NIHON MATSURI PHOTO CONTEST
Awards:
A $50 Amazon gift card will be awarded to the Instagram post with the most likes, and the Facebook post with the most likes. Gift cards will not be given to the same user.
An additional top 3 committee choice winners will receive an original Nihon Matsuri t-shirt.
1. Share your post with #2025jpfestphoto
2. Follow IG: @utah_japan_festival or FB: @Utah Japan Festival/ Nihon Matsuri
3. Limit your submissions to 15 photos
4. Deadline for submissions: May 3, 2025
Contest rules:
Photos submitted can be used for promotional use by the Nihon Matsuri.
Winners will be announced on all social media platforms and www.NihonMatsuri.com.
Stage Program
Martial Arts Demonstration
Japanese Church of Christ PLAZA
SCHEDULE /
10:00AM
Japanese Church of Christ Kenshin Taiko
10:10AM
Opening Ceremony
10:45AM
Kenshin Taiko
11:15PM
Kid's Performance
by
Makiko's Daycare
11:35PM
Koto and Violin
by
Masae Yonaiyama
and
Abraham Mazat
12:15PM
Cosplay Contest
1:30PM
Joker's Hand
2:20PM
Kimono Presentation
by
Utah Japan Language School
2:45PM
Tracy Akimoto - Dance
3:05PM
Okinawa Kenminkai
3:45PM
Cosplay Awards
4:00PM
Raffle Drawings
4:20PM
4:55PM
Closing Remarks
11:00AM
Salt Lake City Sumo Club
12:00PM
1:00PM
USA Stars of Salt Lake City Judo Club
2:00PM
Yama Oroshi
and
Aikido Mountain West
3:00PM
ZenBuKan
School of Japanese Swordsmanship
@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
West Wing
10:00 am
to
5:00 pm
No Moshitsuki This year.
Sorry.
@ the Japanese Church of Christ
@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
10:30
Session 1 (tickets sold at 10 am)
11:15
Session 2 (tickets sold at 10:30 am)
12:30
Session 3 (tickets sold at 11:15 am)
1:30
Session 4 (tickets sold at 12:30 pm)
2:15
Session 5 (tickets sold at 1:30 pm)
3:00
Session 6 (tickets sold at 2:15 pm)
3:45
Session 7 (tickets sold at 3 pm)
11:00 am
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
Our Mission/
To share and educate the larger Utah community about Japanese and Japanese American culture, history, and traditions as well as to be a way to pass on the Japanese traditions and culture to younger fifth, sixth, and seventh generation Japanese Americans and to help them identify with their heritage.


























100 South Between 200 And 300 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
info@nihonmatsuri.com
Free admission
NIHON
MATSURI
Utah Japan Festival