On 8 July we held Charity bazaar at the Embassy for the purpose of collecting funds for publication of a cookbook in Japanese language. Cookbook of the author Ms. Jelena Jeremić will assemble recipes of Serbian and other Balkan kitchens, including Nikola Tesla Menu, food in Serbian monasteries, food served during Slava etc. Publication of the book is planned for November 2018 with publishing house Buna-no-Mori Co., Ltd. whose owner Ms. Miho Ogura also promoted the cookbook at the Bazaar.
As a special surprise we also organized a 40 minute concert of the Japanese bend Pyramidos performing songs from Serbia, Greece and Macedonia.
Bazaar was organized by the Association for promotion of music exchange Japan-Serbia headed by Ms. Etsuko Tsunozaki, spouse of former Ambassador of Japan to Serbia Mr. Toshio Tsunozaki. More than fifty volunteers as well as the Embassy staff helped organize the Bazaar which was visited by around 400 guests. Guests had the opportunity to try traditional Serbian food, sweets, barbeque, coffee, rakija and wines from wineries  Toplički vinogradi and Brestovački donated for this occasion by Japanese importer Makoto.