An award-winning Bay Area festival showcasing Japanese arts, crafts, culture and traditions returns to the Memorial Park for the 41st year. Please join us for this popular two-day event! Free admission

Schedule of Events

Outdoor Amphitheater

11:00 am
Opening Remarks
11:05 am
Aikido Silicon Valley (Classical martial art) Instructor: David Yoshinaga
11:35 am
Mochitsuke (Rice pounding)
12:05 pm
Western Aikido Yosho Kai (Martial art, "Way of Harmony") Head Instructor: Tom Blackburn
Azama Honryu Seifu Ichisen Kai U.S.A.
12:35 pm
Kinuko Mototake Classical Okinawan Dance Academy (Ryukyu dance and drums)

Master: Kinuko Mototake
1:05 pm
Eisa Shima-Daiko (Ryukyu dance and drums)
Artistic Director: Kinuko Mototake
1:35 pm
Sekiguchi Suisen Shodo (Japanese calligraphy)
Master: Sekiguchi Suisen
2:05 pm
Palo Alto Kendo (Japanese fencing)
Head Instructor: George Nishiura
2:35 pm
Kodenkan Jujitsu School
Instructor: Professor Tony Janovich
3:05 pm
Seibu Ryu (Traditional Japanese swordsmanship)

Instructor: Adrian Walter
3:35 pm
Stanford O-Tone East Asian A Cappella
Music Directors: Siqi Chen, Yolanda Wang
4:05 pm
Oakland Taiko (Japanese ceremonial drums)
Director: Adrian Martin

Quinlan Center Stage
12:00 pm
Urasenke (Japanese tea ceremony demonstration)
Master: Soko Kobara Shachu
1:00 pm
Nishikawa Ryu (Japanese classical dance)
Masters: Senkinya Nishikawa and Tabchou Nishikawa
1:25 pm
Tsumune - Koto (Japanese stringed instrument)
Instructor: Kayo Toki

2:00 pm
Yuuga - Nagauta Shamisen (Nagauta Shamisen) & Studio Mai (Traditional Japanese dance)
Director: Suzu Kajihara
2:55 pm
Sekiguchi Suisen Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) : Sekiguchi Suisen
Master
3:30 pm
Takae & Tetsuya (Japanese vocal duet)
Soprano: Takae Hirano, Tenor: Tetsuya Taura
& Piano:
Yuzu Ido
4:05 pm
Azama Honryu Seifu Ichisen Kai U.S.A. Kinuko Mototake Classical Okinawan Dance Academy
(Ryukyu dance and drums)
Master: Kinuko Mototake