Ambassador co-presides over the opening ceremony of the Japan-Thailand Cultural Festival 2025 at Nittai-ji Temple

11/10/2025

On 11 October 2025, H.E. Mr. Witchu Vejjajiva, Ambassador of Thailand to Japan, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Japan-Thailand Cultural Festival 2025 at Nittai-ji Temple, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, at the invitation of Mr. MIWA Yoshihiro, Honorary Consul-General of Thailand in Nagoya and Honorary Chairman of the Japan-Thailand Cultural Festival Committee, as well as Venerable MURAKAMI Enryu, Representative Sangha of Kakuozan Nittai-ji Temple and Chairman of the Japan-Thailand Cultural Festival Committee. Mr. OHMURA Hideaki, Governor of Aichi Prefecture, and Mr. HIROSAWA Ichiro, Mayor of Nagoya City, also attended and delivered remarks at the opening ceremony.

In his remarks, the Ambassador expressed his appreciation and commended the organizing committee for its determination to foster close ties between Thailand and Japan through organizing this festival. Holding the festival at Nittai-ji Temple – a symbol of Thailand and Japan’s historical, diplomatic, and Buddhist connections – not only celebrated the close and longstanding ties between the two countries but also the warm friendship and mutual appreciation between their peoples.

The Japan-Thailand Cultural Festival 2025 took place on 11 - 12 October 2025 with over 31,000 visitors. The event featured both Thai and Japanese cuisine, products, as well as art and culture and tradition such as Muay Thai, Thai classical dance, Japanese flower arrangement (Ikebana) and Japanese tea ceremony. In collaboration with the Royal Thai Honorary Consulate-General in Nagoya, the Embassy organized the “Creative Thailand” exhibition, showcasing the evolution and success stories of Thailand’s creative industries in five key selected sectors, namely entertainment and gaming, fashion and design, as well as Muay Thai.