{"id":15937,"date":"2024-03-28T07:17:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T15:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/?page_id=15937"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:49:26","slug":"welcome-to-japan-week-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Japan Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This page is under construction. Check out last year&#8217;s Japan Week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-japan-week-at-bellevue-college wp-block-embed-japan-week-at-bellevue-college\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DL5d6SFSDV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/welcome-to-japan-week-2025\/\">Welcome to Japan Week 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Welcome to Japan Week 2025&#8221; &#8212; Japan Week at Bellevue College\" src=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/welcome-to-japan-week-2025\/embed\/#?secret=lt1Co3kYpy#?secret=DL5d6SFSDV\" data-secret=\"DL5d6SFSDV\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Weekday Schedule (TBA)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Saturday Festival (TBA)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Welcome to Japan Week 2026! This is our 10th annual <strong>JAPAN WEEK @ Bellevue College<\/strong>, presented by the BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club. Japan Week aims to introduce and nurture multiple facets of Japanese culture, including its rich history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/Kanji-2026-\u5e78.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19181\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/Kanji-2026-\u5e78.png 1200w, https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/Kanji-2026-\u5e78-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2026\/03\/Kanji-2026-\u5e78-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calligraphy by Ryoko Kato, BC student<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This year\u2019s kanji is \u5e78 (\u201csachi&#8221;), which means happiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">It represents our hope for happiness in every moment we share together. It reflects our wish that everyone finds their own moments of joy and that, together, we can create an environment where everyone feels happy and supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"33\" src=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2021\/08\/line_autumn2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2021\/08\/line_autumn2.png 600w, https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2021\/08\/line_autumn2-500x28.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>This Year&#8217;s Highlights (to be announced)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Other Activities (to be announced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">Weekday Schedule (to be announced)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdebff\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">TIME<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">TOPIC \/ SPEAKER<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ROOM<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><em>&#8211;<\/em><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&#8211;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Weekday Schedule (TBA)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Saturday Festival (TBA)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All website managers are Bellevue College students.<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">2026 Website Managers:<\/span><br \/><em>To be announced!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Past Website Managers:<br \/><\/span>2017 &#8211; Chitalu Mumba <em>(original website developer)<\/em><br \/>2018 &#8211; Devon Rice, Meili Hsu<br \/>2019 &#8211; Alex Horn, Devon Rice, Meili Hsu<br \/>2020 &#8211; Alex Horn, Devon Rice, Carlos A. 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This is our 10th annual JAPAN WEEK @ Bellevue College, presented by the BC Japanese Culture Exchange Club. Japan Week aims to introduce and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":883,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15937"}],"version-history":[{"count":171,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19182,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15937\/revisions\/19182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}