Bunka Gakuen University, affiliated with Bunka Fashion College, founded in 1923 in Tokyo as Japan’s first dressmaking school, is now one of the top ranked fashion schools in the world. Many of Asia’s top fashion designers have graduated from Bunka Fashion College. Students will put on an exciting, modern and creative but also traditional Japanese […]

The Seattle Buddhist Temple is holding its annual conference entitled “Tools for Spiritual Wellness.” Conference activities that reinforce the theme of spiritual wellness and stress reduction include meditation, taiko drumming, an exercise in self-reflection based on Japanese therapy, and Tara which is a “ritual dance offered worldwide as a prayer of peace, protection, wisdom and […]

Mukai Farm & Garden presents a free, traditional Japanese-style street festival featuring a children’s village with games, art, taiko drummers, bon odori dancers, authentic food & drink (sake garden), local artisans, educational speakers and more.

The Seattle Central Library hosts the book launch of “JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of NO-NO BOY” -- on the 95th anniversary of his birth, and at the library where he once worked as a reference librarian. Co-editor Frank Abe will present images from his new biography of Okada, and […]