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  normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt\;&quot;&gt;Beauty of Japan – Jap
 anese Kimono Show  &lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-hei
 ght: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 16pt\;&quot;&gt;August 4\, 7pm\n\n&lt;p style=
 &quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fon
 t-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;National Nikkei Museum &amp;amp\; Heritage Centre  &lt;/strong&gt;\n
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 nt-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;6688 Southoaks Crescent\, Burnaby\, BC\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margi
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 &quot;&gt;Tickets: $12\n 10 concession and NNMHC members\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-botto
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 77.7000\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;spa
 n style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;www.nikkeiplace.org\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom
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 oup of kimono teachers and students lead by Mineko Ukai from Nishinomiya\,
  Japan are travelling specially to the National Nikkei Museum &amp;amp\; Herit
 age Centre to present &lt;strong&gt;Beauty of Japan – Japanese Kimono Show&lt;/st
 rong&gt; on Wednesday\, August 4\, 2010\, at 7pm. Experience the virtues of w
 earing a kimono and expect to see myriads of kimono worn for different occ
 asions and seasons.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;
 font-family: Calibri\;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--    [if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--    [endif
 ]--&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;In the program’s first scene\, women’s seasonal
  kimono for spring\, summer\, fall\, and winter will be introduced. Scene 
 two will show three kinds of obi: &lt;em&gt;Han haba\, Nagoya&lt;/em&gt; \, and &lt;em&gt;Fu
 kuro Obi&lt;/em&gt; . In scene three\, kimono worn for special occasions will be
  showcased: &lt;em&gt;Shichigosan&lt;/em&gt; \, &lt;em&gt;Jusan-mairi&lt;/em&gt; \, and Coming-of-
 Age Day. Thirty kimono teachers and models\, including one man\, a handful
  of children\, and some local models\, will come together on stage for the
  finale. When wearing kimono manners such as bowing\, walking\, sitting\, 
 and virtues of the heart – harmony\, respect\, purity\, and tranquility 
 – will also be illustrated throughout the show (with English and Japanes
 e commentary). A reception with refreshments will follow\, and audiences w
 ill have a chance to mingle with the kimono bearers. Please join us for a 
 spectacular and rare opportunity to appreciate Japanese kimono with those 
 who keep the tradition alive. \n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;
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 --    [endif]--&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\
 ;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Kimono and items created from kimono fa
 bric will be on sale in the lobby\, which is accessible to everyone with o
 r without tickets.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;f
 ont-family: Calibri\;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--    [if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--    [endif]
 --&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Mineko Ukai  &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-siz
 e: 12pt\;&quot;&gt; is the founder of the renowned &lt;em&gt;Motomi Kimono School&lt;/em&gt; i
 n Nishinomiya\, Japan. Twenty members from her three kimono classes will a
 ccompany her for this show. As a young girl Ukai loved watching her mother
  and others wear kimono and began learning how to dress her own children f
 or &lt;em&gt;Shichigosan&lt;/em&gt; . Ukai began teaching kimono classes in 1973. By 1
 976\, she established Motomi Kimono School and held kimono classes at Danj
 o Public Hall and Takagi Public Hall. Her skill in weaving and braiding &lt;e
 m&gt;obijime&lt;/em&gt; led to invitations to San Francisco’s Little Tokyo\, for 
 the Cherry Blossom Kimono Shows and braiding workshops (in 1977 to 1979). 
 In 1994\, Ukai-sensei and members from the Koto Public Hall kimono class t
 ravelled to Canada to present a Japanese Kimono show at Queen’s Universi
 ty in Kingston\, Ontario. After nearly 40 years as a kimono teacher\, Ukai
  still teaches three weekly kimono classes with 25 to 30 members in attend
 ance. Ten kimono teachers meet weekly for advanced classes in Ukai-sensei
 ’s home. Together they study the history of kimono\, design\, and the pr
 eservation of &lt;em&gt;kitsuke&lt;/em&gt; “the art of wearing kimono” in every-da
 y Japanese life.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;fon
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 &gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=
 &quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;For more information about kimono\, Mineko Ukai\, and 
 members from her Motomi Kimono School please visit:\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin: 0
 in 0in 0.0001pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri\;&quot;&gt;http://web.me.com/
 nigawa_c/KimonoWay/Kimono_Sensei.html\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt
 \; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;!--    [if !sup
 portEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--    [endif]--&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt\
 ; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Natio
 nal Nikkei Museum &amp;amp\; Heritage Centre&lt;/strong&gt; is a multi-use facility 
 at the corner of Kingsway and Sperling in Burnaby\, BC. Officially opened 
 on September 22\, 2000\, the Centre houses the National Nikkei Heritage Ce
 ntre and the Japanese Canadian National Museum.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom
 : 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;The Ce
 ntre’s mandate is to promote a better understanding and appreciation by 
 all Canadians of Japanese Canadian culture and heritage\; and an awareness
  by all Canadians of the contribution of Japanese Canadians to Canadian so
 ciety\, through public programs\, exhibits\, services\, publications\, pub
 lic use of the facilities and special events.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 
 0.0001pt\; line-height: normal\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;In addit
 ion to offering its own programs\, the NNM&amp;amp\;HC has a number of rooms a
 vailable for rent for many purposes including meetings\, demonstrations\, 
 weddings\, receptions\, small conferences\, and other special events.\n\n&lt;
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