Dear Lazo Sensei and Kyudo friends!

I heartily congratulate you on hosting the traditional  Annual Tournament "White Nights "Kyudo-Style" and the Big Jubilee

10th Anniversary of the “Saint-Petersburg Federation of Traditional Kyudo”

Your active work and success in promoting Japanese culture and deepening friendly relations between Russia and Japan gives me great joy, since I was an eyewitness to the birth and development of your organization, being the Consul General of Japan in St. Petersburg.

My interaction with you greatly influenced me in such a way that I began to study Kyudo at the age of 60, who is considered by the Japanese current calendar as the year of the beginning of the second new life. Now I train hard in Kyudo so that one day I can shoot together with you.

Kyudo helps me improve my physical and spiritual health. Let us try to achieve the highest goal of Kyudo - “Truth, Good and Beauty” and not only in Kyudo, but in life in general.

In conclusion, I sincerely wish you happiness and success, and the Federation of Eternal Prosperity.

Honorary Member of the Regional Public Organization “Saint- Petersburg Federation of Traditional Kyudo” 

Ichiro Kawabata