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On April 11-23, dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, assoc. prof. dr. Laima Anglickienė and dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė, lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University, visited the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

During the visit, lectures on Lithuanian folk culture, such as Lithuanian traditional cuisine and traditional Lithuanian festivals were delivered. Students also watched a film about Easter and customs, traditions, and beliefs related to this particular festical. VMU lecturers participated in the lectures of Lithuanian language, too, where they taught Lithuanian phonetics and correct pronunciation.

In between the lectures, there were meetings with dr. Eiko Sakurai, lecturer of the Lithuanian language and culture, and dr. Yumiko Tatsumi, coordinator of international relations. Academic staff of both universities talked about the development of closer cooperation in the field of Baltic studies between the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Lithuanian universities.

On 16 April, the Lithuanian Embassy in Japan was visited where the Lithuanian community in Japan was gathered. Lecturers told about Easter traditions and played Lithuanian games. The children of the Lithuanian community in Japan enjoyed taking part in a competition for the most beautiful Easter eggs, as well as in Easter egg-rolling, egg-carrying, egg-throwing, and other competitions, which help to preserve Lithuanian traditions, and encourage the youngest members of the Lithuanian community to get to know each other and to communicate in Lithuanian.

Lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University, visited the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Photos by dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, assoc. prof. dr. Laima Anglickienė and dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė