User:Oxbridge don/Akemi Solloway

Akemi Solloway is a lecturer and presenter of Japanese culture. She has provided workshops and panels on traditional arts, such as the tea ceremony , Shodo calligraphy and wearing kimonos at several conventions in the UK, including AmeCon  , AlCon  , Fuyucon and MinamiCon. She is also an expert on kitsuke, the art of dressing people in kimono.

She is an active member of the Anglo-Japanese cultural community in the UK and has held leadership roles in several professional and social organisations, such as the Japanese Language Committee of the Association for Language Learning, the executive committee of the Burma Campaign Society  and AJAMCA (Anglo-Japanese Anime and Manga Cultural Association). She is also involved in cultural exchange between the UK and Japan .