Social Events Venues

 

Workshop reception (October 28th)

Bar Engi (https://beercafe-engi.studio.site/)
Tsukuba Center Building 1F, 1-10-1 Azuma, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050031 Japan

ACCESS:
5 minutes’ walk from TX Tsukuba Station, right next to Tsukuba Center Square
10 minutes’ walk from conference venue

(picture from googlemap website)

Welcome reception (October 29th)

Epochal Tsukuba (conference venue https://www.epochal.or.jp/)
2-20-3 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050032 Japan

ACCESS:
About 8 min on foot from Tsukuba center to Tsukuba International Congress Center

(picture from official website)

Banquet (October 30th)

Banquet at Hotel Nikko Tsukuba (https://www.nikko-tsukuba.com/)
with a Japanese traditional cultural exhibition
1-1364-1 Azuma, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050031 Japan

ACCESS:
a two-minute walk from Tsukuba station
a 10 minutes’ walk from conference venue

(picture from official website)

Introduction to the Pieces Performed by Kirakuza at the Banquet

• Aranami (Raging Waves)
  An original piece centered around traditional Japanese taiko drums.

• Kaze no Uta (Song of the Wind)
  A national competition-winning piece.
  An original composition featuring Tsugaru shamisen.

• Yosakoi Soran
  A modern version of the traditional Soran Bushi.
  The audience joined in with the chant "Dokkoisho, Soran."