Unlike Ukraine, where the academic year begins in September, schools and universities in Japan start work in April. For many Japanese, the arrival of spring is associated with the ceremonies of the beginning of the school year, which are held in abundant bloom of sakura.
April 25, the photo exhibition of the Japanese photojournalist Kadzumi Obary “Irradiation” opened on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of the Igor Sikorsky KPI.
An exhibition of traditional Japanese clothing – kimono was held at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of the Igor Sikorsky KPI. Visitors were fascinated by aesthetics and minimalism, which are the essence of the Rising Sun Country.
On February 21 the opening of the media art exhibition of modern Japanese artist Mayuko Kanazawa was held at the Exhibition Hall of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute at the University's Scientific and Technical Library.
On February 5, an opening ceremony of the Japanese rock garden took place in the Scientific and Technical Library of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
Visitors of the exhibition of Japanese art "Winter Ikebana", held at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky KPI on the eve of the winter holidays, had a great opportunity to feel the New Year's atmosphere of the Land of the Rising Sun and enjoy the last month of 2017 — the Year of Japan i
December 1, within the plan of events of the Year of Japan in Ukraine, was a concert of the most fascinating pianist-virtuoso and composer— Tempeya Nakamura at the Center for Culture and Arts of the Igor Sikorsky KPI which were organized by the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky KPI and
On September, 9 was held a demonstration of the Japanese tea ceremony of art of the Shado (“The path of tea”) in the Hall of Meetings of the Academic Council of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
On 25 May, in Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute, representatives of “HITACHI High-Technologies Corporation” Tomomi Okada and Atsushi Hama presented electronic microscope “Hitachi Tabletop Electron Microscope TM3030” and delivered two lectures or to be more exact two workshops on its application.
Six more trees appeared on the alley of Sakura that has been recently planted Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute campus on the occasion of the Year of Japan in Ukraine.
