The Seattle Bon Odori festival is back in person this year. Come join the community for some good food and dancing. There will be one outdoor practice in the Temple back parking lot on Saturday, July 1 from 12:00-2:00pm. For those unable to attend, we’ll also be sharing online dance videos on our Youtube channel.

White River is proud to announce its first public in-person Bon Odori since 2019 on Saturday, July 22nd from 4:00 - 9:30 pm. Obon (お盆) is the Japanese Buddhist holiday to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. It is of significant religious importance and is the biggest event of the year for the Temple. The […]

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 […]

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. […]

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!

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.