Date and Time November 2, 2025, 3:30 PM Venue Utoro Peace Memorial Museum 1F Film Screening Jenin, Jenin Directed by Mohammad Bakri, 2002, 54 minutes, Arabic (Subtitles: Japanese/English) A documentary about the “Battle of Jenin” that was banned in Israel. During the Israeli military operation in 2002, journalists and human rights organizations were prohibited fromContinue reading “Palestine Cinema Days: Around the World 2025”
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The Utoro Art Festival 2025 website is now live
It features a variety of planned events, so please be sure to check it out. The UTORO Art Festival 2025, themed “Migration, Life, Hope,” draws inspiration from the struggles surrounding the migration and lives of people who left their homelands to establish new lives and communities in Utoro, Kyoto. This exhibition gathers art pieces thatContinue reading “The Utoro Art Festival 2025 website is now live”
Exhibit Catalogue “The People Who Lived in Utoro”
*This catalogue is available in English in addition to Japanese and Korean. For the Utoro Peace Memorial Museum’s very first special exhibit, we picked a theme titled, “The People Who Lived in Utoro,” focusing on the Utoro residents who had passed away before the museum opened. These “People” are the ones we wanted so muchContinue reading “Exhibit Catalogue “The People Who Lived in Utoro””
Exhibit Catalogue “The Women’s Nongak: Voices Found i the Struggle”
“We love the demonstrations of Utoro residents, with the Nongak Group at the front. They are absolutely the coolest!“* Before, in Utoro, countless gatherings were held to defend both the land and the way of life. At those gatherings, the stirring beat of Nongak―the rhythms born on the Korean Peninsula, brought to Japan, and haveContinue reading “Exhibit Catalogue “The Women’s Nongak: Voices Found i the Struggle””
UTORO Art Festival 2025
The UTORO Art Festival 2025, themed “Migration, Life, Hope,” draws inspiration from the struggles surrounding the migration and lives of people who left their homelands to establish new lives and communities in Utoro, Kyoto. This exhibition gathers art pieces that open new perspectives on migration, aiming to imbue the ongoing global movement of people withContinue reading “UTORO Art Festival 2025”