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Japanese Spirit Festival Experience

Come and celebrate the Star Festival and support the orphans of the New Year's earthquake

2 Mayfield Street

4.9 (587)

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2 hours

1 to 60 $20

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What you'll do

For Japanese children, New Year's Day is the most joyous day of the year. But this New Year's Day, Japan was hit by a massive earthquake. 75, 000 houses collapsed and now 19, 000 houses are still without water and many children lost their lives or became orphans.

Join Keiko Fujiwara and her friends at 2 Mayfield Street to support the children of the Japanese earthquake. Bring your own children to experience some aspects of Japanese culture that they will enjoy and help us send our love and support to the people of Japan.

Itinerary:

All day (from 10 am - 3 pm): Origami, Ink Painting, and Calligraphy; Make and eat Japanese sweet dumplings; Make a Tanabata wish on bamboo; Try some traditional Japanese kimonos; and listen to a story picture show with the accompaniment of Japanese harp and the bassoon.
11 am and 2 pm: Adults and accompanied children can enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony (including tea plus Japanese sweet) and take home their own Japanese tea bowl made right here at Mayfield Street! (Additional $20 pp)
12.15 PM: A traditional Japanese drum and whistle band will play for 30 minutes.
12 pm -1 pm: Sausage sizzle.

Additional tea bowls, snacks, and storybooks will be available to purchase and a second hand clothing/etc sale.

Note: Every booking will go to all proceeds to the orphans of the earthquake.

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Knowledge required

None!

What you'll get

Origami, ink painting, calligraphy and Japanese dumpling making
A reading of the story of Tanabata, an opportunity to connect with Japanese children in need. The story of Tanabata and other Japanese-styled ceramics will be available for purchase on the day.
A hand-made Japanese tea bowl plus a Japanese sweet to enjoy with your tea tasting experience (if you take part in the ceremony).

What to bring

Yourself! Children of all ages are welcome.

Location

2 Mayfield Street, Abbotsford VIC

More about this experience

This host has 587 reviews for their other experiences - which you can see here.

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2 Mayfield Street

4.9 (587)

2k followers

Two siblings, Sally and Michael, restored a mid century warehouse in Abbotsford to create a ceramics studio, wood workshop and boutique cinema and invited anyone and everyone to share the space! Now the whole family helps out, inviting people to share in creating a creative and inclusive experience for anyone who needs 20 seconds of inspiration to fuel their day.

“We had this idea to create a place where we could do the things we like doing, and then we thought … hey, maybe other people would like some space to do something they like too…”