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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tenerife's Turning Japanese
Either it's Turning Japanese, or just having a fit of The Vapors, but for the current fortnight, it's Semana Temática de Japón (Japanese Theme Week) in La Laguna.
(Yes, we worked out that's 2 weeks too. We don't know the reason, except that this is Tenerife! :)
Mayoress of La Laguna, Ana Oramas and the Japanese Consul in the Canary Islands, Takeshi Mochizuki, opened the third edition of this exhibition, that runs until May 25th, at the former convent of Santo Domingo, on Monday. 
The exhibition, according to the town hall's communiqué, provides a tour of Japanese culture, with free workshops in writing, traditional costumes, music, manga (comics), Ikebana (flower arranging), traditional Japanese games, as well as concerts, film projections, conferences and exhibitions of shiatsu massage or martial arts. There is also an exhibition of valuable kimonos, traditional dolls and manga comics on display.
Of note is a concert of traditional Japanese music with Satomi Morimoto in the former convent of Santo Domingo, on Saturday, May 17th at 8.30 p.m.
