12/07/2025 Poland’s Day at the Kyoto University

Category: Polish Days in Kansai
Poland’s Day at the Kyoto University
15. Anniversary of the Polish language course at the Kyoto University
Date: 12th July 2015, 13.30-18.00
Venue: Kyoto University (the Building of Faculty of Humanities, 2nd floor Room 4)
Organizers: Chair of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Humanities, Kyoto University
13.30-13.40 Welcome speeches (prof. Nakamura Tadashi, Prof. Agnieszka Kozyra, Dr. Katarzyna Starecka)
13.40-14.30 University of Warsaw (UW) students’ presentations (Anna Fender, Gabriel Popławski, Alicja Kobiernik, Zofia Piskorek, Szymon Góralski, Małgorzata Wysmyk, Zofia Jakubiak, Alicja Ziembińska, Natalia Jura): Polish cuisine, National parks in Poland, Places in Poland recommended by Polish students
14.30-14.40 Japan in Poland: activities of the UW Japanese Studies Students Science Club ‘Maru’
14. 40-14.55 Urszula Mach-Bryson, MA, Chanoyu in intercultural perspective – practice for peace
14.55-15.10 Break
15.10-16.10 Kyoto University presentations
Furuya Yōsuke, Kyoto’s industrial heritage and the canal to Lake Biwa
Farakawa Noiki, Kuniyoshi Utagawa – painter of ukiyoe
Taniguchi Yūto, Wagashi (Japanese sweets) from Kyoto
Takeda Chihiro, Japanese and Chopin
16.10-16.30 Favorite Polish song sung by Japanese students and favorite Japanese song sung by Polish students
16.30-16.40 Anna Fender, Polonez – Polish dance of the nobility
16.40-17.00 Break
17.00-18.00 Polonez (UW) and performance of Polish folk dance by students from Kyoto University – workshop