Japan Day in Lymm, Saturday 30 April (Update)

Lymm Youth & Community Centre

Bridgewater St, Lymm, Cheshire WA13 0AB (map)

Saturday 30th April 2011, 12 to 5pm

Click to view/download poster

So here's our provisional programme of events and activities for our Japan Day in Lymm on Saturday 30 April. You can download, print and display our poster from GoogleDocs. Do keep checking back though, as we hope to add more events between now and then.

— Food & Drink —

Handmade sushi & demonstration

Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers)

Curry & rice

Japanese tea, cakes & confectionary

— Try —

Shūji 習字

Have a go at your own Japanese brush writing

Face painting 化粧

Japanese style, such as geisha, kabuki character, ninja, etc.

Origami 折り紙

the classic paper folding technique

Kimono 着物

Try on a real Japanese kimono (ladies and kids)

Fūsen 風船

Balloon models

Tea ceremony 茶道

Demonstration of the art of tea preparation and tasting

Storytime & fan dance 物語と日本舞踊

Japanese stories (in English) & dance for younger children

Ikebana 生け花

The art of Japanese flower arranging

Food Challenge

Try some slimy, stinky, squishy, sticky, slippery, salty and sour dishes from Japan. Be brave!

— Buy —

Japanese groceries & ingredients

Homemade cards

in an oriental style

Café

Japanese tea and cake

Jewellery

by a professional designer from Japan

Shodō Japanese calligraphy

have your name written in Japanese characters by an expert

Bric-a-brac & Tombola

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All proceeds to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.