Canada's largest Japanese-Canadian festival and the longest running community festival in Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»takes its 33rd annual gig to (just off Commerical & Venables) this year as Oppenheimer Park is currently under renos.
This year's include the 2nd edition of the RHYTHM CLASH collaboration performance between , TOTAL CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE TAIKO & shakuhachi flute player ALCVIN RAMOS, SUNDAY @ 2pm
Also singing and drumming collaboration between Sawagi Taiko and First Nations performance group Tiqilap • Contemporary chamber music by Tiresias • Martial arts demonstrations • Screening of Empty Orchestra: video collaborations between karaoke singers and new media artists • Performances by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Asian Canadian Theatre, dancer Aretha Aoki (BC/USA), Kokoro Dance (Vancouver), Performance duo Elfin Saddle (Montreal), and contemporary taiko performer Kenny Endo (USA) • Documentaries by Tadashi Nakamura • Literary readings by Asian Canadian writers • Historical Walking Tours...............and of course, the tastiest Japanese grub around!!
