Netherlands-Japan Association

One of the regular activities arranged in co-operation with the Netherlands Association of Japanese Studies (NGJS) is its annual series of lectures, presenting a different subject each year. The theme of this year's series, for example, was the city of Nara and the Nara Period. The relations between the Netherlands and Japan was the subject of another series of lectures.

Visits to exhibitions of Japanese art in the Netherlands or neighbouring countries or the showing of Japanese films are also regular Association activities. But the activity that attracts most members is the annual New Year's lunch in January.

Nowadays there are 400 members who are interested in Japan for of variety of reasons: some have lived in Japan for a shorter or longer period; some have visited Japan as a businessman, student or tourist. Some have become interested in Japan because of its literature, art and flower arranging or because they work for a Japanese company, study Japanese or are involved in martial arts. There is also a number of Japanese members.

The Netherlands-Japan Association is also in contact with a lot of other Japan linked associations like the Netherlands Ikebana Association, the Netherlands Go Club or the Netherlands-Japan Society of the Kansai in Japan.

For further information contact:
Secretary Nederlands-Japanse Vereniging
c/o Centre for Japanese Studies
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands