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60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations

In 2012, Israel and Japan celebrate 60 years Anniversary of diplomatic relationship. To commemorate the  special  year, many kinds of events are planned to be held all around Japan and in Israel as following.
Please check for the Embassy website for more details.

May~Jul

May 11-12 Israeli Photo exhibition and promotion of products / Fuchu City
May 20 Opera Concert “Alpha and Omega” composed by Gil Shohat, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dan Ettinger / Bunkamura Orchard Hall
May 21 Gala Concert of the 60 years anniversary between Israel and Japan, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dan Ettinger / Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
May 23 Opera Concert “Alpha and Omega” composed by Gil Shohat, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dan Ettinger / Suntory Hall
May  Israid one year of aid to Japan / Hilton Hotel, Tokyo
May 23 Yayoi Okaniwa Sephardic Music Recital / Art Café Friend (Ebisu)
May 24 Urgent Talk “Israel Art Now”, with participation of Sotheby’s Israel Chairman and Artis founder, Rivka Saker at Mori Art Museum

June 6~9 “YES!” featuring Omer Avital / Cotton Club
June “Start-Up Nation” promotion / Diamond Publishing House
June  David Suzann sculpture in Minami-Sanriku Town
June 19 17:40-Short Shorts Film Festival featuring Ken Shalem / La Foret Harajuku
June 23 and 28 at Brillia Short Theater at Yokohama
June 28 19:00 Solovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Keiko Mitsuhashi, featuring Gabriel Lipkind (cello) / Suntory Hall/ Jul.1 at The Symphony Hall at Osaka

July 1st week The 60 years anniversary concert by Waseda University Orchestra
July  Tanabata event / Mediatheque Holon
July 14~22 SKIP City D-Cinema Festival featuring “Restoration” directed by Yossi Madmoni
July 22~Aug.5 Ohad Fishof GAGA and Creation at Saison Morishita Studio
July 28-Aug.5 Haifa Theater at Kijimuner Festival in Okinawa / lecture and workshop by the Cultural Basket
July 29 Yael Naim at Fuji Rock Festival
July 31 Yael Naim at Umeda Club Quattro

Aug~Oct

Aug 1 Yael Naim at Shibuya Club Quattro
Aug 3 Yael Naim at La Foret Museum Harajuku
Aug  Special Israeli events in Tohoku / Dream doctors / Sendai, Watari, Shinchi
Aug 10-12 Opera “Hell Screen” by Ronen Shapira at Theater-X
Aug 18-31. Israeli film “Collaborator and his family” at Documentary Dream Show” by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival / Auditorium Shibuya

Sep 1-14 at Pore Pore Higashinakano
Sep 5 –Oct.7 TEDER Internet Radio event / Time Out Cafe
Sep 1-2 Sukagawa International Short Film Festival featuring Israeli animation “Her Morning Elegance”
Sep 7-9 Tokyo JAZZ Festival / Balkan Beat Box, Gilad Hekselman, Oz Noy / Tokyo International Forum / Cotton Club Marunouchi
Sep 27 Thu “Quiet” by Arkadi Zaides + workshop / Kobe Dance Box
Sep 28- 29 Fri-Sat “Love Fire” by Yasmeen Godder +workshop +talk event / Kanazawa 21st Century Museum
Sep 30-Oct.1 Sun-Mon “Quiet” by Arkadi Zaides / Aoyama Round Theater

Oct 5 Thu 21:00 “Love Fire” by Yasmeen Godder / Spiral Hall
Oct 6-7 Sat-Sun 15:00 “Love Fire” by Yasmeen Godder / Spiral Hall
Oct 5 Maxim Vengerov & Itamar Golan Concert at Hitomi Kinen Kodo at Showa Univ.
Oct 5-7 Thu-Sat A.B.Yehoshua’s lecture and literature events (screening of “Three Days and A Child” / Doshisha University
Oct 19 Ivry Gitlis 90years old anniversary concert / Tokyo Opera City
Oct 20-28 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF)
Oct “Documentary Dream Show” by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival / Euro Space (?)
Oct 25~ Omer Avital Trio featuring Eli Degibli ?

Nov~Dec
Nov 6  Tue Sugihara Homage Concert / Kioi Hall
Nov 15 Thu “Shlomo” composed by Broch, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Keiko Mitsuhashi featuring Gabriel Lipkind / Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Nov 16 Fri “Shlomo” composed by Broch, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Keiko Mitsuhashi featuring Gabriel Lipkind
Nov 17 or 18 Sat or Sun “Sadeh 21” by Batsheva Dance Company / Biwako Hall 
Nov 23-Dec.2 Israeli Classic Special at Tokyo Filmex / Yurakucho Asahi Hall / Shibuya Auditorium “Avanti Popolo” “Eldorado” “Salah Shabati” “Three Days and a Child”
Nov 23-24 Fri (National Holiday)-Sat “Sadeh 21” by Batsheva Dance Company / Saitama Theater + Ohad Naharin’s GAGA
Nov “Gold Fish” by Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Company / Kyoto Art Theater SHUNJUZA
Nov 23-25 Fri(National Holiday)-Sun “Bombix Mori” by Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Company / Setagaya Public Theater + workshop

Dec 1 Sat “Bombix Mori” by Inbal Pinto Company / Matsumoto Performing Arts Center
Dec International collaboration “Trojan Women” directed by Yukio Ninagawa with Cameri Theater / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theatre
Dec 26-Jan.3, 2013 International collaboration “Trojan Women” directed by Yukio Ninagawa with Cameri Theater / Cameri Theatre

* Sometime in September or in November there will be 3-days-event (workshop and performance) of medical clowning in Tohoku with collaboration between Dr. Atay Citron and Japan CliniClown Association.