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Japanese Culture Day begins in Cuba

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Havana, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The Day of Japanese Culture in Havana begins today with the opening of the photographic exhibition " Elegía de Japón", at the Marqués de Arcos Palace in the Historic Center.

The event will take place from November 2 to 11 with a varied program, including this day’s show at 3:00 p.m. local time which consists of a series of images selected by the Japan Chamber Industry Institute (JCII).

With this set, the artist Haruo Toyama takes the public to an approach of the evolution that, through time, the Japanese achieved with their way of life and traditions.

A lecture by Yves Schlirf, who will address the presence of manga in the Franco-Belgian comic book market, in particular the experience of Kana, a publishing house he founded in the mid-1990s, is scheduled for November 7 at 4:00 p.m. local time at the Vitrina de Valonia, also in the old part of the city.

The National Museum of Fine Arts will be the venue for the activities to be held on November 8, that day at 3:00 p.m. local time, in the Hemicycle of the Universal Art Building, the Japanese ambassador to Cuba, Hirata Kenji, will give a lecture on traditional Japanese paintings.

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