Ikenobo exhibition at EKO-House of Japanese Culture in Dusseldorf, Germany on 18-19 June 2011.

Dusseldorf ,which has a substantial number of Japanese expats, is not far from the Dutch-German border. 150 years of friendship between Germany and Japan is celebrated in 2011 and Ikenobo Chapter Nederland was honoured to be among the guests of EKO House. We were pleasantly surprised by the magnificent buildings and gardens and the quality of the arrangements.

After an opening ceremony with speeches by several officials, Headmaster Sen’ei Ikenobo gave a splendid and humorous demonstration, followed by professor Manabu Noda , who some of us were very pleased to see again! Finally a Shoka demonstration was given by the Ikenobo teacher attached to Eko-House, Kinoyu Watanabe.

It was a wonderful and inspiring day. We felt privileged to be present at these celebrations, all in beautiful Japanese surroundings. Thank you very much German Ikenobo Chapter and thank you EKO-House.

EKO-House, view from the garden: Temple and Bell tower

Stairs towards Temple

Miscanthus sinensis and rock

Demonstration by Headmaster Sen’ ei Ikenobo

One of the busy exhibition halls in the main building

Rembrandtesque and breathtaking : Rikka shimputai by Headmaster Sen’ ei Ikenobo…