2023 Oita Japan Festival #OitaATX

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Doors open at 11 am, Performances 12-4 pm

Celebrate the culture of Japan at the Oita Japan Festival!

Japanese food and drink, kids' activities, cultural education & more!

HIGHLIGHTS:

SCHEDULE
- 11 am - Doors Open
- 12 pm - Welcome Ceremony hosted by CBS Austin’s Adela Uchida
  - Consul General Hirofumi Murabayashi
  - Judge Aurora Martinez Jones, 126th Travis County District Court
  - Council Member Jose “Chito” Vela, District 4
- 12:30 pm - Tea Ceremony, The Japanese Way of Tea with Central Texas Chado with Rhonda Rolf
- 1 pm - Doing Business with Japan with JETRO and GAACC
- 1:15 pm - Austin Kendo
- 1:35 pm - JPOP Melancholiaah
- 2 pm - Dark Circle Sumo
- 2:15 pm - The Nature and Spirit of Japanese Gardens with Molly Ogorzaly
- 2:25 pm - Asia Pacific University Dancer
- 2:40 pm - Minyo Dancers
- 3:00 pm - Austin Taiko
- 3:30 pm - Hideo Yamanouchi from Tesshin Daiko
- 3:30 pm - Uroko How to Make Sushi Demo
Food and Drink Vendors
- Kome & SaTen
- Asahi Groceries & Gifts
- Texas Sake
Experience Japan Activities
- Whisk Your Own Matcha with AJC
- Shodo Calligraphy
- Water YoYo
- Origami
- Kendama Japanese Skill Toy
- Gator Panic Game
- Japanese Mahjong
- Basic Japanese Conversation with JASGA
Artisan Marketplace & Vendors
- Oita Products
- Okasan
- SA Asian Gifts
- Sachi Creation
- Madame Butterfly Nagasaki
- Jackie Rivera Art
- Zen Art Calligraphy
Family Room
- JAL Origami Plane
Sponsors
- JAL
- Best of Austin Living Team at Keller Williams Realty
- Texas Sake
- H-E-B
- Locke Lord LLP
- PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Asahi
- Kome & SaTen
- First Texas Honda
- Kinokuniya Bookstore
- Bruce Gardner Insurance & Investments
Community Partners
- Austin-Oita Sister City Committee (AOSCC)
- Austin Sister Cities International (ASCI)
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
- Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce (GAACC)
- World Affairs Council of Austin (WACA)
- Austin Japan Community (AJC)
- Japan-America Society of Greater Austin (JASGA)
- Austin History Center