Barcelona’s Civic Centers delve into Japanese culture
Barcelona City Council, through its Network of Civic Centres, offers this winter an agenda full of events in which Japan is the protagonist. The centers of the district of Sarriá-Sant Gervasi, within its cycle “Què en sabem, del mon”, make known some of the most characteristic features of Japanese culture through elements such as cuisine, […]
Japan Weekend Barcelona
Don’t miss the next edition of Japan Weekend Barcelona! Japan Weekend is the largest pop culture event in Spain, and will return to Barcelona on March 11th and 12th, 2023 at Gran Via de Fira Barcelona, with countless activities, contests and the best guests. You can read the complete news in the following link.
Euskadi and Japan strengthen ties with new projects for 2023
Euskadi and Japan will intensify their relations this year with the launch of the initiative “Euskadi Japan 2023”, which aims to strengthen their collaboration and generate new projects in the institutional, business, cultural, gastronomic and tourism fields. The program was presented on Tuesday by the lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, and the new ambassador of Japan in […]
Andalusian soul and Japanese face: Noelia Tomoshige’s sweet revolution sweeps Madrid
“Dream, but don’t fall asleep”. This strong message printed on the wall of the Monroebakes pastry shop, in the Madrid municipality of Getafe, seems to perfectly define its owner, Noelia Tomoshige, a Sevillian of Japanese origin. Just two years ago, she was working as a saleswoman for a luxury firm. Today, her Japanese-French pastry shop […]
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, author of Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi, dies
Arata Isozaki, renown Japanese architect, characterized by his stylistic versatility, author of buildings such as the MOCA in Los Angeles or the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, on the island of Okinawa, where he had lived for a decade. Isozaki, who underwent heart surgery two years ago, […]
Hitachi to Open New Digital Engineering Centers in Spain
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company and Digital Engineering leader, has announced plans to open new engineering centers throughout Spain. The announcement was made by Nitesh Banga, president and CEO of GlobalLogic, during a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. For its operations in Spain, GlobalLogic is considering several target cities, such as Valencia and Malaga, […]
The Salón del Manga overflows Barcelona: kilometric queues on its third day
The Salón del Manga starts on the trains of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. At 9 o’clock in the morning wagons full of cosplayers (people disguised as fictional characters) direct to the Europa Fira stop. There begins a procession of costumes to the gates of the Fira de Gran Via venue, which hosts the […]
The Group of Heritage Cities and Paradores are presented in Japan
The Group of World Heritage Cities of Spain and the accommodation chain Paradores made a presentation of their tourist offer in Japan last month. More than thirty tourism companies from the Asian country attended the presentation, which took place at the Embassy of Spain in Tokyo. The president of the Group of Cities and mayor […]
Japanese company Orix acquires 100% of Elawan Energy
The Japanese company Orix Corporation announced the agreement to acquire an additional 20% stake in Elawan Energy, after which Elawan will be 100% owned by Orix. Once the transaction, scheduled for early 2023, is completed, Elawan will continue to be led by its founder and CEO, Dionisio Fernández. Headquartered in Spain, Elawan operates in 14 […]
Euskadi shows its gastronomic tourism in Japan
Within the framework of the VII UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, a delegation from Basquetour, the Basque Tourism Agency, made an institutional visit to Japan. The congress, which the Basque Country hosts in alternate years, took place in the Japanese city of Nara between 12 and 15 December. The delegation was led by the […]