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Waiting for the spring to come!
" Ikebana in English" class 「英語でいけばな」 クラス
We often have guests from various countries. She is all the way from Italy!
They visited Hiroshima for sightseeing from Hong Kong! Could you believe that this is her first Ikebana arrangement? We heard that the day was her birthday, and we sang a birthday song for her.
Merry girls lined up for a picture taken!
Class Hours: 13-20:00 Please come at any time and stay as long as you like during the class hours. The lesson is given individually. A presentation on Japanese culture or on the season is given at the first lesson every month from 13:00. Anyone is welcome to come even only to listen to the talk. Free Lesson Fee: 5000 yen for a month (3 or 4 lessons a month, depending on the number of work Thursday) 2000 yen for a lesson For further information: contact at eiko@hbs.ne.jp
＜クラスのご案内＞ 毎週木曜日13~20時。 開講時間帯の好きな時に、好きなだけおいで下さい。英語ででも日本語ででもお好きにさせていただきます。 毎月第一回目13時は日本文化や季節の話をします。 レッスン料：月5000円 １レッスンのみは2000円 詳細は電話082-221-3515 または eiko@hbs.ne.jp
September 2011
He is a surgeon and will go back to Thailand soon. No wonder, he is very good at using scissors!
Hello! The class resumed in September.
She visited Hiroshima on vacation with her family. She hasn't changed at all since she left Japan eight years ago, though her daughter has grown up beautifully this much.
He came to the class to pick up his newly married wife. The day was his birthday, and we sang a birthday song for him. Their warm attitude toward each other made all of us smile with happiness.
July, 2011
Sad to say but the time has come. She will leave Hiroshima and go back to Argentine. Best wishes to her and her family!
She sent me photos of her arrangement from Argentine two weeks later. Please see the exhibition page : Click here!
The last lesson in Hiroshima for the lady at the center
Spring 2011
~Youngest students~
Thank you! In the middle of February 2011, my first book "Japanese Culture as seen in Ikebana" was published . The class ladies gave me a surprise party to celebrate my publication! They also collected many congratulatory messages from the people who had been in my class in the world. A thousand thanks to all of you !
Some ladies in the class decorated a book shop with ikebana arrangements to promote the book. Thanks to them and all of you, the first edition was sold out and it was reprinted in June.
January 2011
All activities done out of the class are shown here at 'eiko's activities' page <A report from the International Congress of Aesthetics held at the Beijing University> <A report from the lesson on a cruise ship from America> <A report from the exhibition held in Melbourne in Australia> <A report from Hong Kong Workshop> <A report from the NHK studio> <A report from the Foreign Correspondent's Club Japan >
Christmas, 2010
All of us had a happy time.
~Achiever~
She just came back from the Honolulu Marathon. The medal she is showing is from the race. Congratulations on your double success!
September 2010
Do you remember her? She left Hiroshima and moved to Paris last year. She visited Hiroshima for a few days in October. Her only daughter has grown up beautifully!
She is a professional designer and has a very good sense on ikebana as well. She made this arrangement when she was in my class. Since this photo is so nice I keep holding it in this page.
One ikebana class was held on a holiday of the international school and she brought her daughters to the class. They are from Ecuador and have been in Japan for only a few months. The daughters were playing with the white board in the classroom, while their mother was making an arrangement. I was amazed to find a daughter had drawn her mother's arrangement and added Japanese letters beautifully .
Some students started their own blog pages. You will see many photos of the arrangements there. 生徒さんが、ブログをあげました。素敵な作品がでています。御覧ください。 出版のことも報じて下さっています。ありがとう！
http://ren2525.blog95.fc2.com/blog-date-20110217.html http://hinaikebana.blog100.fc2.com/
Sad to say, but this was the last lesson here for the two ladies this day. Three from the class are leaving by July 2010. We held a farewell party for them. The party was really wonderful. Photos from the day are here.
< 千客万来：many visitors from various countries > The new school year starts in April in Japan. The class had many visitors in and out.
Do you remember the lady in the center? She left Hiroshima one and half a year ago. She visited Japan and China this time. She came by to see us despite her tight schedule in Hiroshima.
We were very happy to see her gorgeous smile again here in Hiroshima. This is her first visit in five years. She joined us in congratulating our youngest student on her obtaining the first certificate.
We had guests from Holland, Australia and Hawaii this day. I am always glad to see my students bring their guests to the class and demonstrate their talent for ikebana to their guests.
A student brought two French guests, a college student and his mother. He studies Japanese literature in Tokyo now. He spoke beautiful Japanese and I learned that he had started learning Japanese in France. I asked him why he had chosen Japanese language among various languages. He said that he had been fascinated by the world of Yasujiro Ozu, the movie director in 1940-50th. I wonder how many Japanese youths know the name of Ozu, much less Ozu's world. I was highly impressed by the fact that the Japanese sensibility found in the Ozu's movies attracted this bright French young man to the extent of bringing him to Japan !
February 2010
She will move to Shanghai, not going back to her country Germany. The other lady will go back to Hungary after staying the New year holidays in Japan. http://shinonome.kouke.googlepages.com/ The other two ladies will leave Hiroshima in April and in June respectively. Gee, only three and a baby in this picture will be left in Hiroshima in July 2010...
June 2009
Sometimes the longer experienced student helps the younger one.
Do you remember these ladies?
They were in my class some 20 years ago. The Ohara ladies in Melbourne held an exhibition in March 2009. I visited them with some ladies from Hiroshima to support the exhibition. I met many friends from good old days as well as those who recently went back to Australia. More reports from the trip is seen here.
Gee, they appeared like twins in the same color on one early winter day. What a happy accident!
<Love>
Mother & Daughter
friendship / mother & daughters
When the boy came to the class for the first time with his mother, he was only an infant. Time flies so fast!
Achievements <Signboard for the qualified instructor>
We were very glad that she came back to the class on one Thursday in November. We were thrilled to hear that she already found an ikebana class in New York.
Please send me e-mail at eiko@hbs.ne.jp for taking lessons.
"Ikebana, Japanese flower arranging, taught in English"
TYA Culture Salon: 1-7-23 Higashi-Tenmanngu, Kitaku, Osaka Tel: 06-6355-2324 Dates: basically, first and third Tuesdays of the month Please check the dates before you come.
for further information: please e-mail at eiko@hbs.ne.jp
広島クラス
芸術学博士 小原流いけばな教授会特別会員 鈴木 榮子
730-0016 広島市中区幟町12-16-202 小畑カルチャースクール Tel：082-221-3515 （小畑） page end
Ph.D. of Aesthetics Eiko Suzuki First Degree Master instructor, the Ohara School of Ikebana |
