Da Nang city to host Japan Culture Festival at weekend
The Da Nang Museum will host the Japan Culture Festival on March 10, introducing a series of traditional cultural activities and performances from Japan to local residents and tourists.
A Japanese woman in a kimono. The central city of Da Nang will host Japan Culture Day on March 10. (Photo: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA) - The Da Nang Museum willhost the Japan Culture Festival on March 10, introducing a series oftraditional cultural activities and performances from Japan to local residentsand tourists.
The museum said the event would see the Japanesecommunity in Da Nang and Hoi An cities demonstrating Japanese tea making,origami, calligraphy, cooking and folk games in the morning of March 10.
Visitors will be able to try on traditionalJapanese costumes, while a flashmob will be staged in the evening of theone-day event.
The Japan Culture Festival will open from 8.30amat 24 Tran Phu street.
The central city of Da Nang has become afavourite site for the annual Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange since 2012.
More than 127 Japanese businesses are operatingin Da Nang, while 37 Japanese restaurants have opened in the city. Japan plansto open a Consulate in Da Nang as a way to boost tourism and exchanges betweenJapan and the central city in the future.
More than 300,000 Japanese tourists, the secondlargest foreign group, visited the city in 2018.-VNA
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A Japanese woman in a kimono. The central city of Da Nang will host Japan Culture Day on March 10. (Photo: VNA) 
