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The Seattle Japanese Garden is a formal garden designed and constructed under the supervision of world-renowned Japanese garden designer Juki Iida in 1960. It is a world class Japanese Garden and tourist attraction.

Discover Nikkei is an international network that celebrates cultural diversity and explores both global and local identities. The project connects generations and communities by sharing stories and perspectives of the Nikkei, people of Japanese descent who have migrated and settled throughout the world.

Bringing Japanese film to you.

A loud, hard hitting, fast and furious Seattle taiko drumming ensemble group.

Yukiyo Kawano is a third-generation hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) who grew up decades after the bombing of Hiroshima. Her work is personal, reflecting lasting attitudes toward the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kawano received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2012. Since then, Kawano’s work has been seen in U.S., Japan and Australia. Kawano has also given lectures at Aspen Institute in Tokyo, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Main, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans, Louisiana among many others and also appeared in radio shows, such as OPB Radio, Portland, Oregon and 3CR Community Radio, Melbourne, Australia. Kawano has received numerous grants, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant in 2012 and Project Grant in 2015; a Regional Arts and Culture Council grant in 2016, 2018 & 2019; The Oregon Arts Commission in 2017 & 2019; and The Andy Warhol Foundation, Precipice Fund, 2019. Since 2016, Kawano’s project Suspended Moment has been selected by New York Foundation of the Arts’ fiscal sponsorship program. She teaches through VCFA studio mentorship program (AT) and is an Advisory Board Member of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon PSR). Kawano currently lives in Portland, OR.

Kikagaku Moyo have come a long way –both literally and metaphorically– since their humble beginnings busking on the streets of Tokyo back in 2012. A tight-knit group of five friends who bonded over the desire to play freely, and explore music associated with space and psychedelica, their initial ambitions were modest semi-regular slots in the cramped clubs of the city’s insular music scene. Yet the band’s progressive, folk-influenced take on psychedelica marked them out from their peers and re-started Japan’s psych rock scene; it also brought them international acclaim.

Taiko is Japanese drumming. Seattle Matsuri Taiko is headed by temple member Donna Zumoto and the group rehearses at the temple, attends area workshops, and performs at the summer Bon Odori festival and at selected events throughout the year.

Seattle-based artist and teacher Midori Kono Thiel creates traditional Japanese artworks, including Sumi-e, Calligraphy, and textiles. Born in Berkeley, California, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from University of California, Berkeley, and pursued a University of California travelling fellowship in Japan.

Keiro means “respect for our elders.” Our name both honors our past and welcomes people outside the Japanese community. Over the years, our goal has remained the same: To provide elderly persons on a nonprofit basis with housing facilities and services, specially designed to meet the physical, social and psychological needs of the aged, and contribute to their health, security, happiness, and usefulness in longer living.

Located in Seattle’s International District, a premier Japanese-style venue space that spotlights a traditional Japanese chashitsu (茶室) tea house.

JCA has started by co-founder, Ringtaro Tateishi and Asako Tateishi: full time Japanese Taiko Performers. All programs are organized by Asako Tateishi as President/Executive Director, Ringtaro has created the art of Taiko as an Artistic Director, taking advantage of his unique experience - 10 years of experience as a former member of the world-famous Taiko group ONDEKOZA and performed every day at Walt Disney World / Epcot for 7 years.
Asako also at Epcot as Disney’s international artist as member of Matsuriza.

Established in 1909, the Japanese Student Association at the University of Washington is a student organization that promotes both Japanese and American culture.

The Edmonds Sister City Commission was created by City ordinance in 1988 and reports to the Mayor of Edmonds. The Mayor appoints members to the Commission, subject to City Council confirmation. The 12 non-paid Commissioners serve three-year terms with no term limits. Commissioners need not be residents of Edmonds.

Friendship through Flowers

We want to help people connect their daily lives with loving God and loving their neighbor. Although we began as a Japanese-American community, we continue to diversify in the makeup of our ages, backgrounds and opinions. Followers of Christ, seekers, skeptics and beyond are all welcome!

KuroNeko Cultural Association presents KuroNekoCon: an anime, gaming, and Japanese culture convention based in Spokane, WA.

Its main purpose is to promote the tradition of Japanese calligraphy in the US through education and exhibition. Anyone who understands and supports the organizational goals can become a member of the organization upon approval by the board members.