Japanese Sunday: All roads lead to Garden of Five Senses today for Namaste Japan Fest 2020
NEW DELHI. Finally, the much-awaited ‘Namaste Japan Fest 2020’ is back in New Delhi TODAY with lots of Japanese food, cultural events to make your Sunday memorable one.
It’s going to rock the Garden of Five Senses in Saket in New Delhi and starting from 12.30 to end at 8.30 in the evening.
A team of around 30 Japanese people arrived in Delhi on Friday for the event.
This is the second edition of the event as last year too the maiden event was organized at the same place on February 10.
Japan Foundation, JNTO(Japan National Tourism Organization), Fukuoka International Exchange Center, Fukuoka International Students Support Center, Fukuoka Prefecture, Delhi Tourism, Delhi Government, FFLC, Choya, and Asian Community News (ACN) Network are the supporters of the event to make it a grand success.
The visitors can enjoy the splurge of traditional and contemporary Japanese food and beverages. The visitors at Namaste Japan Fest 2020 can also enjoy trying their hands on the making of the rice ball, also called ONIGIRI, the typical triangular rice ball, or cylinder shapes usually wrapped with nori, the dried seaweed.
On the platter for the food lovers would be the momos, noodles, green tea and also Indian Kulhar (earthen pot) tandoori tea on the occasion to keep you warm in the chilly winter.
One of the major attractions this time is the Japanese Bon Odori dance, also called Bon dance. It is a style of dancing performed during Obon festivities held in the middle of August every year in Japan. It’s originally a Nenbutsu folk dance to welcome the spirits of the ancestors.
You also enjoy wearing the Japanse traditional dress Kimono and Yukata and get selfies with your friends.
A troupe of more than two dozen Japanese artists has arrived in New Delhi to make the Namaste Japan Fest 2020 a memorable event for the visitors that include Indians from cross-sections as well as Japanese. One of the attractions will be Odori dance by Japanese artists, Japanese traditional guitar playing, Japanese drums, karate, etc.,” said Dharmendra Kumar, Chairman, Namaste Japan Fest Executive Committee that is organizing the event.
Asian Community News (ACN) Network is the Media Partner for the event to give it the pre and post-event coverage on its platform that audiences in India as well as Japan, South Korea, and the USA.
Also read: Namaste Japan Fest 2020: Manisha Saxena, Secretary, ACL, Delhi Government to inaugurate event
