Emperor’s Birthday Reception (Friday 9 February 2024)
2024/2/13
On Friday 9 February the Emperor’s Birthday Reception was held at the Consul General’s residence and was attended by many guests with connections to Japan, including Members of Parliament, Mayors and Councillors of local authorities and members of the Auckland Consular Corps.
The ceremony featured both countries’ national anthems, speeches from Consul General MATSUI, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and the Minister of Internal Affairs and for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden and a Kagami-biraki (sake barrel breaking) ceremony.
The reception was an opportunity to deepen friendship and exchanges at the various levels between our countries with an Ikebana display on the stage, exhibitions of some companies (Japan Homes, JTB New Zealand, Lion (Kirin Holdings Company Limited), Mitsui NZ/Hiringa, Obayashi/Halcyon, TOYOTA NZ), booths with information about sister-city relations (Fukuoka city), promotional material for visiting Japan, Japanese tea tasting and Japanese sake tasting.
Please follow this link to see the Consul General’s speech.
The ceremony featured both countries’ national anthems, speeches from Consul General MATSUI, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate and the Minister of Internal Affairs and for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden and a Kagami-biraki (sake barrel breaking) ceremony.
The reception was an opportunity to deepen friendship and exchanges at the various levels between our countries with an Ikebana display on the stage, exhibitions of some companies (Japan Homes, JTB New Zealand, Lion (Kirin Holdings Company Limited), Mitsui NZ/Hiringa, Obayashi/Halcyon, TOYOTA NZ), booths with information about sister-city relations (Fukuoka city), promotional material for visiting Japan, Japanese tea tasting and Japanese sake tasting.
Please follow this link to see the Consul General’s speech.
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| Consul General MATSUI | Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown | Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate | The Minister of Internal Affairs and for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden |
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| Kagami Biraki | Japanese Sake tasting | Japanese tea tasting | Sister-city relations (Fukuoka city) |
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| Exhibitions of companies |