Japanese Culture Night

Summer 2011

This event was set up as a kind of cultural fair. The teens could go from table to table as they wished. The only group activity was the candy sushi.

Welcome Table

• Sign-In Sheet

• For more information about…flyers

• Display…

• Fodor’s Exploring Japan

• Japan by Ann Heinrichs

• Japan by Harlinah Whyte

Drink Green Tea

• Display…

• The Biography of Tea by Carrie Gleason

• Wikipedia article about the different types of Japanese Green Tea

Make Candy Sushi

• Recipe from http://candy.about.com/od/specialoccasions/r/candysushi.htm

Write Haiku

• Display

• Basho and the River Stones by Tim Myers

• Cool Melons—Turn to Frogs! by Matthew Gollub

• Handouts

• Adapted from my One Thing Presentation from my college Japanese History Class. Used mainly The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku (with Penny Harter) by William J. Higginson

Create Fundama

• Instructions from http://playfundama.com/

• Display flyer that contains brief information about the Japanese Kendama

Origami

• Twirling Bird (http://www.origami-fun.com/)

• Goldfish (http://en.origami-club.com/)

• Fox (http://en.origami-club.com/)

• Dog (http://en.origami-club.com/)

• Display Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Coerr

Learn to draw a chibi

• Instructions from chapter 4 of Drawing Manga Animals, Chibis, and Other Adorable Creatures by J.C. Amberlyn

• Display the book mentioned above and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Drawing Manga by John Layman & David Hutchison

Solve Sudoku puzzles

• Copies of puzzles and instructions from a puzzle book I purchased

Graphic Novel/Manga Book Display

Summer 2022 

Ramen, Green Tea, Candy Sushi, Origami 

Summer 2023

We booked two free programs with a Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator who was at a nearby university.

• 1st Program: Tanabata (Star Festival)

• 2nd Program: Traditional Japanese Games (kendama, Daruma otoshi, ohajiki)

January 2025

Snacks: ramen, green tea, seaweed, Hi-chew, kit-kat bars

Activities: candy sushi, origami, Lucky Cat Scavenger Hunt

Origami Patterns 

• Rectangle Paper

  • Jumping Frog (Origami Fun)

  • Snapper (Origami Fun)

  • Traditional Box (Origami Fun)

• Square Paper

  • Triangle Box (Origami Fun)

  • Twirling Bird (Origami Fun)

  • Loitering Mouse (Origami Club)

  • Crane (Origami Club)

  • Heart (Origami Fun)

  • Crane (Origami Fun)

  • Heart with Wings (Origami Club)

• Sources: 

  • Origami Club 

  • Origami Fun 

Lucky Cat Clipart came from Teachers Pay Teachers.