Tokyo: On 26 October 2024, the Tibet House Japan concluded its annual three-month language and cultural class. The class started at the beginning of August.

Representative Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, in his inaugural speech, said that the main objective of the class was to share the Tibetan language, history, and spiritual culture with the Japanese and other communities here and raise awareness about the Tibet issue.

Tashi Yangzom, Secretary of the Tibet House Japan, thanked the participants online and offline for their interest in and enthusiasm for learning the Tibetan language and culture. She congratulated the students on successfully completing the class and urged them to continue their studies by enrolling in some other Tibetan language courses available in Japan and India.

The students were introduced to the Tibetan staple diet tsampa, barley flour. They were taught how to make pak, tsampa dough, which they relished with Tibetan butter tea. Fourteen Japanese and Mongolians participated in this year’s Tibetan language and cultural class.

The participants expressed their joy and satisfaction in associating with the Tibetan language and culture. Some said they achieved some understanding of the Tibetan spiritual culture and greatly enjoyed the meditation and mantra recitations.

Tibetan conversation and writing classes were conducted by Tashi Yangzom and Tselha of the Tibet House under the supervision of Representative Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya.

-Report filed by Office of Tibet, Japan