Japanese Ambassador will open WSF2018 @ Opening Gala Concert

The Japanese Ambassador Tsuruoka and is wife will attend the Opening Gala Concert at Union Chapel - a Grade II building in Central London.
The Ambassador will open the festival with a speech!
Great honour!
The Opening Gala Cocnert is on 31 July 2018
The World Shakuhachi Festival is 1 - 4 August 2018 at Goldsmiths, University of London
And there is also an academic conference on shakuhachi at SOAS, University of London