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Summer holidays offer a chance to recharge, step away from everyday routines, spend more time with family, and gain energy from new experiences. That is why organizing wellness activities and enriching leisure opportunities for employees of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and their family members is one of the key areas of work of the Trade Union Committee.

🫖 One cup of tea — the art of being here and now. Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted a rehabilitation event for veterans dedicated to the Japanese tea ceremony.

Three days of events, more than 7,500 visitors, and countless opportunities to discover 🇯🇵 Japan up close — this was this year’s festival, organized by the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute welcomed a delegation from the House of Representatives of Japan led by its Speaker Eisuke Mori, accompanied by Representative Masahito Moriyama and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Yo Osumi, together with representatives of the Embassy of Japan.

On June 12, the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute opened the exhibition Warriors and Flowers, featuring classical Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints alongside works by contemporary Ukrainian artists.

🤝 Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute hosted a meeting with representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Paul Heslop, Senior Mine Action Adviser at the United Nations Resident Coordinator's Office in Ukraine, as well as representatives of the international organizations PCM and MAT Kosovo (Kosovo Mine Action Training Centre).

The Trade Union Committee of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, with the support of the Ukrainian-Japanese Center, organized the Japanese Summer School for Children for the second time. The cultural program was designed to introduce participants to Japanese culture, language, traditions, and arts.

🎥 For the third time since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the Kyoto International Choir organized a musical telebridge on Kyiv Day between the two sister cities as a gesture of support for the people of Kyiv and solidarity with Ukraine.

Intellectual games are becoming increasingly popular at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. University-wide and city chess tournaments hosted on campus have attracted growing participation, with Polytechnic students consistently achieving outstanding results. More recently, tournaments in Go and Shogi have also been added, promoted by the Ukrainian-Japanese Center. These Japanese strategy games can be considered close relatives of chess, offering even broader strategic possibilities.