03. October 2005.

Japanese sculptor Kohun Otsuka came to Hungary from Japan with a delegation of 12 artists.

The Japanese guests come from the island of Kyushu. Kohun Otsuka is a very well known sculptress in Japan and has her own school.
CEO Dr Attila Simon welcomed the visitors who are also our customers. The delegation was shown around the commercial display room and also saw some objects made exclusively for the Japanese market. The Japanese artists were particularly appreciative of our figurines and their finishing.

Virtually all of the guests already possess a Herend porcelain artefact and are regular guests at the Fukuoka Herend Coffee House. The name of Herend is well known from the Hungarian-Japanese Friendship cup awarded at sumo wrestling competitions (every November there is a sumo competition in Fukuoko).
They inspected the Japanese patterns, the majority of which derive from porcelain artists on the island of Kyushu.

Preparation for their visit began two years ago, during the course of which five Hungarian wood sculptors were invited to Japan. The sculptors decided to mount a joint exhibition, placing alongside their own works pieces made jointly.
This exhibition has been open to the general public since September 28th at the Studio of the Petőfi Theatre in Veszprém. It was mounted as part of the "2005 Year of Exchange Relationships between Japan and the European Union." The central figure of the exhibition was the large scale sculpture, carved from wood by Kohun Otsuka, entitled "The living Buddha." It was presented amid a grand ceremony to the Budapest 12th district which houses the Japanese school.