The Unexpected Japan Thread in Vicenza / 知らなかった日本が、ここにある。

Study ikebana at Italy’s first official Sogetsu branch, in Vicenza

Weekly, monthly and individual lessons at the first official Italian branch of Tokyo’s Sogetsu School.

Why did a Japanese tea master help build a tea room in Vicenza?

Learn the Japanese Way of Tea inside a real chashitsu

Take a bonsai course inside a plant nursery in Vicenza

A specialist school inside Garden Schio, where students learn to cultivate bonsai in the Japanese tradition.

Why Asiago cheese is officially protected in Japan

Why is Nobuyoshi Araki’s only permanent installation in an Italian mosaic factory?

A Shinjuku privé, original shodō and Araki’s Tokyo photographs

How a winter vegetable from Vicenza found a second home in Japan

Why are Yoko Ono and Japan’s radical women artists in a Vicenza textile factory?

Takako Saito’s chess games, Yoko Ono’s dreams and Mieko Shiomi’s worldwide performances

Why is there a Japanese ceramic tradition in Vicenza?

Kyoto tea bowls, an underground kiln and the Japanese chapter of Italian ceramics

Join the dance class from Vicenza that became a Japanese museum favourite

The Vicenza dance practice that travelled to museums across Japan

The curious Japanese history of Marostica’s cherries

Ciliegia di Marostica IGP, Yamagata and a sister city relationship that began with human chess

Make your own ceramic piece and try Japanese Raku in a working studio

Pottery courses, wheel throwing and a monthly Raku firing day

The man from Vicenza who sold the world Japan’s four seasons

From Vicenza to Yokohama and the family photo album that became a treasure of world photography

Why a Japanese blog recommends visiting Vicenza for Mazinger and Goldrake

Inside a rare collection of vintage Japanese robot toys, Chōgokin and Jumbo Machinder.

The Japanese story inside the world’s oldest indoor theatre

Teatro Olimpico, Japanese travellers and the search for a lost treasure