, participants will pick the winning haiku.
Haiku is a type of Japanese short form poetry most often composed, in English versions, of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. A haiku often evokes an image, a scene or an emotion in a brief but powerful way. Haiku has become widespread and beloved among professionals and amateurs alike and is commonly featured in many language and literature syllabi in schools and colleges across Europe.
“Kukai” is a haiku poetry meeting whereby participants present, exchange and appreciate their haiku. For our Kukai, participants will have a chance to submit two haiku each, and these haiku entries will then be made anonymous and discussed freely among our participants. In the end, a vote will be taken to choose the most liked haiku.
The Kukai will be moderated by Ms Kazuko Nishimura, a published haiku poet and author from Japan. She has been a member of the Haiku Poets Association since 1977 and has received a number of awards for her haiku poetry.
Interpretation will be provided by Professor Willy Vande Walle, Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
We encourage all admirers and practitioners of haiku as well as language teachers, students and all those interested in Japanese literature and culture to register for the event and join us!
Date: Friday 21st February 2025
Time: 14:30-16:30 (Doors open at 14:00)
Place: Japan Culture and Information Centre (JICC), Embassy of Japan, Rue Van Maerlant 1, Brussels 1040
Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/pJUkt2JXHP