The Best Japanese Festivals & Events On the Web

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2025: 37th Annual Southern California Japanese Surfing Contest (Surfers From All Over Japan & Southern California for Thrilling Display of Skill..)
2025 Tanabata Star Festival (Live Music & Entertainment at the Japanese Garden, Crafts, Free Parking..) Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
2025 Japan Festival Chicago: Celebrate 40 Years of Japanese Cultural Exchange (Japanese Food, Taiko, Koto Music, Kimono Fashion..)
2025 TAIKOPROJECT 25th Anniversary Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall
2025: 9th Japan Week at Bellevue College: Matsuri Festival Day
2025 Toro Nagashi - An Ancient Tradition in Japan, Garden of the Phoenix (Toro Nagashi Refers to the Japanese River Lantern Festival Held in Summer)
2025 OAA Annual Picnic: A Tradition Since 1930's (Performances, Games, Raffles, & the Only Okinawan Bon Dance in LA) Okinawa Association of America
2025 Hello Kitty® Night at Dodger Stadium (Fans Who Buy Special Ticket Package Will Get a Hello Kitty-Promotion Item) Use Dodger Link!
2025 Annual Japan Festival Houston (Japanese Performances, Dance, Martial Arts, Japanese Food, Ikebana, Tea Ceremony) Houston’s Hermann Park (2 Days)
2025: 3rd Megabon: Local Food & Craft Vendors, Japanese Festival Games, Live Entertainment, Vendors, Beer Garden, and a Mega Sized Bon Dance (Video)
2025: 29th Japanese Fall Festival Event - Mizumoto Stroll Garden (Japanese Culture, Food, Performances, Live Taiko, Samurai Sword..) 3 Days
2025 Tanabata Celebration (Tanabata Celebrates Reunion of the Cosmological Weaving Maiden & Herd Boy) Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
2025: 10th Oita Japan Festival (Celebrate the Culture of Japan at the Oita Japan Festival!) #OitaATX
Japantown - Seattle
Japantown - Seattle
Bainbridge Island, Memorial & Museum
2025 Seattle JapanTown Tips
2025 Seattle JapanTown Tips
Explore Historic JapanTown in Seattle

Things To See  Seattle JapanTown  Bainbridge Island

Bainbridge Island, Seattle

Bainbridge is an island of 20,000 population and the only way is by scenic 35-min ferry boat. Once you are on the ferry you can get out and check out the scenic views. Learn about Japanese history regarding the internment from a personal perspective.

1) Seattle Waterfront / Bainbridge Island Ferry, 801 Alaskan Way Pier 52, Seattle, WA 98104
Once you arrive in Bainbridge, you will drive right off the ferry boat and you will enter onto Main street where most of the shops and restaurants are. You can park on the side of the street and walk the streets.

2) Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, 215 Ericksen Ave NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, (206) 842-2773
There is a small viewing area of chairs to watch the video "Manzanar for you if you haven't seen it." Location behind the ice cream shop. You have to ask for directions. There is history of the interment of Japanese.

3) Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, 4192 Eagle Harbor Drive, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, located on the south shore of Eagle harbor.
Originally the memorial was going to be a small plaque. Once they formed a committee the memorial grew from a small dedication to an incredible tribute to the Japanese that were take from Bainbridge Island. Over 50 thousands dollars of cedar wood was donated to create the structure of this beautiful memorial. They have the names and their ages of the Japanese that were taken with quotes on the wall. This is a must see.

Memorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odj6XNMay5w
Resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bainbridge_Island_Japanese_American_Exclusion_Memorial

4) Blackbird Bakery, 210 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, (206) 780-1322, blackbirdbakery.com

5) Mora Iced Creamery, 139 Madrone Ln, Ste 1100 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, (206) 855-8822, moraicedcreamery.com