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“The 7th Vietnam – Japan Cultural Exchange Days” in Hội An 2009 is the annual festival with many cultural activities: folklore and contemporary.

The 2009 festival as a national event will be organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Hội An ancient town – the World Cultural Heritage, also the time when Hội An welcomes the UNESCO recognition for Cham Islands (Cù Lao Chàm) – the World Biosphere Reserve. The festival is from August 14th – 16th, 2009 in Hội An ancient town and Cham Islands.

There are some special activities of cultural exchange such as “The Vietnamese Cultural Space”, the photo exhibition of six previous festivals, the seminar for environment, the Japanese sticky rice cake making festival, Japanese gastronomy, Japanese tea ceremony, Sakura planting festival and so on…

Especially, this festival will be participated by some professional artistic bands from Japan, such as: The band GYPSY QUEEN and the Vietnamese singer Mỹ Linh, Tap Dance, traditional Drum performance, the performance by the Japanese pianist HIGUCHI AYUKO, KIMONO performance … The Japan festival 2009, opening in the evening of August 15th at the Sông Hoài square, will reflect strongly the Japanese culture.

• Opening: 19:30-21:30, August 14th, 2009 at Sông Hoài Square.

• Closing: 20:00-21:00, August 16th, 2009 at Chàm islands.