Japan Day 2018

Sep 3rd (Mon) 2018 11 am ~3 :30 pm Venue: Basque Center 601 W Grove St, Boise Listen to Our Japan Day 2018 Audio files courtesy of Rick Hannon Photography [cue id=”1994″] View Japan Day 2019 Image Gallery Photos courtesy of Pro Image Photography of Idaho Schedule: Performers: Activities Sponsors: Location: The Read more

Japan Day 2016

The 9th annual event was held on September 5th, Labor Day. This was a family friendly event to share Japanese culture with various performances and displays, such as the lion dance, Taiko (traditional Japanese drumming), calligraphy, origami, Japanese martial arts, ennichi carnival, anime and onigiri bento. This year, Grandmaster Fujima Read more

Japan Day 2015

Japan Day 2015 was held on August 29th. Many enjoyed Japanese Drums (Shadow Taiko), Aikido and Kendo, Flower Arrangements, Japanese lion dance, Japanese Calligraphy, Origami, Flea market and Sushi. Thank you so much  for our Raffle Sponsors! Idaho Credit Union Maysco Dance Supply Joyful Tea Mai Thai Restaurant&Bar Smoky Davis Read more

Godzilla

After 60 years, Godzilla finally landed in Boise! This was the original 1954 monster classic. The movie was shown the day before the newest Godzilla release. It was such a great experience for us to know how Boise loved Original Godzilla.   Behind the original Godzilla suit If you’ve seen Read more

sesqui-party

Boise 150th Sesqui-Party

IJA participated Boise 150th Sesqui-Party with Global Lounge. We enjoyed variety of performance from all over the world including Japanese koto and Kamishibai (Japanese picture story telling). We also celebrated Tanabata star festival by hanging our wishes to the bamboo tree.  

Idaho Japan Day 2012

Japan Day 2012

5th Annual Idaho Japan Day 2012, a cultural event was held on Friday, May 18th, 2012. The event started from free film screening “Setting Sail from the Ruins” (30 min) “Éclair” (1 hr 45 min) The evening event was filled with Taiko, Sanshin music, Japanese SoundEscape by a guitar, Koi Read more

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