See you April 9-11, 2027 at Seattle Center

Schedule

Friday, April 10

Armory Stage
5:00 PM
Opening Ceremony Ceremony

Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival

45 min
Armory Loft - Tea Stage
10:00 AM
Lori Whaley Puppetry Storytelling

Hand Puppets & Stories

30 min
2:00 PM
Haiku Northwest Haiku

Haiku Reading

30 min

Saturday, April 11

Armory Stage
11:00 AM
Seibu Ryu Iai-Battojutsu Martial Arts

Martial Art Demonstration

30 min
11:45 AM
Dekoboko Taiko Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

30 min
12:30 PM
Okinawa Kenjin Kai Dance Taiko

Taiko Drums & Dance

30 min
1:00 PM
Seattle Seido Karate Martial Arts

Martial Art Demonstration

30 min
1:45 PM
Ryushin Creative Dance Group Dance Taiko

Taiko Drums & Dance

25 min
2:15 PM
One World Taiko Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

20 min
3:00 PM
Two Cranes Institute Aikido

Aikido Demonstration

30 min
3:45 PM
Inochi Taiko Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

30 min
4:30 PM
Washington Kyudo Club Archery Martial Arts

Japanese Archery Demonstration

30 min
Armory Loft - Tea Stage
12:30 PM
Haiku Northwest Haiku

Haiku Reading

30 min
2:00 PM
Omotesenke Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Demonstration

45 min
3:15 PM
Omotesenke Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Demonstration

45 min
4:15 PM
Haiku Northwest Haiku

Haiku Reading

30 min
Armory Loft - Classroom
1:00 PM
Seattle Karuta Club – Karuta Workshop Karuta

Karuta Game Workshop

150 min
Fisher Pavilion - Outside Stage
11:00 AM
Shintokan Dojo – Koryu Bujutsu Martial Arts

Martial Art Demonstration

60 min
12:15 PM
Washington Karate Association Martial Arts

Karate Demonstration

30 min
1:00 PM
Seattle Shakuhachi Study Group Music

Shakuhachi Music Performance

30 min
1:45 PM
Northwest Minyo Kai Music

Music Performance

30 min
3:00 PM
Cherry Dragon Music

Rock Band

45 min
4:15 PM
Ichi Bichi Music

Pink Punk Rock Band

40 min
Fisher Pavilion - Inside Stage
11:00 AM
Seattle Miyagi-Kai Music

Traditional Japanese Koto Performance

30 min
11:45 AM
Kelly Goto Book Talk

"Seattle Samurai: A Journey of Story and Resilience" Book Talk

20 min
12:15 PM
Fukushima Kenjinkai Presentation

Presentation by Ezra Ho

30 min
1:00 PM
Seattle Japanese Language School Youth Choir Music

Singing

10 min
1:30 PM
Ikebana International Chapter 19 Ikebana

Ikebana Floral Arrangement Demo

45 min
2:30 PM
Japan-America Society of the State of Washington – Japan in the School Education

Cultural Education

30 min
3:45 PM
“Sakura Monogatari” Kamishibai by the JCCCW Storytelling

Kamishibai Storytelling

30 min

Sunday, April 12

Armory Stage
11:00 AM
CHIKIRI & The School of TAIKO Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

45 min
12:00 PM
Seattle Matsuri Taiko Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

30 min
12:45 PM
Pacific Northwest Kendo Federation Martial Arts

Kendo / Iaido Demonstration

40 min
1:30 PM
Hoshu Dojo Martial Arts

Martial Art Demonstration

30 min
2:15 PM
Seattle Kokon Taiko Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

30 min
3:00 PM
Seattle Dojo Martial Arts

Judo Demonstration

30 min
3:45 PM
Fujima Dance/Music Ensemble Dance Music

Traditional Japanese Dance & Music

30 min
4:30 PM
Ryushin Creative Dance Group Dance Taiko

Taiko Drums & Dance

25 min
5:30 PM
Closing Ceremony Ceremony

Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival

30 min
Armory Loft - Tea Stage
12:30 PM
Urasenke Tankokai Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Demonstration

45 min
1:45 PM
Urasenke Tankokai Tea Ceremony

Tea Ceremony Demonstration

45 min
3:00 PM
Ikebana International Chapter 19 Ikebana

Ikebana Floral Arrangement Demo

45 min
4:15 PM
Haiku Northwest – Haiku Reading Haiku

Haiku Reading

30 min
Armory Loft - Classroom
2:00 PM
Mako Kikuchi Lecture

"Listening to Japanese America - Acetate Recordings from the 1930s - 50s" - Lecture

45 min
Fisher Pavilion - Outside Stage
3:00 PM
Taiko Kai Taiko

Taiko Drum Performance

15 min
Fisher Pavilion - Inside Stage
11:00 AM
Seattle Wakayama Kenjinkai Lecture

Talk

15 min
11:30 AM
Musokai Iaido Club Martial Arts

Japanese Swordsmanship Demo

30 min
12:30 PM
Washington Association of Teachers of Japanese (WATJ) Award Ceremony

Speech Contest Award Ceremony

60 min
2:00 PM
Beikoku Shodo Kenkyukai Calligraphy

Calligraphy Demonstration

60 min
3:30 PM
Seattle Go Center Go

The "Atomic Bomb Game" Re-enactment

15 min

Join us April 9-11, 2027 at Seattle Center

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