“Join us for our last evenings of the season when Yume puts on its most beautiful luminous garments.The stroll through the glowing lights of lanterns and candles is absolutely magical.Paul Amiel of Tucson’s Empty Bamboo Shakuhachi Circle will perform evocative music on the harp and on the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) for an evening to remember.On this occasion, Yume’s “The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō” Exhibit will be open to the public.The participation in this event will be scheduled in two 1-hour time slots (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.Admission Tickets: Adults: $16
Members: $10 Children age 3-15: $5″

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CHILDREN’S DAY FESTIVAL

Kodomo no Hi – こどもの日

Sunday, May 2, 2021 – 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

“Join us to celebrate the Japanese national holiday of Children’s Day at Yume Gardens.

Children’s Day falls annually on May 5 when Japanese families celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of their children.

The event will feature Taiko Drum performance by Ken Koshio (Taiko drumming, Folk music artist and singer/songwriter), kamishibai storytelling, origami, fan (uchiwa)/lantern painting, and much more!

Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase

Admission Tickets: Adults: $15 – Members: $10

Children: $5 – Children under 5: : freePurchase Tickets

All guests will have a chance to win a free face mask with a winning design from the MASK UP 2020 Contest, courtesy of CGP – Japan Foundation (while supplies last).

The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 2 hour per time slot (10:00am-12:00pm OR 12:00pm-2:00pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors.”

https://www.yumegardens.org/upcoming-events

Advanced ticket reservation is required. This is a limited admission event.

Last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this annual doll exhibit at the Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures was cancelled. It’s back this year, started up on April 7 and will continue to May 16, 2021.

April 7, 2021 – May 16, 2021, Mini Time Museum of Miniatures at 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive, west of Swan Rd.

“Tango no Sekku or Children’s Day is a Japanese national holiday celebrating the healthy growth and development of children, especially boys. The purpose of the holiday is to encourage children to grow to be strong leaders and powerful individuals. Celebrated on May 5^th, Children’s Day became a national holiday in 1948. Prior to that time many people celebrated May 5^th as Boys’ Day. In celebration of the holiday schools have the day off and many families plan outings to fun places like amusement parks. Preceding Children’s Day is Girls’ Day. There are many comparable traditions between the two celebrations, such as setting up a tiered display of traditionally dressed dolls and accessories. These traditional displays of figures and other objects are called Musha Ningyo.

The Children’s Day Display at The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures dates to the mid-20th century and was donated to the museum in 2014 by Nancy Phillips.”

Children’s Day Display

On April 9, the SAJCC Council of 13 members voted to be one of the undersigned organizations in the attached letter to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, expressing sentiment against anti-Asian violence in Arizona and the nation. The vote was 12-0-1.

Copy of the letter from Japanese American Citizens League of Arizona (Glendale, AZ) below.

SAJCC Council also voted 12-0-1 to sign on to a similar letter of April 8, 2021 to Governor Ducey from the Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders (ACEL of Tempe, AZ), and numerous other organizations and businesses in Arizona. (See article at bottom, with hyperlink)

ACEL letter is included here:
https://blogforarizona.net/asian-american-organizations-send-letters-to-governor-ducey-against-anti-asian-violence/

Event by Yume Japanese Gardens of Tucson

by Funhouse movement theater

April 8-10, 2021 at 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm

 “Join us for Poetry Stones, an exploration of form, movement, and spirit, performed by Funhouse movement theater, directed by Lin Lucas, and featuring visiting artist, Joan Laage, a Northwest butoh pioneer and student of butoh masters Kazuo Ohno and Yoko Ashikawa.

A contemporary, avant-garde performance art, butoh (舞踏, Butō) is the product of the tumultuous, post-war Japanese experience. A seamless blend of dance, theater, improvisation, German Expressionist dance, and traditional Japanese performing arts, butoh compels both performers and spectators to investigate primal ideas, emotions, and energies bringing the collective unconscious into the light. 

Visitors to this unique butoh performance will encounter dancers and musicians dispersed throughout the refined splendor of the garden, each engaged in improvisational communion with the sights, sounds, and sensations of the natural environment. Prepare to be moved.

The participation in this event will be scheduled in increments of 1 hour per time slot (6:30pm-7:30pm OR 7:30pm-8:30pm) to guarantee social distancing to our visitors. This is a limited admission event.”

General admission: $25

Member admission: $18

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