Date & venue
16 Sep: Concert (Conservatoire in Luxemburg; Organizer: the Embassy of Japan in Luxemburg, Supporter: the City of Luxemburg)
19 Sep: Concert & Workshop (Japanese School of Brussels; Organizer: The Japanese School of Brussels)
20 Sep: Concert (Ghent Music Festival; The Ghent Music Festival Organizing Committee, The Department of Japanese Studies at Ghent University)
21 Sep: Concert (Royal Academy of Science; the Opening Reception for an Academic Symposium, “Japanese Spirituality”, Organizers: Free University of Brussels, Catholic University of Leuven)

Program
Kangen "Hyojo-no-Netori", "Etenraku", "Ringa", Saibara "koromogae", Bugaku "Kansyu", "Kocho"

　　　The concert was held at a prestigious Conservatoire where the Ensemble also performed in 2005 for commemorating the EU-Japan Year of People to People Exchanges.
　　　The concert, opened by the greetings from Mr. Takashi Suetsuna, Ambassador of Japan to Luxemburg, was attended by many distinguished guests including a judge from European Court of Justice, ambassadors and counselors.
　　　A moment of silence was observed at the end of the concert for the victims of an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

　　　The Japanese School of Brussels is one of the prominent full time day schools for Japanese in Europe and currently has an enrollment of more than three hundred students.
　　　The students showed a strong interest in the traditional arts from a distant country, Japan.

　　　The city of Ghent is an industrial center of Flanders region in Belgium and is a traditional town with a remnant of medieval days.
　　　The concert venue, Handelsbeurs Hall at Ghent University, was filled to capacity with 370 people.
　　　The Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble was invited to the Festival where many famous orchestras and musicians perform each year.（See video）

　　　Kitanodai Gagaku Ensemble performed at the opening reception for an academic symposium titled “Japanese Spirituality.”
　　　About 40 well known professors who are specialized on Japanese studies gathered from France, Belgium and Japan for the symposium.
　　　A moment of silence was observed at the end of the concert for the victims of an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011.