2023-04-26 13:14:00
German Düsseldorf is called the Japanese capital of Germany on the Rhine. About 8,500 Japanese now live in this city, in the entire local federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia – almost 15 thousand. The Japanese community in Düsseldorf is the third largest in Europe after London and Paris.
Holiday on the Rhine
Such photos can again be taken on the Rhine embankment in Düsseldorf on Saturday, May 13, 2023, when the city will host another Japan Day (Japan-Tag Düsseldorf) is a cultural festival of German-Japanese friendship, which gathers from five hundred thousand to a million people.
Japanese community
This festival has been held on a regular basis in Düsseldorf since 2002, but the very first one was held here back in 1983. The history of the local Japanese community goes back to the early 1950s, when Düsseldorf began to become the main center for the development of trade relations between Germany and the Land of the Rising Sun. The mining and metallurgical enterprises of the neighboring Ruhr region then played a special role in this.
Nurses and engineers
In the post-war years, many Japanese engineers were trained in the mines and factories of the region, and Japanese nurses were trained in hospitals. Some of them even started families here, stayed to work in representative offices of Japanese companies that began to open in Düsseldorf.
In the centre of Europe
Düsseldorf is located in the center of Europe. From here, it was convenient for the Japanese to establish and conduct business throughout the continent. Soon, the city began to form its own Japanese infrastructure: shops, banks, medical practices, bookstores, transport companies, insurance, a hotel, a school, a kindergarten, and a consulate general and a chamber of commerce and industry were opened.
Economic ties
More than 620 Japanese firms now operate in North Rhine-Westphalia, most of them in Düsseldorf. The total number of employees is almost 53 thousand people.
Japanese garden
In 1975, as a token of gratitude for the hospitality, the community presented the residents of Düsseldorf with a traditional Japanese garden (Japanischer Garten), and established several research fellowships for internships in Japan.
Once a year
Japan Day in Düsseldorf is a very colorful event that allows you to get to know the history and culture of this geographically distant, but very close in human terms, country.
samurai camp
Every year, for example, the samurai camp attracts special attention, where you can see such exhibits – detailed reconstructions of historical costumes created in Düsseldorf.
What awaits visitors
Also in the program of the Düsseldorf Day of Japan are a variety of demonstration performances, competitions, competitions, exhibitions, demonstrations of Japanese customs, teaching the rules for drinking sake, trying on kimonos, concerts and so on.
Culinary traditions
You will not surprise anyone with Japanese food in Düsseldorf – there are a lot of different restaurants, cafes, eateries here. But on such a holiday in the fresh air, everything seems even more tasty and appetizing. If you want Japanese food on the rest of the year, head to Immermannstrasse, around which, in fact, the Japanese quarter itself is located – “Little Tokyo”.
Popular culture
The festival also attracts a huge number of cosplay fans dressed as characters from Japanese (and not only Japanese) games, movies, anime and manga.
Japanese salute
The festival ends after dark with stunning fireworks – the work of Japanese masters. For the grandiose fireworks, of course, pyrotechnics from this country are used.
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