Tacoma Bon Odori

We are very excited to hold our Bon Odori Festival on Saturday, July 29th. Please note the new time this year is 4 pm – 8 pm. We will enjoy our Tacoma traditions such as our food, kori and t-shirt sales by the YBA, memorial candles and service, performances by Fuji Taiko, obon dancing and […]

From Hiroshima to Hope

Green Lake Park Green Lake’s northwest shore near West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Ave North, Seattle, United States

Please join us for From Hiroshima to Hope, Seattle's annual lantern-floating peace ceremony, on Sunday evening, August 6, at Green Lake. The event begins at 6:00 PM with lantern preparation. With Stan Shikuma as emcee, the family program gets underway at 7:00 PM with the popular Japanese American drum performance group, Seattle Kokon Taiko. Rev. […]

Free

Seattle Hiroshima Club Picnic

Come join us for a fun day filled with lots of delicious food, games and prizes. Grab your friends and family. We look forward to seeing you there!

Free

Summer All Things Japanese Sale 2023

The JCCCW will host the "Summer All Things Japanese Sale" on August 26th (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) & August 27th (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) in addition to a ticketed preview sale on August 25th (5 p.m. - 7 p.m.). If you have a chance to share this news with your friends, family, and community, we would greatly appreciate it! For those who […]

Japan Week

Bellevue College 3000 Landerholm Circle 
SE, Bellevue, WA, United States

This will be our 7th annual JAPAN WEEK @ Bellevue College. We are excited to announce that this will be the first Japan Week since 2019 that is hosted fully on-campus! It only seems fitting that the 7th Japan Week’s Kanji was selected to be… Fuku (Calligraphy by BC student, Yurie Hara) …. “Fortune”. Since […]

Free

Children’s Moon Cake Festival

Renton Community Center 1715 SE Maple Valley Hwy, Renton, WA, United States

Celebrate the fall harvest and full moon. Children and families are invited to attend the city's first Mooncake Festival on Friday, September 29 from 5-7 p.m. at Renton Community Center. Enjoy live performances, refreshments, mooncakes, kids crafts, photo opportunities, and community. In addition, a movie in the gym will be screening at 7 p.m.

Our Voices Will Not be Silenced

This one-hour virtual program is free to all who register. In addition to a featured conversation between Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Densho Executive Director Naomi Ostwald Kawamura, the program will include a live musical performance by Tomo Nakayama, a poetry reading by traci kato-kiriyama, and will be hosted by Erin Shigaki and Brady Wakayama.

Hibakusha: Stories from Hiroshima

JCCCW 1414 South Weller Street, Seattle

JACL Seattle Chapter and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) cordially invite you to hear four representatives from Hiroshima share their stories of the immediate and lingering effects of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Free and open to the public! Please come and invite friends and family.

White River Buddhist Church Fall Bazaar

White River Buddhist Temple 3625 Auburn Way North, Auburn

White River’s Fall Bazaar is back! Handicrafts, giftware and fresh produce available at the Temple. Delicious food available for pick-up. You can support the Temple by ordering a chicken dinner, maki & inari sushi, mochi, manju, and pies! Order early as items are expected to sell out before the order deadline on October 13th. Take-out […]

Paper Chase Film

NW Film Forum 1515 12th Avenue, Seattle, Washington

The First Film to Document 150 Years of Japanese in America as seen through the Japanese American newspapers. Cost is FREE. Preregistration is required due to limited seating. RSVP by Oct 23: [email protected]

Free