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<February 2012> Dear Friends Welcome to the 'Flowers for Your Life' homepage and thank you for dropping in at this site. This is coming to you from Hiroshima, Japan. My name is Eiko Suzuki, owner of this homepage. I have been studying Ikebana, art of Japanese flower arranging, for almost half a century. @During those years, I have come in contact with many people with a variety of cultural backgrounds. I worked for an airline company and flew all over the world in the late '60s.@ I lived in North America on and off for seven years mostly in the 70's. I am now holding Ikebana classes in Hiroshima and Osaka for both Japanese and foreign students.@Thus, I have experienced many cross-cultural environments. Such experience has naturally led me to think about what the characteristics of the Japanese culture are.
People in the world have been enjoying flowers at home.
In Japan, however, arranging plants has
gone through a unique development in which I got interested to the extent that I
went back to university in the 90's and started a research on Ikebana.
The more I studied, the greater my
interest grew. My continued study finally
resulted in a Ph.D. degree in aesthetics 10 years later.
My Ph.D. dissertation turned out to be
the first such dissertation in Japan dealing with Ikebana as the main subject.
In my papers, I discussed Ikebana as an
important element of the Japanese culture, and thus my current interest covers
the overall culture of Japan.
Here in this site, I have included many photos from the classes in
Hiroshima and Osaka. I hope you would enjoy them. Sincerely Ph.D. of Aesthetics Master Instructor of Ikebana Ohara School
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<The arrangement of this month>
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Contact: eiko@hbs.ne.jp
*<When> Every Thursday: anytime between 13:00 and 20 :00 Lessons are given totally in English. *<Where> On the 2nd fl. of the Florist Kobata building (12-16 Nobori-machi Naka-ku, Hiroshima/ 082-221-3515)@ *Lesson fee: 5000 yen for one month iOne month has 3-4 lessons. It depends on a month) 2000 yen for one lesson if paid lesson by lesson *A talk for the month is presented on the first lesson of every month.@(admission free)
Photos from the exhibition are seen here!
for further information: please send e-mail Eiko at eiko@hbs.ne.jp
*<When> Two Tuesdays a month Two classes a day 13:00 and 20 :00 Lessons are given totally in English. *<Where> TYA Culture Salon: 1-7-23 Higashi-Tenmangu, Kitaku, Osaka ( JR Osaka-Tenmangu, Tozai Line or Minami-morimachi, subway) Tel: 06-6355-2324 Photos from the Osaka Class : Please click here
*For further information: please send me e-mail at eiko@hbs.ne.jp
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Eiko Suzuki Ph.D. of Aesthetics Master Instructor of Ikebana Ohara School @ any comment : to @ @
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