Oases of Japanese culture

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The interest in Japan has been increasingly growing in Lithuania since the 1990s. During the last decades of the Soviet era and the early years of independence, an escape to secrets of exotic Japanese culture was basically a way to escape a culture of social realism. That is why the first significant events, for example, The Week of Japanese Culture organized in 1995, received enormous interest.
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Harmony of the Cultures

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Theater, dance, and music create harmony. However, art also conveys meaningful stories, which, in joint projects, unite the artists of two countries through a universal language of metaphors, sounds, and images. Lithuania cherishes a rich tradition of drama and music, which fascinates Japanese viewers with its professionalism. Meanwhile, Japan offers Lithuanians theatrical and musical forms, such as the mask theater no, the expressive kabuki, or the sacred dance kagura, which have millennial traditions.
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Union of Lines, Colors, and Forms

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Thanks to exhibitions, creative workshops, and the Japanese artists residing in Lithuania, people have more opportunities to get acquainted with traditions of the Japanese art after the restoration of independence in 1990. And this is not only about famous wood engraving, that attracted people‘s attention to Japan for a long time. There are many areas of art introduced in Lithuania including ceramics, sculpture, ink painting, flower art ikebana, Japanese swords, and tea ceremony. Many Lithuanian artists inspired by the principles of east esthetics, introduced the Japanese traditions to their art.
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From Čiurlionis to Fluxus

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Collections of Japanese art have been saved and exhibited in Lithuania for more than a hundred years. We are pleased that Lithuanian art and culture are known and represented in Japan. Knowledge about Lithuanian art in Japan links to three names, i.e. M. K. Čiurlionis, Fluxus movement, and S. Eidrigevičius. These names are pretty popular among Japanese intellectuals. However, in recent decades more and more opportunities are occurring for other Lithuanian artists, sculptors, designers to represent themselves as ambassadors of our culture.
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The charm of moving and static pictures

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Cinema and photography have the metaphoric power to transform the world and create art, but not only that. They are also essential educational tools that allow us to get acquainted with a distant culture and understand it better.
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