IHRA Japanese Workshop No. 01 – 2024 “Shodo & Origami 
organized by the students of Japanese Language Program (CBJL/CIJL), Institute of Human Resource Advancement – University of Colombo with the guidance of Vice Chancellor University of Colombo, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne Professor Sagara Chandrasekara (Director β IHRA) and Ms. Sakura Karunaratne (External coordinator β CBJL/CIJL). The workshop successfully concluded on 22nd March 2024 at Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
First of all, we would especially want to express our gratitude to Mr. Yamada Tetsuya, Chief Representative of the JICA Sri Lanka/γΉγͺγ©γ³γ«δΊεζ for his assistance in finding such excellent resource persons. Our workshop will not be successful without his assistance.
We would like to express our gratitude to Ms. Miya Katayama, the JICA Sri Lanka/γΉγͺγ©γ³γ«δΊεζ Volunteer Coordinator, for her assistance in organizing the resource personnel.
Also, we would especially like to thank JICA Sri Lanka/γΉγͺγ©γ³γ«δΊεζ Volunteers, Ms. Haruka Nishimoto, Mr. Ryoken Kono, and Mr. Shogo Takahashi for being such helpful resource persons in our workshop. We couldn’t have completed our workshop without your insightful instruction and engaging presentations. 
