Beauty and Fear of Japanese Nature

Saturday 5, 12, 26 July 2025 at 9 pm

Piazzetta Nelson Mandela (outside the Mabic Library), Via Vittorio Veneto 5

Public meetings with Floriano Terrano

Sunday 21 September 2025 at 4 pm

The beauty of Japanese nature has been celebrated over the centuries by Japanese writers and artists and recently by tourists from all over the world. However, the nature of the Land of the Rising Sun, especially by foreign tourists, is often idealized in a light of harmony and serenity that is totally different from reality. Japanese nature is also violent and impetuous, as demonstrated by the frequent natural disasters of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, typhoons etc. But perhaps it is precisely its dangerousness and its often terrible nature that makes the nature of Japan so unique and extraordinary.

A series of three summer meetings in July and a meeting-celebration of the beginning of autumn curated by Floriano Terrano together with the Circolo Fotografico Blow Up of Maranello. After the inauguration of the photographic exhibition “Japan: enchantment of autumn” with the concert with the voice of Tomomi Ezoe, a refreshment of sake and Japanese culinary products will follow.