Press Release on March 22, 2007


H.E. Lord Mayor of the Greater Amman Municipality presides The opening of a photo exhibition under the title of “Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar Japan” at the GAM City Hall

Quick glance at the project

The Embassy of Japan in Jordan, the Japan Foundation, and the Greater Amman Municipality organized the opening of a photo exhibition under the title of “Scenes of Childhood: Sixty Years of Postwar Japan” under the patronage of H.E. Eng. Omar Maani, Lord Mayor of the Greater Amman Municipality, at the City Hall of the Greater Amman Municipality, Ras Al Ain, on 22 March 2007. The ceremony was attended by H.E. Mr. Shigenobu Kato, Ambassador of Japan to Jordan, members of the diplomatic corps, and executives of the Municipality. The event will run through 29 March.

100 photographs in the exhibition were selected from over 30,000 outstanding works of professional photographers during the sixty years since the end of the Second World War. They are a document of Japanese children for sixty years and also depict scenes in specific times and places throughout Japan.

The diverse selection includes photographs taken right after the Second World War would definitely give a surprising impression to Jordanian people. Japan depicted in some pictures are under the American occupation, in poverty, or clouded with the polluted air. However, the children captured through the lenses show their wonderful vitality and attractive expressions as all children of the world do.

The Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation organized exhibitions for many years as part of their efforts to provide Jordanian people with the opportunity to touch various forms of Japanese culture and art. The Embassy arranged several events this month, namely, the Japanese Speech Contest on the 3rd March, Film Week from the 4th through 7th March, Food Demonstration on the 14th March, and the Photo Exhibition. It is planning to organize the same exhibition in Irbid that was designated as cultural city of Jordan in 2007.


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