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Location
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
The largest Japanese language website about Seattle and PNW. Rooting for Japanese small businesses/artists/creators in and around Seattle!
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Bellevue, WA
Japan Fair is a free, two-day festival in Bellevue, WA across the lake from Seattle that celebrates Japanese art and culture. Formerly known as "Aki Matsuri", Japan Fair is a communal endeavor of musicians, artisans, community organizations, and businesses from both Japan and the U.S. who come together to share their products, talents, and knowledge of Japan. Through live performances on stage, hands on exhibits, cultural workshops, and vendor booths, the public is immersed in the music, dance, artisanry, and philosophy of Japan.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Whidbey Island, WA
Farm + Studio on Whidbey Island, WA. Veg, flowers, medicine, dyes, abolition.
Community Focus
Buddhism, WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Kent, WA
Community Focus
WA, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
The Northwest Nikkei Museum is a program of JCCCW dedicated to promoting the heritage of the Pacific Northwest’s Nikkei community. We preserve and exhibit objects, photographs and more related to local Japanese American history.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
A loud, hard hitting, fast and furious Seattle taiko drumming ensemble group.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Japanese
Location
Bellevue, WA
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
Founded in 1957, the Seattle-Kobe relationship was the first such partnership for both cities.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle Dojo, the oldest Judo dojo in the United States, was established in the early 1900’s. The club moved several times until the present dojo was built in the 1930’s by first generation Japanese Americans.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Tacoma, WA
The Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association (ANCEA) is a registered non-profit corporation. Every year, ANCEA participates in various cultural and educational events. Sakura-Con is ANCEA's main event and realization of the ANCEA mission to educate about Asian Culture, with a focus on Japanese Animation, Comics, Gaming and Cultural Arts. Japan.

Sakura-Con is the oldest and most well-attended anime convention in the Pacific Northwest. Sakura-Con features cultural exploration and education through traditional and contemporary media, arts and entertainment. Sakura-Con includes: musical performances, Guest of Honor participation, discussion panels, games, contests (costumes and skit performances), theaters, traditional Asian arts and an exhibitors' hall for the sale of Anime related merchandise by third party vendors.

ANCEA is a membership-based all-volunteer organization. The controlling administrative body for ANCEA (and thus Sakura-Con) is an Executive Board that's main function is to put on the main ANCEA event, Sakura-Con, and to generally steward the ANCEA mission.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Bellevue, WA
SJLS is the oldest operating Japanese language school in the continental United States with over one hundred years of history.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
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.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
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.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
Kubota Garden is a stunning 20-acre Japanese garden in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of South Seattle.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
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.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
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.
Community Focus
WA, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
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.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, American (US), Asian, Asian American, Japanese, Japanese American
Location
Seattle, WA
Hear the story of the Japanese American incarceration experience from those who lived it, and find thousands of historic photographs, documents, newspapers, letters and other primary source materials from immigration to the WWII incarceration and its aftermath.
Community Focus
East Asian, WA, Asian, Japanese
Location
Seattle, WA
DAIPANbutoh Collective’s mission is to bring stimulating, provocative, and exceptional performances, workshops, and forums to the diverse communities of the Northwest and beyond. Empowering local and global artists, we provide opportunities for national and international artists to work together in an environment for growth, creativity, and transformation.