Every year before Japanese Girls’ Day which is on March 3rd, the Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson and the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures exhibit beautiful hina doll displays. The Mini Time Machine one started on Feb. 5 and goes through March 3rd, the Yume Gardens one began on Feb. 15 and exhibits through March 16. So there’s lots of time to enjoy these Hinamatsuri displays, both of which are still posted under Upcoming Events on our website.

Enjoy the daughters and granddaughters in your family. Celebrate Girls’ Day on March 3, 2019. Special foods are served for the girl(s) and dolls are usually displayed, to ward off evil spirits.

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 E. Camp Lowell Dr. Tucson

Yume Japanese Gardens, 2130 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson

Mari Kaneta’s Suzuyuki Kai dancers to perform twice: 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2:40 p.m. on Feb. 24 on Plaza Stage. They will also be performing on Feb. 23 at 10:20 a.m. on the same stage as part of the Opening Ceremony.

Odaiko Sonora taiko drummers to perform on Sat. Feb. 23, at 10:45 a.m. on ASU Stage.

Arizona Kyudo Kai & UA Kyudo Club (Japanese archery) to perform on Monroe Stage on Feb. 24, time 11 a.m.

www.azmatsuri.org

Due to the recent storm weather and Yume Gardens being closed for 2 days, this festival has been extended two more days).

” Dozens of signature floral compositions reveal the wide breadth of flower arrangement styles during the Spring Ikebana Floral Festival at Yume Japanese Gardens and Museum.
Yume is the Tucson region’s first and only authentic Japanese gardens, and Ikebana is the traditional art of Japanese flower arranging. Ikebana – “living flowers” – uniquely emphasizes shape, line, and form by giving equal weight to the branches, stems, and leaves of a plant rather than merely arranging its blooms. Classical Ikebana dates to the 15^th century and successor schools have emerged since. In all of them, deep-rooted design rules and a Zen-like discipline subtly harmonize nature and the hand of the arranger.
Some 50 signature arrangements created by students and teachers of five major schools of Ikebana practice will adorn the grounds and buildings of Yume during the festival. One of the largest such combined exhibitions in Arizona, it offers an unusually broad look at the variety of styles in Japanese flower arranging. A further attraction lies in the vases in which the arrangements are displayed, many of them handmade in Japan with a refined elegance.
The Ikebana festival runs 9:30 am to 4:30 pm daily, February 19-27. Admission is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 15. “

Yume Japanese Gardens is located at 2130 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson.

www.yumegardens.org

OLD PUEBLO POEMS

“Calling creatives, writers, and aspiring poets from the Old Pueblo and beyond!

The Downtown Tucson Partnership together with the University of Arizona Poetry Center are proud to announce the 1^stannual Old Pueblo Poems literary competition. Twenty winning haiku poems will be featured on signage located along Congress Street in Downtown Tucson.  These decorative signs will provide visual and cultural interest throughout the Spring season, beginning March 21st.    

What is a Haiku…

… a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.

Learn more about how to write a Haiku here.

Haiku entries will be judged by Tucson’s Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert.

This year’s theme will be “Life in the City.” 

Only one entry per person, with a maximum of three haiku allowed. Submissions will be accepted through February 25^th.  All winners will receive a $25 Downtown Gift Card and have their work featured on public signage, online and in the media. Winners will be announced on Downtown Tucson Partnership’s social media (@downtowntucson) and by email to all entrants. “

https://www.downtowntucson.org/oldpueblopoems/?platform=hootsuite