Livestreaming Schedule

Our Virtual Festival will begin Friday, April 24th, and continue throughout the weekend, concluding Sunday, April 26th. Events will be livestreamed each day, beginning at 11:00am and ending at 3:00pm. For a detailed breakdown of events, please refer to our schedule!

Friday, April 24th

45th annual SCBJC Festival Opening Ceremony

10:59am
Welcome from Tazue Sasaki, Chair, SCBJCF Committee

11:00am
Greetings from Robert Nellams, Director, Seattle Center

11:04am
Greetings from Jenny Durkan, Mayor, City of Seattle and Festival Honorary Co-Chair

11:09am
Greetings from Yoichiro Yamada, Consul General of Japan in Seattle

11:14am
CB Certificate to Steve Sneed, Artistic Managing Director, Cultural Affairs, Public Programs, Seattle Center

11:17am
Promo for Festál

11:24am
Recap: 20th Anniversary, Festál 2017

11:43am
Nanbanzuke by Kimie Kuramoto, with New Day NW

12:00pm
Soba Making by Meee Minamoto

12:08pm
Storytelling with Jeff Chiba Stearns

12:30pm
Screening: Conference w/JAXA Astronaut Yamazaki

1:28pm
Screening: What Are You Anyways? By Jeff Chiba Stearns

1:54pm
Trailer: The Origin of Hapa by Jeff Chiba Stearns

2:05pm
Furoshiki: the Flexible Wrapping Cloth

2:09pm
Sreening: Medals with Memory

2:13pm
Screening: Ikebana-Master of Ohara School

2:07pm
Screening: Hirosaki's Cherry Tree Doctors

2:10pm
Screening: New Life for an Old Wisteria

2:14pm
Screening: Uji-Birthplace of Matcha Green Tea

2:18pm
Screening: The Japanese Love of Sound

2:23pm
Screening: The Japanese Love of Sound

2:23pm
Folk Tales by Lori Tsugawa Whaley

2:41pm
Screening: Nihon Buyo 101 Workshop

2:46pm

Saturday, April 25th

Greetings from Yoichiro Yamada, Consul General of Japan in Seattle

11:00am
Screening: One Big Hapa Family by Jeff Chiba Stearns

11:10am
Screening: Hanami in Space

12:25pm
Screening: Astronaut Yamazaki's Return Message

12:31pm
Screening: Wagashi as Art

12:33pm
Screening:Umami

12:36pm
Screening: Shapeshifting Sausage Quadrapus Monsters!

12:40pm
Screening: Gyoza Demo

12:41pm
Home Cooking with Bobby-Sensei

12:42pm
Hase-Seizo Knives
Performance: UV Dance Squad
Lecture: 2020 Cherry Blossom Seward Park Tour, with Paul Talbot
Demo: Tea Ceremony-Urasenke Tradition
Performance: Ichi Bichi Band

Sunday, April 26th

Aikido by Ki Aikido USA

11:00am
Demo: Soba Making by Meee Minamoto

11:20am
Screening: Hidden Flavor in Japanese Cuisine

11:42am
Screening: Bentobako

11:46am
Screening: Chopstick Culture

11:51am
Performance: Taiko by The School of Taiko

11:54pm
Screening: Mixed Match by Jeff Chiba Stearns

12:02pm
Performance: Koto by Miyagi Kai

1:38pm
Performance: Farewell Shikataganai by Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor

1:47pm
Folk Tales by Lori Tsugawa Whaley

2:06pm
Performance: Dance and Music by Fujima Ensemble

2:11pm
Screening: Never Give Up! Min Yasuda and His Fight for Justice

2:25pm

Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival

JAPAN AMERICA CENTER SEATTLE

Livestreaming Schedule