On Tuesday May 27,ESUJ's popular early summer event "May Evening Gala" took place in Meiji Kinenkan.
  More than 100 people gathered including ESUJ's guests Professor Thakur of UN University and 
  His Excellency Mr. Hannachi, Tunisian Ambassador. The big attraction of the evening was cello recital by
  Ms Yuko Miyagawa,  grand-daughter of Maestro  Hidemaro  Konoe,  famous  conductor  who  pioneered
  classical music in Japan. She played J.S. Bach and Mayuzumi Toshiro's piece  "Bunraku"  with koto-like
  sounds. Catalonian ballad "Bird Songs" played by Pablo Casals at a United Nations general assembly was
  played  last.  All attendees  comfortably  mixed  with  everyone  else in such an  international  gathering.
  First-timers lost no time in becoming friends.
 
      
  Tunisian Ambassador Mr.Hannachi (left),                  Cellist Ms. Yuko Miyagawa
  ESUJ's Chairman Mr. Hanabusa (right)