Staff Greetings
Kristen Lambertson
General Manager and Programming Director

In celebration of this year’s theme Koen Debut/Park Debut,
the Festival introduces you to a new park, some new works,
and invites you to come experience the traditional andthe experimental. For our 34th year, we present scheduled
demonstrations by the Ikebana and Bonsai societies, theOpen Doors Project, a great series of video shorts directed

ProgrammeGuide
President’s Message
John Yamazaki
We are back! After a one-year relocation to Woodland
Park, the Powell Street Festival is back home toa much-awaited renovated Oppenheimer
Park. We would like to welcome you to
the 34th Annual Powell Street Festival.
The area may look slightly different but
the programming will continue to provide
you with the usual exciting performances,
exhibitions, displays, and foods. This year’s
Festival theme is Koen Debut/Park Debut: thecelebration and introduction of our “little ones” to theneighborhood and to the community. I can still remember
my experiences as a toddler at the Festival. Meeting family
and friends, eating the delicious Japanese foods, taking
part in the many activities, and watching the variety of
performances and demonstrations.

Congratulations to the34th Annual
Powell Street Festival!
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Make sure you take the time to watch some of our highlighted events such as a collaboration by Toronto-based
contemporary dancer Andrea Nann and Vancouver
theatre artist Maiko Bae Yamamoto, local bluegrass band
Shout!WhiteDragon, Kokoro Dance, New York singer Yoko
Kikuchi, and Katari Taiko with Mario Zetina. These are justsome examples of what you can expect at this year’s Festival! Moreover, we are striving to become a festival that will
reduce our garbage output to 100%—which leads to our
Bicycle Valet service. Please take advantage of this free, safe
and secure service. Do your part in helping the environment.
I would like to take this chance to thank all those involved
with this festival. Even though this is a two-day event, theamount of work needed is a year-long process. So, thankyou to all the volunteers and support staff for your tirelessefforts and many hours of help. You know who you are!

by Japanese Canadians, including Linda Ohama’s video
Akebono, a presentation of Yumi Ogawa’s 1-woman play
Japanglish, and the Saturday evening double bill presentation at Chapel Arts of the incredible live animation
presentation by Tochka from Japan, and the dance andmusic presentation by Montreal’s dynamic group Dynamo
Coléoptera.

Left to right: Kazuho Yamamoto, Terence Yee,
Kristen Lambertson, Sabrina Mehra Furminger

As we grow as a presenter of arts and deepen our commitment to the Japanese Canadian and Downtown Eastsidecommunities, we strive to make the Festival more environmentally responsible. The Food Booths have committed a
lot of time, energy and money into ensuring that all of theirproducts are compostable, including utensils and dishes, so
we ask you too to participate in our Zero Waste Challenge.
There are tons of ways to enjoy our free Festival. To show
your support please consider making a donation, buying
some lotto tickets (1st prize are 2 round trip tickets toJapan!), an awesome limited edition t-shirt designed by
Madoka Hara, a re-usable water bottle designed by Kaori
Kasai, or by becoming a lifetime member for only $12.
Visit our Info booth to find out more ways you can enjoy
our Festival, become involved with the Society or attend
some of our many other events throughout the year. Enjoy!

Powell Street Festival 2010

It’s great to be back. Finally Oppenheimer Park is finishedand the Powell Street Festival can return home. We had agreat year last year at Woodland Park, but we’ve missed
our neighbours and regular volunteers from the area.

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Board of Directors
John Yamazaki President
Nina Inaoka Lee Vice-President
Miko Hoffman Treasurer
Darren Okabe Secretary
Julia Aoki Director
Alia Nakashima Director
Reiko Shimizu Director
Reiko Tagami Director
Programming Committee
Miko Hoffman
Naomi Horii
Yuriko Iga
Boon Kondo
Kristen Lambertson, Chair

Alia Nakashima
Julie Oya
Susanne Tabata
Michael Tora Speier

Advocacy Committee
Julia Aoki, Chair
Miko Hoffman
Kristen Lambertson
Greg Masuda
Chisaki Muraki-Valdovinos
Rika UtoJohn Yamazaki
Andrew Yan
Relocation Committee
Miko Hoffman
Naomi Horii
Kazuho Yamamoto
Kristen Lambertson
Peter LiJon Nakane, Chair
Michael Ouchi
Cat Renay
Kathy Shimizu
Gweny Wong

FESTIVAL COMMITTEEChildren’s Tent Reiko Shimizu
Craft Booth/Community Tent Liaison Corey Mah
Display Booth Liaison Peter Li
Hachimakis Barbara Yamazaki and Ayako Haga
Sustainability and Environment Naomi Horii, Ryo Narumi
and Shari Ikoma
Festival Sales Nina Inaoka Lee and Miko Hoffman
Food Booth Michael Ouchi
Information Booth Linda Uyehara Hoffman
and Mayumi Takasaki
Lottery Booth Reiko Tagami
Performers’ Liaison Shirley Lum and Mariko Tajiri
Performers’ Change Room Les Murata
Plumbing George Matousek
Site Coordinators Jon Nakane, Gweny Wong,
Kathy Shimizu and Liam Blacknik
Signage Agustina Santoso
Security Liaison Kei Kobori and John Yamazaki
Stage Managers Catlin Renay and Anita YungSound Rob Nelson
VJLS Liaison Julia Aoki
PUBLICITY
Publicity Sabrina Mehra Furminger
Poster/postcard/ad design Kaori Kasai
T-shirt design Madoka Hara
Tote and water bottle design Kaori Kasai
Programme Design John Endo Greenaway
Programme Ads Anne Jew
Website Design Kathy Shimizu

Festival Photographers Mimoto, Greg Masuda,Noah Photography
Map Designer Shinobu Homma
STAFF
General Manager/Programming Director Kristen Lambertson
Production Coordinator Kazuho Yamamoto
Volunteer Coordinator Terence Yee
Communications Manager Sabrina Mehra Furminger
Open Doors Project Coordinator Carmen Lam
Web Manager Kathy Shimizu
Newsletter design Barb Yamazaki
SPECIAL THANKSJohn Endo Greenaway and The Bulletin, Gossamer Threads
Inc., Tonari Gumi, OK Gift Shop, Pacific Cinematheque,Canadian Springs, Glico, Bryan Uyesugi/ FreshPoint
Vancouver, Fujiya, Capers Whole Foods Market, Dan-DPak™, Vancouver New Music, Vancouver International
Writers Festival, Vancouver International Dance Festival,
Vancouver International Children’s Festival, Lamar Transit
Advertising, Sunrise-Soya Foods, Konbiniya, Ethical Bean
Coffee, Opus Framing & Art Supplies, Diane Kadota, George
Matousek, Tim Hortons, ALL of our dedicated volunteers,
and to all past PSF coordinators and Board members.
SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS
The Powell Street Festival gratefully acknowledges
the financial support of the Canada Council for theArts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Human
Resources Development Canada: Canada Summer Jobs
Program, the Province of British Columbia throughDirect Access to Charitable Gaming, the BC Arts Council,
the City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural
Affairs, The Hamber Foundation, Sunrise Soya Foods,
the Strathcona Business Improvement Area, CTV, The
Georgia Straight, Vancouver Shinpo and The Bulletin.

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CHILDREN S TENT

(12pm-5pm only!)
Take part in a variety of free, supervised children’s activities in the tent,
Saturday & Sunday, 12:00pm-5:00pm. Please sign up for Suika Wari, Tug
of War, and Kiai Contest ahead of time in the tent. (Note: this is not achild-care program, so please do not leave your children unattended.)
OrigamiSunday, 12-3pm
For the beginner and the seasoned paper folder, brought to you by SFU Origami.
Watermelon Game (Suika Wari)
Saturday, 1:30-2pm
Put on the blindfold, hit the watermelon, and win a prize!
Tug-of War
Saturday, 3-3:15pm
Sunday, 3-3:15pm
Work together as a team and win prizes! Please sign up in advance at theInformation Booth.
Kiai Contest
Sunday, 1:30-2pm
This is the time to let the kids be as noisy as they want! Volunteer judges award
prizes for the loudest, most creative, scariest screams and yells. Please sign up
in advance at the Information Booth.
Ongoing all weekend (12-5pm): Face painting, mask-making and hat-making!

POWELL STREET FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE• Limited edition festival t-shirt (designed by Madoka Hara)• Festival tote bags (designed by Kaori Kasai)• Festival stainless steel water bottles (designed by Kaori Kasai)• Festival posters and hachimakis (headbands)• Matsuri compliation CDs• CDs and shirts by Festival artists• and more!
Check out the festival sales boothfor full details

OPUS
FRAMING &ART SUPPLIES
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LOTTERY
PRIZES AND
DONORS
Help support the
Powell Street Festival!
Lottery tickets are only $2 each anddraws are held all weekend long (final
draw will be held at 6:30pm on Sunday,
August 1). Proceeds go to support the
Powell Street Festival Society.
GRAND PRIZES
Two Round Trip Tickets to Tokyo- Japan Airlines$1000 Gift Certificate - OK Gift Shop
Fun at the Festivals! Package:
Vancouver New Music Festival passes
Vancouver Intl Writers Festival tickets
Vancouver Intl Dance Festival passes
SUBSIDIARY PRIZESThe Adventure Group Whistler: 2 zip line gift
certificates
Coco Cakes: catered party cakes
Vancouver Opera: two tickets to Fall production
Whitecap Books: book packArsenal Pulp Books: book pack
Top Table Restaurants: gift certificate andcookbooks
Vancouver Queer Film Festivals: six tickets
Pacific Cinematheque: 10 film pass
Vancouver Shinpo: three 1-year subscriptions
Katari Taiko: one CD/book pack, one CD pack
Angel Seafoods: three $30 gift certificates
Sunrise Markets: five $20 gift certificates
Geist Magazine: two 1-year subscriptions
RicePaper Magazine: two 1-year subscriptions
Salmon Village: three cooked sockeye smokedsalmons
Takeo Yamashiro: one Takeo Yamashiro CD
Japanese Canadian National Museum: book pack
Powell Street Festival: two t-shirts, one water bottle
Half Moon Books: one DVD, one $25 gift
certificate
Fujiya Foods: five $25 gift certificatesThanks to all of our generous donors!

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We begin the festivities with a First Nations blessing by Sam George of theSquamish Nation and with greetings by guests MP Libby Davies, MLA Shane
Simpson, Mayor Gregor Robertson, and Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito.
Hosted by John Yamazaki, Powell Street Festival Society President.

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Coração Boêmio
Saturday, 12:30-1pm, Main Stage
Coração Boêmio (which means “bohemian heart” in Portuguese) was started in Japan seven years ago by Sarah McAlister and Yujiro Nakajima. The band has since collaborated
with several Japanese and Canadian musicians who sharethe love of Brazilian music. They perform popular bossa
nova tunes as well as a little jazz and samba.
Yoko Kikuchi
Saturday, 1:30-2pm, Main Stage
Sunday, 4-4:30pm, Main Stage
Yoko Kikuchi is a Manhattan-based musician. Her band of
five years, Dream Bitches, disbanded last year. Since then,Yoko has been playing shows solo as well as collaborating in some new projects. She released a double solo
retrospective CD in 2008 entitled How To Stay Amazed/
Lilly Lafayette. From 2008-2009 she was drummer for two
different bands, Lady Bright and A Fermata, during whichtime she learned to play the drums. Lately she has been
experimenting with recording full-band recordings where
she plays all the instruments.
Sawagi Taiko
Saturday, 2-2:30pm, Main Stage
Sawagi Taiko is the first all-women’s taiko group in Canada,
formed in 1990. In Sawagi Taiko, we pool our common andunique experiences as East Asian women living in Canada
and focus our creative energy and ideas into a powerfulexpression that is always heard and can’t be ignored. As aperforming group, we’re looking to smash hierarchies andcreate an environment where all our members can initiate
and explore their artistic visions. We offer an alternative
to the stereotype of Asian women as quiet and demure.
Performing members are: Mariko Heidelk, Linda Uyehara
Hoffman, Lisa Mah, Jeanie Ow, Catlin Renay, Sachiko
Yamaguchi & Anita Yung.
Katari Taiko with Mario Zetina
Saturday, 4-4:30pm, Main Stage
With arms and hips swinging, Katari Taiko and guest percussionist Mario Zetina will present new work and fresh arrangements combining Latin American music and rhythms
with the beat of the taiko at the 2010 Powell Street Festival.
With taiko, congas and voice, Katari Taiko and Zetina will
create a commotion with Ja Sawago, wake the lion with
Shi Shi Mai, get the blood flowing with a merengue-taiko
concoction and celebrate this fabulous union with Matsuri.
Shout!WhiteDragon
Saturday, 5-5:30pm, Main Stage
Shout!WhiteDragon is a tight four piece string band who
pays homage to Old Time Music’s southern roots with tunes
and songs played with the energy and ethic of punk rock.
These musicians come together from diverse traditions
bringing with them the chops of classical and jazz training
and the swagger of the self-taught picker. Past becomespresent as these urban Canadians saw off high-energy fiddle tunes and sing the songs of the working class mountainset! Joining Haagen & Ryuzen will be guest musician Eien
Hunter-Ishikawa.
people. Shout!WhiteDragon is Kori Neil Miyanishi (fiddle,
vocals), Christopher Suen (banjo, vocals), Patrick Metzger(guitar) and Steve Charles (bass).
LOUD
Saturday, 6-6:30pm, Main StageLOUD is a Vancouver based duo composed of Eileen Kage(taiko & percussion) and Elaine Stef (electric guitar). Their
original music melds the acoustic with the electric into music
described as ‘the soundtrack to the world breathing andthe soul stirring’. The group has toured Canada, the UnitedStates and Europe. They regularly lend their support to thecommunity, performing at festivals, prisons and fund raising events. This year LOUD is honoured to welcome special
guest Andrea Nann of Toronto’s Dreamwalker Dance Company who will be joining LOUD for part of the set.
Sakura Singers
Sunday, 11:30am-12pm, Main StageThe Sakura Singers was formed in 1970 as a mixed choral group under the auspices of the JCCA, and has been
performing to foster appreciation and understanding ofJapanese music and culture in the Canadian Community.
Paris in Tokyo
Sunday, 12-12:30pm, Main Stage
Paris in Tokyo was formed in March 2009 in Vancouver,
BC. With vocalist Misaki, guitarist Ryan, and bassist Daizo,
the band incorporates the essence of classical and modern
avant-garde music into the genre of Japanese metal.
Dynamo Coléoptera
Sunday, 1-1:30pm, Main Stage
The members of this power-duo are Maya Kuroki on electric guitar, vocals, keyboards and theatrics, and François
Girouard, who, without stopping on the drums, integrates
many more instruments (keyboard, bass guitar, percussion,
soundscapes, musical saw, invented instruments, etc.).
Their musical shows with dancer Tomomi Morimoto are
more akin to multidisciplinary performances than traditional concerts. It is defined as experimental pop-rock inJapanese, and includes unbridled theatrical performances,
costumes, masks and magic. The lyrics and music of eachsong transport us into a world imprinted with poetry, lyricism and surrealist fantasy…
Saturday evening concert, 8:00pm, Chapel Arts (withTochka, see page 31)
Haagen & Ryuzen: Dasz Haagen and Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos
with Eien Hunter-Ishikawa
Sunday, 2-2:30pm, Main Stage
Shakuhachi flute master, Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos and electronic wizard, Dasz Haagen first met for a one off show
for a benefit for Haiti relief back in January of 2010. Theirmusic rocked so well that they decided to form the dynamic
duo of Haagen & Ryuzen. A perfect fusion of acoustic andelectronic, ancient and modern, east and west, dance
and meditation, Haagen & Ryuzen have created visceral,
heart-pumping neo music for tribal harmonic soul-seeking

JODAIKO
Sunday, 6:00-6:30pm, Main Stage
Founded in 1988, JODAIKO is an internationally based
wadaiko ensemble comprised of women from throughout
North America and Japan. Many of the participating musicians perform with or lead other taiko groups in their own
communities, but enjoy drumming together, seeking out
opportunities to create new works and challenging eachother as artists. The ensemble has performed at a varietyof events and venues, including main stage appearancesat the West Coast Women’s Music & Comedy Festival, anda concert with The Dance Brigade at the Dawn Center inOsaka, Japan. Most recently, the group has appeared at theNorthwest Regional Taiko Gathering in Seattle, Powell Street
Festival, at concerts presented in conjunction with Pride
In Art (now the Vancouver Queer Arts Festival), and at anumber of public and private events throughout Vancouver.

Youth
Rhythm ClashSunday, 4:30-5pm, Main Stage
Now in its third consecutive year, Rhythm Clash is a collaborative performance fusing traditional taiko withmodern electronic music. The series is anchored by taiko
ensemble Total Constructive Interference (Eileen Kage andLeslie Komori) and electronic musicians no luck club (Mattand Trevor Chan). RC3 promises to be another psychedelic,outer-worldly, percussive adventure. But for this edition, it
will feature a touch of earthly social commentary.

VISUAL ARTSTRIBUTARIES: REFLECTIONS OF AIKO SUZUKI
June 30-August 28, National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
Gallery conversation at 7:30pm
Speakers Series: Cindy Mochizuki, Thursday, August 19, 7pm
Aiko Suzuki was a remarkable visual artist of nationalsignificance who was known as a feminist, leader andeducator in the arts until her death in 2005. This exhibit
will pay tribute to Suzuki’s life and work through a display of some of her original work and three multimedia
installations by noted writer Joy Kogawa, new music
composer Ann Southam, and visual artist Grace Channer.

SPECIAL EVENING CONCERTTOCHKA (JAPAN) with musical guests Jason de Couto,
Joseph Lubinsky-Mast, and Cam Stephens, & DYNAMOCOLéOPTERA (MONTREAL)
Chapel Arts, 304 Dunlevy Avenue
Saturday, 8pm, 7:30pm doors open
admission $15/$10 at the door.
The Powell Street Festival invites festival-goers to an
evening double-bill that spans the globe: new media artists Tochka from Japan, and music and dance performers
Dynamo Coléoptera from Montreal.

Tochka presents the Pika Pika Lightning Doodle Project,a spontaneous interactive project involving the public.
Using light sources such as cell phones, iPods, bike lights
and more as drawing tools, Tochka coordinates improvisational doodling sessions that result in a unique creative
project. Musical accompaniment will be provided by Jason de Couto, Joseph Lubinsky-Mast, and Cam Stephens.
Dynamo Coléoptera (Maya Kuroki on electric guitar,
vocals, keyboards and theatrics, and François Girouard on
the drums, keyboard, bass guitar, flute, and soundscapes)
is joined by dancer Tomomi Morimoto in a performancethat bursts with poetry, lyricism and surrealist fantasy.
Stories from Near and Far
Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm, Firehall Studio
Check out Hiromi Goto’s reading in the Firehall Studio fromher young adult novel Half World, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki and published by Penguin Canada (see Literary section
for schedule). Melanie Tamaki is an outsider. Unpopularand impoverished, she is the only child of a loving but neglectful mother. She barely copes with surviving school andlife. But everything changes on the day she returns home
to find her mother is missing, lured back to Half World bya vile creature calling himself Mr. Glueskin. Soon Melanie
embarks on an epic and darkly fantastical journey to Half
World to save her mother. What she does not yet realize isthat the state of the universe is at stake....

SPECIAL CONCERTJODAIKO Concert and Workshop
Concert: Friday, August 6, 7:30pm
Roundhouse Theatre (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
TICKETS: $15-$25 sliding at the door, $20 in advance
Tickets at Little Sisters, Rhizome and Banshee Clothing
Community Workshop: Saturday, August 7, 10am-12pm.
TICKETS: $35/person
PSFS and Queer Arts Festival co-sponsor a taiko performance and workshop by Jodaiko at the Roundhouse. For
more information, check www.tttaiko.com/jodaiko.

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TRANSPORTATION & PARKING
Oppenheimer Park is accessible by foot, bike, car and iswheelchair accessible. It is bordered by the 400 blocks ofPowell Street and Cordova Street, at the cross-streets ofJackson and Dunlevy. The #4 (Powell/UBC) and #7 (Nanaimo Station/Dunbar) buses go directly to the park, or
you may take one of the many buses that go down East
Hastings Street, which is one block south of the park. 400
Powell is only a few blocks east of Main Street.
There is plenty of street parking in the neighbouring
blocks. Please note, during PSF parking is not available
along the streets bordering the park. You WILL be towed
if you park there. There will be, however, one reserved
space on Cordova Street for wheelchair accessible dropoff, and two reserved parking spaces for wheelchair users.
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Vancouver Buddhist Temple
Curry beef on rice, corn on
the cob, inari sushi, matcha
affogato
Vancouver Japanese Language School Chicken yakitori, beef okonomiyaki,
vegetable okonomiyaki, yaki
onigiri, kakigori, uji kintoki
Tenrikyo Yakisoba (meat orvegetable), korokke
Vancouver Sumo Fun Club
Yaki-mochi, zenzai, chikara(strength) udon, ramune,
mugichaGreat Vancouver Japanese
Canadian Citizen’s Association BBQ salmon dinner,salmon filet, JCCA dog, veggie JCCA dog, spam nigiri
sushi, fresh vegetables

BCJSN Takoyaki
Otowa Dance Group Gyoza
dinner (meat/vegetable),gyoza side dish (meat/vegetable)
Konko Church Imagawayaki,
sembe
Tonari Gumi Cold ramen
salad, California roll, inari sushi, ten don, mochi
manju, iced coffee, mugicha
Sunrise Soya Foods BBQ
Tofu Yaki, Asian slaw salad,matcha frappe
All groups will be sellinga variety of beverages.
Proceeds go to the community organization foodsellers and to the Powell
Street Festival Society.

SPECIAL EVENT
Open Doors Project
All festival weekend, hours of business operations varycheck info booth for hours. INFO TABLE: 1-5pm
St. James Community Service Society Courtyard(331 Powell Street)

CRAFT SALESDISPLAYS

LITERARY

Amrita Designs bags, cosmetic purses, scarves
Baby Maci baby kimono loungewear
Beauty Secrets of Japan handmade Japanese soap
Blim Arts Society locally-designed screen-printed shirts,
buttons, cards
Chie Hitotsuyama drawings, paper dolls, t-shirts
HiDe Ceramic Works pottery club/HiDe Ceramic Works Japanese pottery
Him Creations needle-felted animals
Himawari Designs handmade stoneware, porcelain pottery,glass pendants
Jeff Maihara Photography magnets, cards, calendars, prints
Kaori Kasai postcards, bookmarks, dolls, prints, paintings
Kimiko Hawkes cards paintings, dolls, kokeshi dolls
Kyoko’s copper chain necklaces, coral necklaces, handmade soap
Lotus Miyashita Design art prints made from original mixed
media, magnets, note cards
Mellon Glass Studio blown glass tableware, art, handmade
beaded jewelry
Noei handmade bags, passport covers made with JapanesefabricSabrina Designs Barbie clothes and accessories
Summer Handbags handbags made from kimono fabricTakagi Lampwork Beads glass beads (tombodama) andjewelry
Tatsuko jewelry, cellphone charms bookmarks, stamps
The Vert Jewelry necklaces, hair clips, earrings
Twinkets kimono and denim belts, brooches, wallets
Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association Yo-yo waterballoons, fun masks
Vision Pottery:flowerdishes, teapots, ocharina, greetingcards, handmade bags, ceramic plates, cups

All displays are ongoing and located in the Vancouver
Buddhist Church, except for the Vancouver Save Article
9 (VSA9) display located in the Vancouver Japanese Language School.

Stories from Near and Far
Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm, Firehall Studio
The Powell Street Festival is proud to present readings byaward-winning writer Hiromi Goto and writers Leah Ranada,
Carlo Sayo, and Proma Tagore. Stories from Near and Far: PanAsian Canadian writers share stories and poems about home,
homelands, the fantastical, the political, the familiar and theuncanny through diverse voices and styles. Authors will bepresent for a question and answer period after the readings.

COMMUNITY EVENT

In collaboration with the Japanese Canadian National
Museum (JCNM), Powell Street Festival is launching theOpen Doors Project along the 300 and 400 block ofPowell Street during this year’s 34th Annual Festival.
Current building occupants will open their doors to the
public to highlight the area’s varied street life. Fundedby the City of Vancouver, this project will showcase thishistoric neighbourhood’s past and present with the addition of descriptive panels located on several storefronts
and businesses. Tours will be held twice daily during
the Festival and maps of participating establishments
will be made available on-site at the Festival for selfguided tours.

Powell Grounds Baseball GameA Tribute to the Vancouver Asahi
Saturday, August 7, 10:30am
Oppenheimer Park, 400 Powell Street
Contact Japanese Canadian National
Museum: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org or
604.777.7000 ext.109
As part of this year’s Powell Street
Festival, the Japanese Canadian
National Museum and Carnegie
Community Centre present the fifth
annual ball game that celebrates the
Vancouver Asahi baseball team’s legacy. This will be an
opportunity for Nikkei baseball enthusiasts and Asahi
fans to play a fun game on the field where the Asahis
once played. Come for kids’ crafts, an Asahi display, ascreening of Sleeping Tigers, hot dogs, popcorn and
more! Please contact the Japanese Canadian National
Museum for more information or to sign up to play.
Join in the fun, or just come and watch! This is a freepublic event. Youth, adults, seniors and families are all
welcome. Refreshments and limited seating available.

BC Bonsai the art of miniature trees growing, with demonstrations and displays. Demonstrations will take place
Saturday (1-4pm) and Sunday (1-4pm).
Canadian College of Shiatsu Therapy promoting original
Shiatsu Therapy developed by the founder, Tokujiro
Namikoshi Sensei, and regulated by the Ministry of Healthin Japan.
Japanese Canadian National Museum The Japanese Canadian National Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving
and educating others about Japanese Canadian history.
View a display of Japanese Canadian history, museum
publications, education programs and activities.
Kikori Japanese Furnishings antique furniture and interior
accessories from Japan.
Vancouver Ikebana Association the art of Japanese flower
arranging. Demonstrations will take place Saturday and
Sunday at 1pm and 3pm.
Vancouver Save Article 9 (VSA9) photos and panels aboutthe Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
Vancouver Shodo Club Japanese and Chinese calligraphy.
Vancouver Sumie Class the delicate art of ink brush painting
in sumi and watercolour.

CEREMONIAL
OmikoshiSaturday, 3:30-4pm, Festival Grounds
The omikoshi or portable shrine is an essential element infestivals all over Japan. The carriers, who are believed to bepossessed by a divine spirit, rock the omikoshi vigorously;
the more frenzied their efforts, the more good fortune issaid to pass on to everyone.
Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver, Sa-do (Tea Service)
Sunday, 1-2pm, 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5:pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School Tatami Room
(5th Floor)
Members of the Urasenke Foundation of Vancouver invite
you to participate in an authentic tea service in the tranquil tatami room on the VJLS rooftop. Please sign up in
advance at the Information Booth.

Hiromi Goto is the award-winning author of Chorus of Mushrooms, and The Kappa Child. She’s also written a children’s
novel, The Water of Possibility, and a collection of shortstories, Hopeful Monsters. Her YA novel, Half World, waspublished by Penguin Canada and in the US and is pending
release in Poland and France. Her latest publication, Wait
Until Late Afternoon, is a collaborative long poem writtenwith David Bateman.
Leah Ranada came to Canada four years ago. She finished ajournalism degree at the University of Santo Tomas in thePhilippines. She is currently working with the D.R. Innovation Society in Vancouver. Her works are mostly fiction but
she has growing experience in news and feature writing.
Carlo Sayo is a graduate of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and
Design and a founding member of the Sinag Bayan (Lightof the Nation) Cultural Arts Collective, a Filipino-Canadiangroup that combines performance, theatre, song, spoken
word, and visual arts to promote community development
and empowerment.
Proma Tagore was born in Kolkata, India, immigrated to
Canada at the age of four, and grew up in a small town in
Manitoba. She moved to Vancouver three years ago and currently works at a women’s shelter as a peer support worker.
She is also a poet whose writing has been published in Red
Silk: An Anthology of South Asian Canadian Women Poets.

SPECIAL COMMUNITY EVENT
22nd Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival
August 12-22
From eye-opening documentaries to romantic comedies
to one-of-a-kind short films, there’s something for everyone. The city’s second largest film festival will present
90 diverse films from more than a dozen countries. For
more information, visit www.queerfilmfestival.ca.

ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE PROJECTThe Zero Waste Challenge Project returns for its third year! Food utensils and dishes sold on site will
be made of compostable materials. We encourage all Festival attendees to join in on the program, andensure that they recycle and compost as much as their waste as possible on site at this year’s Festival.
TOP 5 WAYS OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE ZERO WASTE CHALLENGE!
1. Compost all Powell Street Festival food and foodware purchased at the Festival.
2. Recycle all your bottles and cans!
3. Avoid contaminating our compostable bins with non-Festival foodware waste.
4. Carry your own water bottle; you can purchase a limited edition PSF bottle!
5. Ride your bike, walk, or take public transportation to the Festival (use the Free Bike Valet service)!

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Vancity Soran
Saturday, 12-12:15pm, Main Stage
Vancity Soran is a dance group based in Vancouver that
performs a very high energy mix of contemporary and traditional Japanese dance with dance moves that represent
living life on a fishing boat. While the performers dance,
they will use traditional Japanese percussion instruments
called naruko, which are widely used in Yosakoi and Yosakoi
Soran dance. One of the dances that will be performed isvery well known in Japan and was featured on the Japanese
television program Kinpachi Sensei.
Yuaikai Ryukyu Taiko
Saturday, 3-3:30pm, Main Stage
Yuaikai Ryukyu Taiko is an Okinawan taiko dance groupin Metro Vancouver, started in 2004 with members of the
Vancouver Okinawa-ken Yuaikai (friendship association).
The group wishes to be ambassadors of Okinawan folk
performing art in which Okinawan style drumming anddancing combine together along with traditional as well as
contemporary music. The members are mix of generations,as young as 4-years old to some in their middle age so as
to present grassroots folk art.
RE: LOCATION by Andrea Nann & Maiko Bae Yamamoto
Commissioned by the Powell Street Festival Society with thesupport of the Vancouver Japanese Language School.
Saturday, 3-4pm and Sunday, 5-6pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School (3rd Floor)
RE: LOCATION weaves personal stories, mythology, music,
dance and imaginings from Yamamoto and Nann’s Vancouverchildhoods. The piece integrates aspects of their respective
Japanese-Korean and Chinese heritage with references tocurrent and historical stories of displacement and survival. This
site-specific work created by Toronto-based contemporary
dancer Nann and Vancouver-based theatre artist Yamamoto
will be staged and presented at the Vancouver Japanese
Language School. This project will link the past to the present.
Nishikawa-Ryu
Saturday, 5:30-6pm, Main Stage
Come be entertained by this presentation of classicalJapanese dance.
Otowa-Ryu
Sunday, 2:30-3pm, Main Stage
Otowa Ryu Japanese Dance Group has been introducing
Japanese Dance at many festivals and events since thegroup was formed in the early ‘70’s. The group consists of
all ages from Issei to Yonsei (4th generation).

Kokoro Dance
Sunday, 5:30-6pm, Main Stage
Kokoro Dance’s Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi teamup again with their son Joseph Hirabayashi’s alt-rock-postpunk-jazz-noise band, The SSRIs, who are just back froma national tour after being featured on the cover of the
Georgia Straight in June. A conversation between two
generations of uncomfortable artists seeking to provoke
one another, this 2010 Powell Street Festival performancemarks the third PSF collaboration between the older andyounger Hirabayashi’s. Kokoro Dance has been namedby the Georgia Straight as one of the ten best reasons tolive in Vancouver.

PARTICIPATE!
Powell Street Historical Walking Tours
Saturday, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
Sunday, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
This historical tour will take a look at the buildings,
stores and people of the pre-war Powell Street district,Vancouver’s Nihon-machi. The tours are free and will lastapproximately 45 minutes. A Japanese language tour will
be offered once a day at 3pm. Due to limited space, please
register early at the Japanese Canadian National Museum
booth in the Buddhist Temple.
Open Doors Project
Ongoing all festival weekend.
St. James Community Service Society Courtyard(331 Powell Street)See “Special Event” box on page 34 for more information.
Matsuri Odori
Saturday, 6:30-7pm, Grounds
This is your chance to dance to the spirit of the Matsuri.
The steps are simple so everyone can take part, even thosewith two left feet!
Urasenke Vancouver, Sa-do (Tea Service)
Sunday, 1-2pm, 2-3pm, 3-4pm, 4-5pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School Tatami Room (5th Floor)
See “Ceremonial” for more info on how to sign up.
Sumo Tournament
Sunday, 3-4pm, Demo Area
For many years now, the Vancouver Sumo Fun Club has beenat the Powell Street Festival, educating and showing our Sumoto people who have interest in learning about our culture.
Do you have what it takes to be the Yokozuna (Grand
Champion)? Festival visitors – men and women alike –are encouraged to take part in this exciting competition. It’s easy to win – just force your opponent out of
the circle! But if you get forced out – or if any of yourbody parts other than the soles of your feet touch thedohyo (ring) – you lose! Please register by 1:30pm,
Sunday at the Info Booth if you are interested in our
event as a competitor or even have interest in joining
the Vancouver Sumo Fun Club!

UBC Classical Ju-jutsu Club
Saturday, 1-1:30pm, festival grounds
The UBC Classical Ju-jutsu Club (Shofukan Dojo) is an organization dedicated to the practice, preservation, and promotion of the classical combative systems of feudal Japan. The
techniques that will be demonstrated are from the Bitchu-den
lineage of a system called Takeuchi-ryu), which was created in
1532, during Japan’s Warring States Period. Practice involves
not only unarmed skills but also the use of, and defence
against, a variety of weapons, including long sword, shortsword, staves, glaives, spears, etc. The Shofukan Dojo is one of
only four schools at which Takeuchi-ryu can be taught outside
Japan, as authorized by our master Ono Yotaro-sensei, whois the 16th headmaster of the Bitchu-den lineage.
Bonsai
Saturday, 1-4pm • Sunday, 1-4pm
Ongoing demonstrations related to the growing and careof miniature trees.
Ikebana
Saturday/Sunday, 1-1:30pm, 3-3:30pm, Buddhist Church
Demonstrations of the art of Japanese flower arranging.
Iaido
Saturday, 2:30-3pm, festival grounds
Iaido is the traditional art of drawing and cutting with thekatana, the sword of the samurai. Iaido is not practiced
as a sport but rather its purpose is to develop one`s mind,
body, and spirit through the never-ending practice of sword
techniques. Not to be confused with sword fighting sports,
Iaido techniques begin and end with the sword sheathed.
One of the ultimate goals of Iaido is to prefect oneself suchthat the sword need never be drawn in a confrontation. We
practice the Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu style of Iaido which cantrace a history back over 400 years.
KarateSaturday, 4:30-5pm, festival grounds
All Japan Shito Ryu karate do Seiko kai Canada has beenin Canada since 1970. Today we have clubs in BC, Quebec,
Ontario and Manitoba, as well as twenty-two countries
around the world. For the Powell Street Festival, we will
demonstrate basic techniques, daily exercise, women’s selfdefence, jump kicks, breaking boards, and kata.
Shoheijuku Aikido
Sunday, 12:30-1pm, festival grounds
Shoheijuku Aikido Canada was established to promote theart of Aikido, which is a Japanese martial art as practiced
by Morito Suganuma Sensei (Aikikai 8th dan) from Fukuoka, Japan. We will present basic Aikido techniques, body
movements with empty hand, and weapons.
Kyudo
Sunday, 12:30-1pm, Vancouver Japanese Language School (hall)
Enjoy a demonstration of Japanese archery, or kyudo(which literally means ‘the way of the bow’). The Vancouver dojo follows a hybrid of the Ogasawara and Honda
Ryu lineages of Kyudo from Japan. Since martial times,

this teaching has been formalized into what is today theInternational Kyudo Federation (IKYF). The head instructorof KAC - Vancouver is Motomasa Mori, who began study
through the teachings of the Georgia Kyudo Renmei.
Shorinji Kempo
Sunday, 1:30-2pm, festival grounds
Shorinji Kempo, a Japanese martial art, is also a way of life thathas elements drawn from science, medicine, and philosophy.
Members train to learn self defense, promote their health, anddevelop spiritually. The goal is to improve our world by improving the quality of society’s individuals through training. The
main lesson in Shorinji Kempo is “learning how to live half foryourself, and half for others”. Shorinji Kempo relies on speed
and dexterity rather than brute force and physical strength,
which makes it ideal for men, women, and children. Be sure
to catch this intense and dynamic demonstration.
Sumo Tournament
Sunday, 3-4pm
See PARTICIPATE for more info.

COMMUNITY TENTThe following Japanese Canadian and Downtown
Eastside community organizations have info booths
in the community tent:
Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS (ASIA)
Carnegie Community Centre
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
Focus: Your Environment, Your Health (UBC & DTES Neighbourhood House)
Greater VancouverJapanese Canadian Citizens Association
Greater Vancouver JCCA Human Rights Committee
Kalayaan Centre/Filipino Canadian Youth Association
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
New To You
Nikkei Place Foundation
Nikkei Seniors Healthcare & Housing Society
RicePaper Magazine
Strathcona Business Improvement Association
Tonari Gumi
Vancouver Japanese Language School
Vancouver Mokuyokai Society

SPECIAL EVENTOURTUBE #24
Videos from the Japan Media Arts Festival Program
Wednesday, August 4, 8-10pm
Centre A (2 West Hastings, Vancouver)
INFO: www.centrea.org or 604 683 8326
ADMISSION: free
OurTube is Centre A’s monthly screening on the last
Wednesday night of every month. In OurTube #24,
Centre A presents in conjunction with the Powell Street
Festival award-winning music videos from the JapanMedia Arts Festival, a world-renowned competition featuring media arts, animation, manga and games. JMAF
Program Coordinator Asami Hosokawa will introduce
the videos via Skype.

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THEATRE/COMEDYContemporary Screenings: shorts by Japanese Canadians
Sunday, 1:30-2:30pm, Spectral Theatre

The Oppenheimer Incident, a PodPlay
Saturday/Sunday, 12-5pm, PodPlay tent
Q & A with Tetsuro Shigematsu: Sunday, 3-4pm,
Spectral Theatre
Tetsuro Shigematsu dynamically combines the personal andthe historical in The Oppenheimer Incident, a PodPlay (a sitespecific podcast play) in which the audience member listens
to an MP3 player as they circumnavigate Oppenheimer Park.
The Oppenheimer Incident was written and performed by
Tetsuro Shigematsu, sound design by Noah Drew, featuring
music by Yota Kobayashi. Tetsuro Shigematsu is a second
generation Japanese-Canadian and a former writer forThis Hour Has 22 Minutes. The Oppenheimer Incident is a
Neworld Theatre Production commissioned by the Powell
Street Festival Society. PodPlays is a series of performancepieces conceived by Adrienne Wong with Martin Kinch. Developed in partnership with the Playwrights Theatre Centre.
The Podplay will also be made available for download fromthe websites www.powellstreetfestival.com
and www.neworldtheatre.com.

Fish in Barrel (2009) 7 minutes
Written and directed by Randall Lloyd Okita
A young man faces his demons as his struggle erupts into
visions that question what lies below the surface. Starring
Leif Nygard, Roberta Cenedese, and Brendan Mcleod. Randall
Okita was born in Calgary, Alberta and is now based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Randall is currently working on The
Douglas Chronicles, a play about the life of James Douglas,
the dramatic film fish in barrel, and completing A World
Outside, a feature-length documentary about residential
schools in Northern India.
Unlocked (2009) 15 minutes
Written and directed by Mio Adilman
Unlocked is a dark comedy about a somewhat troubled
young man and his bicycle. Over the course of one summer,
various individuals lock their bike to his…three times! Andeach time, the ensuing events spiral out of hand and B struggles to control his temper and grow as a human being withadvice from his long-suffering mother.
o do ru salaryman (2010) TBA
Written and directed by Asa MoriThis surreal animation explores an awkward moment in theworkplace through “salarymen,” or Japanese white-collar
businessmen. The strangely comedic and slightly disturbing
interactions between the characters take place in black andwhite urban Japanese landscapes framed with a backdropof economic anxiety.
Akebono (2008)
Written and directed by Linda Ohama
Akebono was created to raise awareness of the cultural
significance of the Legacy Sakura (cherry blossom trees)in Oppenheimer Park, planted by the pioneer Issei, or first
generation Japanese Canadians in 1977.

SPECIAL EVENT
Beauty of Japan: Japanese Kimono Show
Wednesday, August 4, 7-9PM
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
Tickets: $12, $10 members, seniors, students
Mineko Ugai and members
from her Motomi Kimono
School, Nishinomiya, Japan
present a show of kimono
for four seasons and special
occasions as well as many
ways to tie the obi. The show
illustrates the manners (bowing, walking, sitting) and virtues of the heart (harmony,mutual respect, purity and tranquility) when wearing
kimono. Please join us for a spectacular and rare opportunity to appreciate Japanese kimono with those who
keep the tradition alive.

Japanglish by Yumi Ogawa
Saturday, 1-2pm, Firehall Theatre
In Japanglish, Yumi Ogawa dares to explore her autobiographical tale of a unique Parent/Daughter relationship.
She has difficulty speaking Japanese as her parents struggle
with English. One house, two languages, two continents,
two cultures, two sides desperately trying to reach the other.
A story that bravely goes into the humour and heart of afirst generation Canadian family. For years Yumi has had
packed audiences in fits of laughter with Vancouver’s hottest sketch comedy troupe Assaulted Fish. Now Yumi has
struck out on her own! Her unique blend of characters andhonesty, make Japanglish a hilarious and tearful Canadianstory for all ages.
Assaulted Fish
Saturday, 2:30-3pm, Firehall Theatre
Asian-Canadian sketch comedy troupe Assaulted Fish (AKA
Diana Bang, Marlene Dong, Kuan Foo and Nelson Wong)
returns to the Powell Street Festival for the seventh year
running to offer up a half hour of original and hilarious
comedy sketches. Enter the hilarious mind of a small girl!
Meet a hilarious stranger in a Tijuana bar! Watch two hilarious old people sit on a park bench! Presented live and in(hilarious) 3D!
Za Daikon
Saturday, 4:30-5:30pm, Firehall Theatre
Za Daikon, a Vancouver based amateur Japanese theatrical group formed in 1994, performs Japanese comedies,folktales, and stage readings at various community events.
In this 16th year of participating in the Powell Street Festival, Za Daikon presents a classic comedy, Busu (in Japanesewith English subtitles). Master tells his servants, Taro Kajaand Jiro Kaja, to look after the house while he is away.
Before he leaves, he orders them to stay away from a jarthat contains busu, a deadly poison. Being curious, theservants eventually decide to see what’s inside...

MASTERS OF CEREMONIESSATURDAY, JULY 31

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1

11:30am-2:15pm
John Yamazaki
Ambrose Wanaka

11:30am-2:15pm
John Yamazaki
Izumi Ogawa

2:15-4:45pm
Mariko Tajiri
Boon Kondo

2:15-4:45pm
Mariko Tajiri
Boon Kondo

4:45-7pm
Ambrose Wanaka

4:45-7pm
Ambrose Wanaka

Boon Kondo Boon is a 2nd generation Japanese Canadian, bornand raised in Vancouver. His father is from Kobe and mother from
Sapporo. Boon works a standard 9-5’er from Monday to Friday, andblogs for vancouverisawesome.com in the evenings. Boon has attended nearly every Powell Street Festival all his life and has servedon the Programming Committee. He will be conducting his MC duties
in English but feels he should be able to do it in Japanese as well
(maybe next year).
Izumi Ogawa I moved in to Vancouver in 2007. I was working as an
MC from time to time in Japan. I also was volunteering as an announcer at ICAS TV in 2004-2005. I am looking forward to helping
the Powell Street Festival as an MC. Nice to meet you!
Mariko Tajiri Born in Hokkaido, Japan, Mariko currently works forThat’s Life Gourmet, a wine and sake importer. She is very honoured
to be a part of the Powell Street Festival for the third year.
Ambrose Wanaka Ambrose Wanaka is CIO and Executive Producer at
Fifty Four Creative Inc. He is a super-producer who links Japan andCanada through the power of new content. You might marvel at thecontent he produces!
John Yamazaki John Yamazaki is president of the Powell Street Festival Society.

Yoko Kikuchi

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longest running community festival!

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SATURDAY, JULY 31 (subject to change)
MAIN STAGE
11:30

Opening Ceremonies/Blessing

12:00

Vancity Soran (15 min)12:30

Coracao Boemio

1:00
Yoko Kikuchi

2:00

Sawagi Taiko

2:30

PODPLAY TENTBUDDHIST TEMPLEDISPLAYS, ONGOING

Ongoing (12-5pm)

The Oppenheimer
Incident
PodPlay tour
12-5 ongoing

Suika Wari game 1:30pm

FIREHALL STUDIOVJLS 3rd floor

JCNM (BURNABY)

12:30
Ikebana demonstrations

1:00

BONSAI DEMO 1pm - 4pm

1:30

2:30
Tug-of-War: 3pm

Powell Street*

11:30

Japanglish
by Yumi Ogawa

Powell Street Walking Tour

Powell Street Walking Tour

2:00

Yuaikai Ryukyu Taiko

Ikebana demonstrations

Omikoshi

Assaulted Fish

3:00
LITERARYREADINGS

3:30

Katari Taiko and Mario Zetina

4:30

FIREHALL THEATRE

12:00

Iaido

3:30
4:00

CHILDREN’S TENTUBC Ju-Jutsu

1:30

3:00

DEMO AREA

4:00
Karate

4:30

5:00

Shout!WhiteDragon

5:00

5:30

Nishikawa Ryu

5:30

6:00

LOUD

6:00

6:30

Tanko Bushi (Matsuri Odori)

6:30

8:00pm

Double bill: Tochka and music, plus Dynamo Coléoptera

Andrea Nann &Maiko Bae Yamamoto

Powell Street Walking TourAIKO SUZUKI
Visual Art exhibition
11am to 5pm
ongoing

Powell Street Walking TourZa Daikon

Open Doors Projectfrom 1-5pm everyday.
Visit St. James Community
Service Society Courtyard(331 Powell Street)for more information*Urasenke Tea Ceremony: sign up in advance at the Information booth** Powell Street Walking Tour: sign up at the National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre table in the Buddhist Temple (walking tour offered in English
at all times, and in Japanese at 3pm on both days)

Ongoing: AIKO SUZUKI Exhibition at the Japanese Canadian National Museum, Burnaby
Ongoing: Open Doors, from 1-5pm – see page 34
All weekend daytime events are free

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1 (subject to change)
MAIN STAGE
11:30

Sakura Singers

12:00

Paris in Tokyo

12:30
1:00

DEMO AREA

Ongoing 12-5pm

Dynamo Coléoptera
Shorinji Kempo

2:00

Haagen-Ryuzen

2:30

Otowa Ryu

3:00

PODPLAY TENTBUDDHIST TEMPLEDISPLAYS, ONGOING

Shohei Juku aikido

1:30

CHILDREN'S TENTSFU Origami
12 to 3 ongoing
Kids Kiai Contest: 1:30pm

The Oppenheimer
Incident
PodPlay tour
12-5 ongoing

SPECTRAL THEATRE

Powell Street**

Urasenke Tea Ceremony

Powell Street
Walking TourUrasenke Tea Ceremony

Powell Street
Walking TourUrasenke Tea Ceremony

Powell Street
Walking TourUrasenke Tea Ceremony

Powell Street
Walking Tour

12:00
12:30
Ikebana demonstrations

1:00

BONSAI DEMO
1pm to 4pm

1:30

Kyudo

Video screenings

2:00

Tug-of-War: 3pm

Ikebana demonstrations

3:00

4:00

Yoko Kikuchi

4:00

4:30

Rhythm Clash

4:30
5:00

5:30

Kokoro

5:30

6:00

Jodaiko

6:00

6:30

Final Lottery Draw

6:30

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11:30

3:30

5:00

VJLS 3rd floor

2:30
SUMO

3:30

VJLS Hall

Q and A with Podplay
Tetsuro Shigematsu

Andrea Nann &Maiko Bae Yamamoto

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