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Thank you for your support!
See you in 2025!

Free admission

NIHON
MATSURI

Utah Japan Festival

@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
West Wing

        10:30 am

        11:45 pm

          2:00 pm

          3:30 pm

     

         10:00 am
              to

          5:00 pm

        

     

         12:00 am

           2:00 pm

         

        

        

          1:00 pm

          2:00 pm

          3:00 pm
          4:00 pm

@ Front of the Buddhist Temple (MAP)

@ the Japan Church of Christ

@ the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
 

SCHEDULE /

10:00AM
Japanese Church of Christ Kenshin Taiko
 

 

10:10AM
 

Color Guard 
Scout Troop 442 sponsored by the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple
Pledge of Allegiance

National Anthem
by aile/J-R&B  sings

Japanese Anthem
by aile/
J-R&B  sings

Spiritual words from religious leaders:
Reverend Jerry Hirano/Salt Lake Buddhist Temple 
Bishop Steve Swasey/Dai Ichi Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Pastor Daniel Haas, Japanese Church of Christ 

Invocations

 Former Utah state Senator Jani Iwamoto 
Governor Spencer Cox will be represented by Sophia DiCaro, Executive Director of the
Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget and Senior Advisor to Gov. Cox 
Consulate-General Yoichi Mikami will be represented by Consul Keiko Furutani, Political
and Economic section, Consulate-General of Japan in Denver 
SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall 
SLC Council Chair, Victoria Petro, District 1 
SLC Council Member Eva Lopez Chavez, District 4 
SLC Council Member Darin Mano 
Fred Lampropoulos, CEO of Merit Medical 
Final remarks by Floyd Mori, Nihon Matsuri chair 

10:40AM

Japanese Church of Christ Kenshin Taiko

11:00AM

Kimono Presentation "What about KImono?" by Japanese Language School

11:20PM

R&B Songs by Aile

11:50AM

Dance with J-pop by Makiko's daycare's children

12:10PM

Monk Wise Martial Arts

12:30PM

 

Rakugo by Sunshine Katsura

1:30PM


Cosplay

2:00PM

 

Enka Dance by Tracy Akimoto

2:20PM

 

Students Perform Eisa


 

2:30PM

 

Judo
 



 

2:50PM

Okinawa Music by Kaneshiro Akiko

3:00PM

 

Okinawa Dance by Okinawa Kenjinkai

3:30PM

 

ZenBuKan  School of Japanese Swordsmanship

4:00PM

 

Cosplay Awards

4:25PM

 

Ogden Buddhist Taiko Group

 

 

4:55PM

 

Closing Ceremoney

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

info@nihonmatsuri.com


 

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