Multilingual Story Time
Various cultures are introduced through storytelling of picture books. We provide opportunities for interaction between the reader and the audience, creating a chance for participants to become interested in different cultures.
Reading Picture Books and Kamishibai from Asia
In the ‘Reading Picture Books and Kamishibai from Asia’ at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, we conduct storytelling session in both Japanese and foreign languages.
Schedule
Sunday, 14th July 2024 – China
Sunday, 10th November 2024 – Vietnam
Sunday, 8th December 2024 – India
Sunday, 9th February 2025 – Mongolia
Time
11:30am to 12:00pm and 13:00pm to 13:30am
Location
Kid’s Corner in Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
7th Floor, Riverain Center Building,
3-1 Shimokawabata-machi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan
Admission
Free
Capacity
Around 10 groups/families for each session
How to apply
Apply from here (Applications will close 3 days prior to the event dates)
Previous events
Experience and Enjoy a Multilingual Story Time
In February 2023, we conducted readings of kamishibai and picture books from Vietnam, India, China, and Korea at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum. Students from each country greeted the audience in their respective languages, and we also held a quiz where participants guessed onomatopoeic words.
Since Japanese has many onomatopoeic words, there were presentations stating: ‘There are no words in my language to express that sound’, which surprised the participants.
The Vietnamese Kamishibai storytelling
The onomatopoeia quiz
Reading Picture Books and Kamishibai from Asia
In October and December 2022, as part of ‘Reading Picture Books and Kamishibai from Asia’ at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, we read the Indian picture book ‘Tiger on a tree’ in Japanese and English, and the Korean picture book ‘The White Rabbit (Shiroi wa Usagi )’ in Japanese and Korean.
