大The Kodayu Daikokuya Memorial Hall

Date & Time : Mon October 14, 2019, 12:30 – 15:00(Door opens at 12:00)
Place: Kodayu Daikokuya Memorial Hall Parking area
Guests:Mr. Pekka Orpana, Ambassador of Finland in Japan
Dr. Jussi Nuorteva, Director General, The National Archives of Finland
Mr. Valtteri Bottas, Finnish Motorsports Professional♦♦ Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis, for up to 100 guests. ♦♦200 copies of publications about Finland and 1000 copies of brochures ofthe exhibition are available on and after October 14
また，先着 1000 名様に展示内容を解説したパンフレットを配布します。

Wed. October 9 ▶ Sun. December 8, 2019
Opening hours:10:00～16:00＊Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and the 3rd Wednesday of each monthAdmission FreeThe Kodayu Daikokuya Memorial Hall
http://www.suzuka-bunka.jp/kodayu
Organizers: Suzuka City

The National Archives of Finland

Honor society of Kodayu Daikokuya

Support: Embassy of Finland in Japan
Cooperation: Business Finland

Konecranes Oyj

Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation

Kambe High School Broadcasting Club

Erik Laxman, whom Kodayu admired as “my father in Russia”, was a Finnish natural
historian. His son, Adam Laxman accompanied Kodayu back to Japan. Introductions about
the two Laxmans, Finnish gentlemen who were very important for Kodayu, and panel
exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Japan andFinland, produced by the National Archives of Finland, are exhibited.

Mascot：Kodayu

Mascot :Two Laxmans

Year 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan andFinland. It is a significant and historical milestone for our leaders and diplomats.
Most importantly, however, it is a celebration for the friendly and booming relations
between the Japanese and Finnish people. It is the individuals from many walks oflife – such as artists, researchers, tourists, businessmen and women – who are tying
up the knots in a vast network of connections that make up our day-to-day relations.
The subject of this exhibition – the encounter of Kodayu and the two Laxmans –describes the beginning of the friendly relations between our countries.
From those days we have grown to become today strategic partners in international
affairs, in research and in innovation, and developed close relations in business andMr. Pekka Orpana

arts as well.

Ambassador of Finland

I am convinced that the positive development of the relations between our countries
will continue well in the future.

to JapanFinnish academician and natural scientist Erik Laxman died at an age of 58years near in Siberia in January 1796. He was travelling to Japan, where hehad dreamed to go for many years. In 1792 his son, Adam Laxman, had guided
the well-known Japanese seafarer Daikokuya Kodayu back to Japan. ErikLaxman had met Daikokuya Kodayu in Irkutsk ten years earlier and taken
him to St.Petersburg.
This is one story among many others telling about the connections between
Japan and Finland. I am happy on behalf of the National Archives of Finland
and the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation to participate in the
opening of the exhibition about Japanese-Finnish connections in Suzuka, thehometown of Daikokuya Kodayu. It has a special role in this narrative.
Erik Laxman is today known as a person who raised funds to get a new bellto the church of his hometown Savonlinna. That bell is used still today. Everytime it tolls, it reminds us about his role in building connections between
Finland and the land of his dreams, Japan.

The Kodayu Daikokuya Memorial Hall
TEL&FAX 059-385-3797
http://www.edu.city.suzuka.mie.jp/kodayu

Dr. Jussi Nuorteva
Director General
National Archives of Finland