FUKUOKA, Nov 30 (News On Japan) –
Phan Thị Thanh Tam, the present Spouse of the President of Vietnam, tried her hand at portray Hakata dolls throughout a cultural change in Fukuoka City on Thursday.
President Tuong and Mrs. Tam, who’ve been visiting Japan since Nov 26, got here to Fukuoka on Wednesday in celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of the friendship alliance between Fukuoka Prefecture and Hanoi, Vietnam.
At round 10:30 AM, Mrs. Tam visited the “Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan” the place, after observing the weaving of Hakata-ori textiles, she rigorously painted a pure white doll.
Mrs. Tam, the President’s spouse, remarked, “It’s tricky.”
Hakata doll artisan Yoshiaki Matsuo stated, “I didn’t think she can complete the face in such a short time, but she finished painting both the lips and eyes. She was very concentrated.”
The President and his spouse are scheduled to return to their nation later Thursday.
Fukuoka Prefecture’s Governor Hattori additionally plans to go to Hanoi subsequent January for cultural exchanges.
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