“Shooting the Japanese bamboo bow was once a battlefield skill of samurai. Today kyudō, “the Way of the Bow,” is a character-building art, a form of self-development that teaches the archer to cultivate technical precision, a clear mind, and freedom from distractions and fear.
Members of Tucson’s Arizona Kyudo Kai will draw their nearly eight-foot-long bows at Yume and let shafts fly from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on March 31. They’ll also explain the ceremonial etiquette, traditional dress, and shooting procedures and stances that make Japanese archery a discipline for both body and mind, simultaneously competitive and meditative.
As an arrow feels the pull of the earth, you’ll feel the pull of kyudō at this exceptional event. Admission to the demonstration is $15 for adults and $5 for children ages three to 15, and includes Gardens entry. Free for Yume members.”
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“The shakuhachi – Japan’s traditional bamboo flute – lends an especially haunting note to the melodies played on it, and even more so after dark when a bright moon gleams in the sky.
Paul Amiel, former music director of Tucson’s Rogue Theater, has long been an avid collector and player of ethnic musical instruments, including the shakuhachi. While living in Japan in 2006 and 2007, he studied under Lida Katsutoshi in Nagoya, learning how to play an instrument on which sound is shaped by silence as much as by breath, following a Zen concept of emptiness. Since 2014 he has taught the instrument’s traditional repertoire at the Empty Mountain Shakuhachi Circle in Tucson. He also frequently performs music of the Balkans and the Aegean with his own ensemble, Kyklo.
Celebrate spring’s first night by gathering with Paul beside Yume’s koi pond at 6:30 pm on March 21, and hear him play meditative Zen melodies by the glow of the lingering full moon of the evening before.
To guarantee your space at this limited-seating special event, advance payment of a non-refundable admission fee of $18 is required. You may purchase your ticket in person at our offices at 2130 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712 or by mail. To buy tickets on line, click on “Events” in the menu bar at the top of any page in our website. In the drop-down menu that then opens click on “Buy Tickets” and follow the purchasing instructions.
If you must later cancel your reservation, notify us as soon as possible, so that we may accommodate others who wish to attend.
Please park for the concert either in the lot behind our main gate on North Alvernon Way, or on East Justin Lane, one half block south of Yume, being careful not to block our neighbors’ driveways. Note that non-resident curbside parking is NOT permitted on East Hampton Place, on the north side of the Gardens.”
“Join Tucson’s Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert and Mayor, Jonathan Rothschild for a Haiku Hike to recognize the winning poets and their haiku on Thursday, March 21st at 5PM. Festivities begin at Jácome Plaza (101 N. Stone Ave.) with a live performance by Odaiko Sonora, Japanese Ensemble Drumming. We will proceed to each haiku (20 total winners) displayed on acrylic signage along Congress Street and Stone Avenue, where the poet will read their haiku aloud.
These haiku will be displayed for the public throughout the Spring season!”
