Welcome to Japan Week 2024! This will be our 8th annual JAPAN WEEK @ Bellevue College, presented by the BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club. The weekdays, Sept. 30 (Mon) through Oct. 4 (Fri), feature lectures and demonstrations for Bellevue College students. Oct. 5 (Sat) is our Matsuri (festival) day open to the general public and to BC students who missed the weekday events. Japan Week aims to introduce multiple facets of Japanese culture and to nurture and promote the cultural arts of Japan.
This year is Godzilla’s 70th anniversary, Doraemon’s 55th anniversary, Hello Kitty’s 50th anniversary, and Gundam’s 45th anniversary, so we are celebrating these world-famous cultural icons born in Japan. We will be showing the original Godzilla movie (with English subtitles) from 1954. Check out the cool movie effects used 70 years ago!
We are also planning to have an Anime Cafe, Manga Swap, and Flea Market. Other events include traditional Japanese musical performances, Japanese dance, Martial Arts demonstrations, Self-Shiatsu Massage, Tea Ceremony, Flower Arrangement, Calligraphy, Origami, Yukata Photo Booth, Karaoke, Doraemon TV show, etc. that people of all ages can enjoy on Saturday.
Date/Time: October 5 (Sat), 10am – 5pm
Location: Bellevue College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue, WA 98007
Admission: Free
Parking: BC Parking Garage free on Saturday, other parking lots $3/day
Join our contests and win prizes! Character Bento Contest and Origami Contest submissions are open until September 27 (Fri), 11:59 PM PST.
This year’s kanji is 誠 (まこと), “makoto.” It means sincerity.
All website managers are Bellevue College students.
2024 Lead Manager: Lukas Tomita
2024 Website Managers: Declan Boyle, Eitan Grebnev, Elsie Nakaone, Derek Nguyen
2017 Original Website Developer: Chitalu Mumba
Website Managers:
2018 – Devon Rice, Meili Hsu
2019 – Alex Horn, Devon Rice, Meili Hsu
2020 – Alex Horn, Devon Rice, Carlos A. Márquez Arce
2021 – Nik Weisend, Mariko S. Borcan, Sascha West
2022 – Alex Richey, Mariko S. Borcan, Alexandria Terayama
2023 – Declan Boyle, Anhthien Nguyen, Danbi Kim, Ansh Chavda