UEFers had a great experience in calligraphy and Yukata

In the next severals days of the journey “Explore Japan with KIU”, UEFers had an experience in writing Japanese calligraphy and learn the country’s cultural beauty through its traditional costumes. Our friends also had an opportunity to transform into true Japanese boys and girls in colorful Yukata.

Besides tea ceremony or communication style, the art of Japanese calligraphy is one of the most beautiful cultural features of this country. The art of Japanese calligraphy (or Shodo in Japanese) is a visual art form, using text to express the soul is considered as one of the highlights of the Land of the rising sun’s culture.
In this international semester in Japan, after the language class, UEFers were taught the techniques to write Japanese calligraphy and ground the inkstick, created their own unique, elegant lines.

 

 

Lecturers from Kobe International University also introduced UEFers the traditional costumes of Japan, the deep culture of Japanese values, and showed our friends basic guilds to wear Yukata – a Japanese summer garment.


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At the end of the class, every UEFer was offered a Yukata costume as an inspirational gift, a symbol of the martial spirit: Integrity - Fairness - Courage - Charity - Civility - Kindness.