CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Japan House, an educational and cultural center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will host its annual fall open house on Oct. 23.
Located at 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, Japan House will open its doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Yutaka Yoshizawa, Consul General of Japan at Chicago, will speak at 2 p.m. during a ceremony planned in honor of Saburo Muroga and Shozo Sato. Muroga and Sato, both retired U. of I. faculty members and longtime supporters of Japan House, were awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the emperor of Japan in May.
Muroga, professor emeritus of computer science, was recognized as one of Japan’s computer pioneers and a globally significant leader in the field of information processing. Sato, professor emeritus of art and design and the founding director of Japan House, was honored for his contributions to the introduction and promotion of Japanese culture in the United States, and for promoting goodwill between the Japan and the United States.
Throughout the day, tea ceremony demonstrations will be conducted by members of the Urbana-Champaign Association of Chado Urasenke Tankokai.
