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Special Guest
Rakugo (Japanese Comic) Storyteller
Katsura Sunshine
桂三輝（サンシャイン）師匠落語講演会

Free Admission – Presented in English and 日本語
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm
(doors open at 10:30am)
Location: Carlson Theater Building E
(no eating or drinking inside the theater)

Special Event
Omikoshi is coming from Canada!
カナダから「おみこし」がやってくる！

We’re recruiting 20-30 Mikoshi carriers (ages 15+) for a rare and fun procession through the venue. Sign up here to join this unique experience: bit.ly/JWMikoshi2025

お祭りに欠かせない「お神輿（おみこし」がカナダからやってきます！１５歳以上の担ぎ手を２０−３０名募集中。一緒にお神輿を担いで、お祭りを盛り上げましょう！
登録：bit.ly/JWMikoshi2025

Special Event
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibit and Films
広島・長崎原爆展

Courtesy of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Nuclear Weapons Awareness
More information here.

Exhibit: 10:00am – 5:00pm
B Building Room 101

Films: 10:00am – 3:15pm (every 45 minutes)
B Building Room 104

Film Information (click here):

Time Schedule:
10:00am–10:45am
10:45am–11:30am
11:30am–12:15pm
12:15pm–1:00pm
1:00pm–1:45pm
1:45pm–2:30pm
2:30pm–3:15pm

Two films will be presented at these times:
*Hiroshima Witness: 3 Testimonies (30min) – courtesy of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Nuclear Weapons Awareness
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Tour (5min) – created by BC XR Lab and Google Earth

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All-Day Activities
一日中楽しめる場所

TIME	ALL-DAY ACTIVITIES 一日中楽しめる場所	LOCATION
10am–5pm	Information Booth / Lost & Found インフォメーションブース・落とし物	R Building East Lobby
10am–5pm	Anime Cafe アニメ・カフェ	R Building Room 106-B
10am–5pm	Board Game of GO (Indoors) 囲碁（屋内)	L Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Board Game of GO (Outdoors) 囲碁（屋外）	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
10am–5pm	Calligraphy Hands-on Instruction 書道体験 Meito Shodo-Kai Calligraphy Association	L Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Calligraphy Hands-on Instruction 書道体験 Tanimoto Calligraphy Class	L Building Room 113
10am–5pm	Catch Rubber Duckies アヒルちゃん掬い	C Building Water Fountain
10am–5pm	Community Table コミュニティテーブル: Soy Source, North American Post, Lighthouse, etc.	L Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Exhibitors’ Booths 出展者のブース	L Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Food Trucks フードトラック	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
10am–5pm	Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition 広島・長崎原爆展 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Nuclear Weapons Awareness	B Building Room 101
10am–5pm	Ikebana (Flower Arranging) Display 生け花展示 Ikebana International – Seattle Chapter 19	D Building Room 106
10am–5pm	Karaoke カラオケ With over 30,000 songs!	E Building Room 126
10am–5pm	Play Room with Japanese Toys, Origami, and Calligraphy 遊び部屋, 折り紙、習字、伝統おもちゃ	L Building Room 113
10am–5pm	Origami 折り紙 Puget Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts Roundtable	L Building Room 113
10am–5pm	Photo Booth / Yukata Booth 浴衣・写真ブース	L Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Restroom Locations	More Info
10am–5pm	Volunteer Check-in Booth ボランティア受付 Sign-up to volunteer!	R Building East Lobby

TIME	MARKETS マーケット	LOCATION
10am–5pm	Japan Market / Flea Market ジャパン・マーケット／蚤の市 Click here to see the Market Gallery photos!	R Building Room 103
10am–5pm	Manga Swap 漫画交換 Over 500 Books!	R Building Room 102

Exhibitors

For more information and links about the exhibitors, click here!
* = The exhibitors has a lecture or presentation (see below).

TIME	EXHIBITORS	LOCATION
10am–5pm	Information Booth / Lost & Found インフォメーションブース・落とし物	R building East Lobby
10am–5pm	Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Haiku Northwest	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Hyogo Business & Cultural Center	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	ICC Consultants Internships in Japan	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	JATHO* Japan America Transportation Historical Organization	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	JIA Foundation	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	JCCCW Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Japan Travel	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Kimono Art	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Meito Shodo Kai Japanese Calligraphy Association	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	PAPER Puget Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts Roundtable	L-Building Room 113
10am–5pm	Pacific Northwest Naginata Federation*	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Sakura-Con Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Seattle Go Center	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Sugimoto Tea Company	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Rain City Sumo	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Tanimoto Calligraphy Class	L-Building Room 113
10am–5pm	The Kenjinkai Clubs Fukuoka, Fukushima, Ishikawa, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Shizuoka, Wakayama	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Voice Library in Japanese*	L-Building Lobby
10am–5pm	Yakult	L-Building Lobby

Performances, Lectures & Workshops, Martial Arts
パフォーマンス・講義、ワークショップ・武道

Events longer than one hour are listed in bold.

TIME	PERFORMANCES パフォーマンス	LOCATION
10:30–11:00am	Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) 1 尺八演奏　1 Araki Kodo VI (Hanz Araki)	D Building Room 106
10:30–11:00am	Doors Open for Katsura Sunshine: Rakugo 桂三輝（サンシャイン）落語講演会 開場	Carlson Theater
11:00–12:30pm	Rakugo (Japanese Comic) Storytelling 桂三輝師匠落語講演会 Katsura Sunshine	Carlson Theater
12:30-1:00	Omikoshi (Portable Shrine) 1 おみこし　1 Vancouver Mikoshi Sakurakai Society Sign up to participate!	Courtyard E/C
12:30–1:00pm	Kamishibai Japanese Storytelling (in Japanese) 紙芝居（日本語） Voice Library in Japanese	B Building Room 102
1:00–1:30pm	Showa-era Hit Songs 懐かしい昭和のヒット曲 Echo Chorus	Carlson Theater
1:00–1:30pm	Taiko Performance 太鼓演奏 The School of Taiko / Japan Creative Arts	Courtyard L/R
1:45–2:15pm	Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute) 2 尺八演奏　2 Araki Kodo VI (Hanz Araki)	D Building Room 106
2:15–2:45pm	Puppet Show 1 (in Japanese) 人形劇　1（日本語） Mimibunko　耳文庫	A Building Room 138
2:30–3:00pm	Okinawa Taiko Performance 沖縄太鼓演奏 Okinawan Kenjin Kai Chijinshuu of WA State	Courtyard L/R
3:00–3:45pm	Planetarium Storytime (in Japanese) + Constellation Show (in English) 紙芝居 + プラネタリウム・ショー Voice Library in Japanese with Dr. Joel Lamb, BC Astronomy Faculty	B Building Planetarium (Room 244)
3:30-4:00pm	Omikoshi (Portable Shrine) 2 おみこし　2 Vancouver Mikoshi Sakurakai Society Sign up to participate!	Courtyard E/C
3:45–4:15pm	Taiko Performance 太鼓演奏 Seattle Kokon Taiko	Courtyard L/R
4:00–4:30pm	Kamishibai Japanese Storytelling (in English) 紙芝居（英語） Lynn Miyauchi, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle	D Building Room 102
4:30–5:00pm	Puppet Show 2 (in Japanese) 人形劇　2（日本語） Mimibunko　耳文庫	A Building Room 138

Lectures and Workshops (Participants Page)

TIME	LECTURES & WORKSHOPS 講義、ワークショップ	LOCATION
10:00–3:15pm (every 45 min)	Films (more information): “Hiroshima Witness: 14 Testimonies” (30min) “Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Tour” (5min) “ヒロシマの証言:１４人の被爆者” （各３０分） “広島平和記念公園バーチャル・ツアー”（５分）	B Building Room 104
11:30-12:00pm	Tea Ceremony – Urasenke-Style 1 裏千家茶道デモンストレーション　1 Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle Association	D Building Room 106
12:15–1:15pm	Initiative for a Japanese Transportation Museum 日本交通博物館推進計画 Japan America Transportation Historical Organization	D Building Room 103
12:30–1:30pm	Ikebana (Flower Arranging) Display & Demonstration 生け花展示＆デモンストレーション Ikebana International – Seattle Chapter 19	D Building Room 106
12:45–1:45pm	80 Years Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Legacy of Fear and Visions of Hope 広島・長崎から80年：恐怖の教訓と希望の未来 Stan Shikuma, Tsuru for Solidarity	D Building Room 102
1:30–2:30pm	Onigiri-Making Workshop 1 おにぎり作り体験　１ Courtesy of I Love Sushi Bellevue high school & older – limited to 20 participants	R Building Room 101
1:30–3:00pm	Furoshiki Workshop 風呂敷ワークショップ Lynn Miyauchi, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle	B Building Room 102
1:45–2:45pm	Japanese Business Etiquette: Do’s and Don’ts 日本ビジネスマナー Japan Business Association of Seattle	D Building Room 103
2:00–3:00pm	Never Again Is Now: Lessons of Japanese American Incarceration 今こそ二度と繰り返さない： 日系アメリカ人強制収容からの教訓 Stan Shikuma, Tsuru for Solidarity	D Building Room 102
2:30–3:00pm	Tea Ceremony – Urasenke-Style 2 裏千家茶道デモンストレーション　2 Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle Association	D Building Room 106
3:00–3:45pm	Planetarium Storytime (in Japanese) + Constellation Show (in English) 紙芝居 + プラネタリウム・ショー Voice Library in Japanese with Dr. Joel Lamb, BC Astronomy Faculty	B Building Planetarium (Room 244)
3:15–4:15pm	WWII Experiences of Nikkei Soldiers, 442nd Regimental Combat Team 第二次世界大戦における日系兵士の経験・ 第442連隊戦闘団 Bill Wright, Nisei Veterans Committee and NVC Foundation	D Building Room 103
3:30–4:30pm	Manga Drawing Workshop マンガ作画講座 Arisa Nakamura	B Building Room 102
3:30–4:30pm	Onigiri-Making Workshop 2 おにぎり作り体験　2 Courtesy of I Love Sushi Bellevue high school & older – limited to 20 participants	R Building Room 101
3:45–4:15pm	Tea Ceremony – Urasenke-Style 3 裏千家茶道デモンストレーション　3 Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle Association	D-Building Room 106

Martial Arts (Participants Page)

TIME	MARTIAL ARTS 武道	LOCATION
10am–5pm	Rain City Sumo 相撲 table only – no presentation	L Building Lobby
1:30–2:00pm	Kendo 剣道 Cascade Kendo Kai	Carlson Theater
2:00–2:30pm	Naginata (Tendoryu) 薙刀 Pacific Northwest Naginata Federation	Carlson Theater
2:30–3:00pm	Ishu-jiai Match 異種試合：薙刀 vs. 剣道 Pacific NW Naginata Federation vs.Cascade Kendo Kai	Carlson Theater
3:00–3:30pm	Jodo 杖道 Hoshu Dojo (Shindo Muso-ryu Jodo)	Carlson Theater
3:30–4:00pm	Iaido 居合道 Musokai	Carlson Theater

Contests
コンテスト

Join our contests and win prizes!

TIME	ON-CAMPUS CONTESTS 現地参加コンテスト	LOCATION
10:00–12:00pm	Beyblade Contest 1 (Kids) ベイブレード大会　1	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
10:30–11:00pm	Paper Airplane Contest 1 (Kids) 紙飛行機コンテスト　1	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
12:45–1:15pm	Paper Airplane Contest 2 (Teens) 紙飛行機コンテスト　2	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
1:30–2:00pm	Paper Airplane Contest 3 (Adults) 紙飛行機コンテスト　3	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
2:00–4:00pm	Beyblade Contest 2 (Teens+Adults) ベイブレード大会　2	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
2:30–3:00pm	Paper Airplane Contest 4 (Teens) 紙飛行機コンテスト　4	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
3:00–3:45pm	Kendama Contest けん玉コンテスト Judge / MC: Johnny Kress	Courtyard C by Water Fountain
3:15–3:45pm	Paper Airplane Contest 5 (Kids) 紙飛行機コンテスト　5	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater
3:30–4:15pm	Trivia Contest トリビアクイズ大会	B Building Room 104
4:00–4:15pm	Gather for the Cosplay Contest	Carlson Theater
4:15–5:00pm	Cosplay Contest コスプレコンテスト	Carlson Theater
4:30–5:00pm	Paper Airplane Contest 6 (Adults) 紙飛行機コンテスト　6	Courtyard E by Carlson Theater

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