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Pako Festa is on Saturday 23rd February!
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Melbourne Summer Japanese Festival
The Melbourne Japanese Summer Festival celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday, 24 February from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm showcasing traditional and contemporary Japanese culture with performances, foods and activities for all ages.
Experience the vibrancy of Japanese culture from a variety of performances including local song and dance groups, and featuring traditional acts such as Taiko drumming, Okinawan folk music, but also contemporary dance performances and a debut bilingual talk show.
Everyone can experience the festivity of Japanese festivals first hand through participating in the Bon Odori dance or the Best-Dressed Award for lasting memories and fantastic prizes.
River Terrace will be lined with stalls offering a delicious, authentic taste of Japan. From the classic festival favourites like takoyaki, okonomiyaki and yakitori, to ice cream and Japanese beer.
For the creative and fashionable ones, there will be plenty of arts and crafts to purchase too.
The festival concludes with drawing our highly anticipated raffle prizes at the end of the afternoon including a pair economy return tickets to Tokyo as the first prize.
This year, the City of Melbourne celebrates the 40th anniversary of our first sister city relationship with Osaka, Japan.
EVENT DETAILS
- Date: Sunday 24 February 2019
- Time: 11:30 am – 5:30 pm
- Admission: Free
- Venue: Federation Square – Corner of Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne (Melway: 2F, 4F)
- Organiser: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Melbourne Inc. Japanese Society of Melbourne, Inc.
- Visit: https://www.jcjsm.org.au/fest/ for more details.
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