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Thank you for your support!

NIHON
MATSURI

Utah Japan Festival

What’s New

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Found Items at the Festival 
The items pictured below were turned in after the festival. We will keep them for one month. If they are not claimed by then, they will be disposed of. If any of these belong to you, please contact us at: 📧 info@nihonmatsuri.com

Nihon Matsuri Original T-shirts available at the Information Booth $25

Stage  

Martial Arts Demonstration

Japanese Church of Christ PLAZA

Programs

10:00AM
Opening Act by
Japanese Church of Christ Kenshin Taiko

 

 

10:10AM
 

Opening Cremony

10:45AM

Taiko Performance by

Japanese Church of Christ Kenshin Taiko

11:15AM

Kid's Performance by

Makiko's Daycare Center

11:40AM

Cosplay Showcase 1.

12:30PM

Mari Iijima Mini Live

1:00PM

T-shirts Giveaway

1:30PM

 

Kimono Presentation by

Utah Japanese Language School

2:00PM

 

Tracy Akimoto - Dance

 

2:20PM

 

Cosplay Showcase 2

2:50PM

 

Japanese Dance by

 

Tracy Akimoto 

 

 

3:20PM

 

Okinawa  Kenminkai

Folk Performance
 

 

 

4:00PM

 

Raffle Drawings

4:15PM


Taiko Performance by
 

Ogden/Salt Lake Buddhist Taiko Group

 

 

4:55

Closing Remarks

 

11:00AM
 

Monk Wise Martial Arts Academy

12:00PM
 

Zen Bu Kan


Traditional Japanese Swordsmanship​

 

 

 

 

 

1:00PM

USA Stars of Salt Lake City Judo Club

2:00PM

Aikido Mountain West Iaido.
Yama-Oroshi Muso-Jikiden-Eishin-Ryu

3:00PM

Echo Martial Arts

4:00PM

Salt City Sumo

@ the Japanese Church of Christ

@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
 

@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
West Wing

@ the Japanese Church of Christ

     

         10:00 am
              to

          5:00 pm

        

1st session  10:30 am ~    
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 10 am

2nd session 11:30 am ~   
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 10:30 am      

3rd session  1:00 pm ~    
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 11:30 am 

4th session  2:00 pm ~    
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 1:00 pm

5th session  3:00 pm ~   
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 2:00 pm

6th session  4:00 pm ~    
Tickets Sold/Distributed at 3:00 pm

The Salt Lake Buddhist Temple Tours. Begins at chapel doors. 11:00am - 12 pm

12:00 pm - 1 pm

1:00 pm - 2pm

2:00 pm - 3pm

3:00 pm - 4pm

@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
 

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Donation is greatly appreciated.

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. 

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100 South Between 200 And 300 West
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

info@nihonmatsuri.com


 

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