Ambassador of Thailand to Japan attended the 2025 Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony at Wat Pathom Wanaram, Japan, in Ibaraki Prefecture

19/10/2025

On 19 October 2025, H.E. Mr. Witchu Vejjajiva, Ambassador of Thailand to Japan, along with the officials of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo, attended the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony at Wat Pathom Wanaram, Japan, in Ibaraki Prefecture. This year, His Holiness Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatayana, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, graciously bestowed the Kathina Robe upon Mr. Suttipong Juljarern, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of Thailand, and his wife, Dr. Wandee Khunchornyakong Juljarern, to present to the temple. On this occasion, the Ambassador also took part in the ceremony inaugurating the temple’s name plaque that indicates the establishment of the temple in February 2025 and planted a commemorative tree.