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2011
Aki Matsuri Information
The
14th Annual Aki Matsuri
September 10 & 11, 2011
Bellevue College Main Campus
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2011 Aki Matsuri featured:
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Wonderful
World of Leather ... A pioneer leather artist, Keiko Murakami
from Chiba, Japan was one of the featured artists in the 2011 Aki
Matsuri. She exhibited many of her works and explain about the "Wonderful
World of Leather". |
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Kimono
Presentation and Yukata Show ... Kimono Coordinator, Ugawa Yu
and 5 assistants from Kobe, Japan conducted the Kimono Presentation
and Yukata Show with local volunteer models. This was Ugawa-san's
first Yukata Show in the USA. Previously she has presented shows in
Kobe (Japan), Florence (Italy), and Rotterdam (Holland). |
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Mikoshi
Gishiki ... A full-scale Omikoshi from Tsubaki Grand Shrine of
America was on display during the two-day events. From
12 PM on September 10 (Saturday), there was a Shinto ceremony
to purify the Omikoshi followed by the Omikoshi procession in the
campus courtyards. |
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"Great
Grandfather's Drum" was presented at Aki Matsuri as a donation
for Japan Relief by Opticus Media and producers Victoria & Cal
Lewin, Maui Taiko, the Fukushima Kenjin Kai, Peace Winds of America,
Regional Taiko Group, Lake Washington JACL, and the Eastside Nihon
Matsuri Association. Donations benefited the Northeast Japan (Tohoku)
recovery efforts. |
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