{"id":18759,"date":"2025-09-17T19:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/?page_id=18759"},"modified":"2025-10-10T00:51:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:51:34","slug":"2025-japan-week-participants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/japan-week\/2025-japan-week-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Japan Week Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank you to all our incredible guest speakers, performers, and exhibitors for sharing your time, talent, and passion \u2014 this event wouldn’t be the same without you!<\/p>\n

Click on the arrows to see the links for a presenter, exhibitor, or performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lectures, Workshops, and Demonstrations<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
BC XR Lab<\/strong>
“Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Tour”<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Chado Urasenke Tankokai Seattle Association<\/strong>
Tea Ceremony Demonstrations<\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum<\/strong>
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Ikebana International – Seattle Chapter 19<\/strong>
Ikebana Display & Demonstration<\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Nobuto Uruma – I Love Sushi Bellevue<\/strong>
Onigiri Making Workshop<\/summary>\n

no links<\/em><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan America Transportation Historical Organization
<\/strong>Initiative for a Japanese Transportation Museum<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan Business Association of Seattle
<\/strong>Japanese Business Etiquette: Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan Creative Arts \/ The School of Taiko<\/strong>
Thursday: Hands-on Taiko Workshop<\/summary>\n

Japan Creative Arts<\/strong>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The School of Taiko<\/strong>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Dr Joel Lamb, BC Astronomy Faculty<\/em><\/strong>
Planetarium Constellation Show<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Planetarium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Miyauchi, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle<\/em>
<\/strong>Furoshiki Workshop
Kamishibai Storytelling<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Arisa Nakamura<\/strong>
Manga Drawing Workshop<\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Instagram<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Bill Wright, Nisei Veterans Committee and NVC Foundation<\/em><\/strong>
WWII Experiences of Nikkei Soldiers, 442nd Regimental Combat Team<\/summary>\n

Nisei Veterans Committee<\/strong>
Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NVC Foundation<\/strong>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Nuclear Weapons Awareness<\/strong>
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Stan Shikuma, Tsuru for Solidarity<\/em>
<\/strong>– 80 Years Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Legacy of Fear and Visions of Hope
– Never Again Is Now: Lessons of Japanese American Incarceration<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n



Exhibitors<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Haiku Northwest<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hyogo Business & Cultural Center<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

ICC Consultants: Internships in Japan<\/em><\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

(JATHO) Japan America Transportation Historical Organization<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

JIA Foundation<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

(JCCCW) Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Japan Travel<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Kimono Arts<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Meito Shodo Kai Japanese Calligraphy Association<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

(PAPER) Puget Area Paperfolding Enthusiasts Roundtable<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Northwest Naginata Federation<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Rain City Sumo<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Sakura-Con, Asia Northwest Cultural Education Association<\/em><\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Go Center<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seijin-shiki USA<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Page<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Sugimoto Tea Company<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Tanimoto Calligraphy Class<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

The Kenjinkai Clubs<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Fukuoka, Fukushima, Ishikawa, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Shizuoka, Wakayama<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Yakult<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
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Performers<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Echo Chorus<\/strong>
Showa-era Hit Songs<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Katsura Sunshine<\/strong>
Rakugo Storytelling<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a> | TikTok<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Araki Kodo VI (Hanz Araki)<\/strong>
Shakuhachi<\/summary>\n

Main Webstie
<\/a>Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Johnny Kress<\/strong>
Kendama Contest Judge \/ MC<\/summary>\n

Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Mimibunko<\/strong>
Puppet Show<\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Miyauchi, Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle<\/em><\/strong>
Kamishibai Storytelling (in English)<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Okinawan Kenjin Kai Chijinshuu of WA State<\/strong>
Okinawan Taiko<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Seattle Kokon Taiko<\/strong>
Taiko<\/summary>\n

Main Website
<\/a>Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | X (Twitter)<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

The School of Taiko \/ Japan Creative Arts<\/strong>
Taiko<\/summary>\n

The School of Taiko<\/strong>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan Creative Arts<\/strong>
Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver Mikoshi Sakurakai Society<\/strong>
Omikoshi<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Instagram<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Voice Library in Japanese<\/strong>
– Kamishibai Storytelling (in Japanese)
– Planetarium Storytime<\/summary>\n

Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n



Martial Arts Groups<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cascade Kendo Kai<\/strong>
Kendo<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Hoshu Dojo (Shindo Muso-ryu Jodo)<\/strong>
Jodo<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Musokai<\/strong>
Iaido<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Northwest Naginata Federation<\/strong>
Naginata<\/summary>\n

Main Website<\/a>
Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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