Japanese Arts in the heart of Oise

Nipponese Arts Festival 

in the borders of the Oise 

For seven editions now, Japanese traditions and arts have been invited to the Lisières de l'Oise to help us discover this magnificent country and its culture, through several activities: martial arts, music, stories, cinema, arts events and workshops.  

And like every year, the festival will begin in the Intercommunal Sports and Cultural Complex located in Couloisy, from September 27 and will end at the Horloge d'Ollencourt, on October 6. Below, we invite you to discover their programming! 

A demonstration of Japanese martial arts will be performed by the various clubs of the Community of Communes of the Edges of the Oise. You will be presented with techniques of jiu-jitsu, aikido, karate, Japanese sabre and Kendo (fencing). This event will be followed by a tasting of Japanese products. 

 Couloisy Intercommunal Sports and Cultural Complex.

Several workshops will be organized during the day. Starting with a Shiatsu workshop – a Japanese treatment technique using pressure points with the fingers to tone and relax the body -, followed by a cooking workshop and ending with a manga workshop! 

Limited number of places for these workshops, remember to book.

 Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

Make way for a concert, with Sato Makoto, Oshima Yuko and Thierry Waziniak, who will offer you music mixing the influence of Japan, with their experience as improvisers of free, folk, pop, noise in a percussive whirlwind of thunderous delicacy.

 Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

Take advantage of your afternoon to try on a very popular garment from Japan. Maï will adorn you with magnificent kimonos and accessories for the occasion. A demonstration of Jiuta-maï dance will follow. 

Registration highly recommended.

  Ollencourt Clock, in Tracy-le-Mont

During this morning, origami and taiko (traditional Japanese drum) workshops will be offered.

 Couloisy Intercommunal Sports and Cultural Complex.

After a few workshops, stay to enjoy Murakami Junko's tales!

Couloisy Intercommunal Sports and Cultural Complex.

Then, to end the day in style, we are expecting many of you for the concert by Taniguchi Takuya, accompanied by Ota Emiko and Julien Omeyer. He will present his compositions where taikos will be in the spotlight, as well as melodies that will take you far beyond Japan. For those who like to wander into the unknown and experience new sensations, This is an evening not to be missed !

 Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

During this pleasant evening, the Compiègne-Shirakawa association will present to you a Tea history, accompanied by an introduction to the different varieties of Japanese teas.

 Town Hall Annex de Compiègne

During this evening, you will enjoy a stylistic and temporal adventure of all traditional and contemporary Japan, where dance combines as delicately as effectively with music. Minyo, Noh theater, Gagaku, narrative ritual music and contemporary experimental music will combine for a unique creation! This will be an opportunity to hear the shô-ga, which the group has integrated as material in these compositions.

 Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

New workshops will be offered to you during this day. Discover how to make Tenkoku (seals) as well as Japanese calligraphy! 

Limited number of places for these workshops, remember to book.

  Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

A concert will mark the penultimate day of the festival. If last year, we made a small detour through Mongolia, this year, we will go to India and Afghanisatan, with Denis Teste on the sitar and Saito Kengo on the Afghan rubâb.

 Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

And to end this festival on a good note, what could be better than sharing a good meal? This event will be hosted by DJ Nezumi Dom, who will introduce us, among other things, to the best of 70's J-pop, from Enka to Minyo jazz, from 60's Group Sounds to 80's anime.

Ollencourt clock, in Tracy-le-Mont.

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