At Orashina - Culture Space TLV, owner Iris Samra a Butch dancer and mediator of Japanese culture to Israelis, preperd for us a traditional Japanese evening. We all wore kimono and set down for the Japanese tea ceremony.
Iris explained about purification, quite, zen and more.

Miss Universe Japan with Youth-IJ

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Iris Samara from Orshina TLV and Juri Watanabe

Miss Universe Jaapan at Orshina TLV

Juri Watanabe wear kimono at the Orshina TLV studio

Miss Unieverse Japan and New-IJ at Orshina TLV

Juri Watanabe; Tomoko Nakamura

Iris Samara from Orshina TLV and Juri Watanabe

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New-IJ organized a fundraising evening with the "Operation Sisters", organization for Japanese and foreign women who married an Israeli man and happened to encountered difficulties.
Miss Watanabe, shared a personal story about her family getting into an economics difficulties, how hard she had to work, and what helped her move forward in life.
Her story was very touching leaving not one eye dry. In this special fundraising we were to recruite a nice amount of money for the women in need.

Miss Universe Japan&New-IJ at Operation Sisters gala

Naomi Azar Nakashima; Miri Golan; Juri Watanabe; Julia Raitman; Tomoko Nakamura

Miss Universe Japan at Operation Sisters gala

Juri Watanabe; Miri Golan; Julia Raitman

Miss Universe Japan&New-IJ at Operation Sisters gala

Naomi Azar Nakashima; Miri Golan; Juri Watanabe; Julia Raitman; Tomoko Nakamura

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