Past Cultural Events
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2022 Events
- Alberta Provincial High School 10th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest (May 7th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends “Unveiling Memory Journeys in the Bunka Centre” in Lethbridge (April 14th)
- The 33rd Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest (March 26th)
- The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Commemoration (March 11th)
- The 31st Alberta District and 34th Annual Manitoba Japanese Speech Contests (March 4th–5th)
- Prince Takamado Japan Centre Webinar 3 of “The Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Approaches in Japan and Canada” (March 2nd)
- Japan's National Day Celebration, His Imperial Majesty the Emperor's birthday (February 23rd)
- Prince Takamado Japan Centre Webinar 2 of “The Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Approaches in Japan and Canada” (January 13th)
2021 Events
- Award Ceremony for the 2021 Japan Photo Contest (December 20th)
- Ceremony of Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays to Ms. Kumiko Lucy Yamashita (November 28th)
- 2021 Japan Photo Contest Announcement of Winners (November 4th)
- First Webinar in the Series “The Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Approaches in Japan and Canada” (October 27th)
- 2021 Japan Photo Contest (September 30th)
- 2021 Alberta/Japan Twinned Municipalities Association (A/JTMA) Annual General Meeting (September 19th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends GlobalFest (Japan Day) (August 24th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) (August 18th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends Virtual Event "A Taste of Omatsuri" (August 14th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends Jazz Concert at Nikka Yuko Garden (August 14th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends Japanese Video Game Conference “Replaying Japan 2021” (August 9th)
- Consul-General Uchida Attends the Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony (August 7th)
- 22nd Annual Otafest (May 22nd)
- 2021 Lethbridge & District Japanese Garden Society AGM (May 12th)
- 2021 Alberta Provincial High School Japanese Speech Contest (May 8th)
- Japan Student Alumni Online Conference (March 25th)
- Hokkaido-Alberta Twinning Relationship 40th Anniversary (March 23rd)
- 30th Annual Alberta District Japanese Speech Contest (March 7th)
- 33rd Annual Manitoba District Japanese Speech Contest (March 6th)
- Japan Foundation Toronto presents the Japanese Film Festival (February 5th ~ 17th)
- Webinar 4: Ageing Society in the Era of Pandemics: Mobilizing Serious Game during COVID-19 (January 27th)
2020 Events
- Webinar 3: Ageing Society in the Era of Pandemics: Applying AI in COVID-19 (December 14th)
- 2020 Alberta/Japan Twinned Municipalities Association (A/JTMA) Annual General Meeting (November 25th)
- Webinar 2: Ageing Society in the Era of Pandemics: Seniors’ Life and Care during COVID-19 (Live on 11/23) (November 23rd)
- Strange Transformations: The Supernatural and Early Modern Japan Conference (November 12th)
- Consul General Kobayashi attends the Unveiling Ceremony of the “Japanese in Manitoba” Mural (September 27th)
- Consul General attends Yoko Ono: GROWING FREEDOM Exhibition (September 15th)
- Consul General Kobayashi participates in Bunka Centre Ground Breaking Ceremony at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden (September 11th)
- Interview with Consul General Kobayashi for the Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony (August 1st)
- Webinar: Ageing Society in the Era of Pandemics: Approaches in Japan and Canada (July 13th)
- Online Screening of "RAMEN HEADS" and Live Ramen Talk Q+A (May 29th)
- 2020 Alberta Provincial High School Japanese Speech Contest (May 9th)
- 29th Annual Alberta District Japanese Speech Contest (March 7th)
- 32nd Annual Manitoba District Japanese Speech Contest (March 6th)
- National Day Reception for the 60th Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan (February 20th)
- Steven Nunoda's "Ghostown" Exhibition Opening Reception (February 6th)
2019 Events
- Explore Japan 2019 (November 2nd)
- Award Ceremony and Reception for the 2019 Japan Photo Contest (October 30th)
- JET Career Support Event & Welcome Back Dinner (October 4th)
- 2019 Japan Photo Contest (September 25th)
- Alberta/Japanese Twinned Municipalities Association AGM 2019 (September 20th)
- 2019 Japan Film Festival (September 8th)
- 2019 Winnipeg Bon-Odori Festival (September 7th)
- Visit of Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado to Canada (August 23rd to September 1st)
- Calgary Japanese Festival "Omatsuri" (August 10th)
- 2019 JET Programme Pre-Departure Orientation and Reception (August 2nd)
- Kurimoto Japanese Garden Spring Festival 2019 (June 2nd)
- 21st Annual Otafest (May 17th-19th)
- 7th Annual Alberta High School Japanese Speech Contest (April 13th)
- 28th Annual Alberta District Japanese Speech Contest (March 2nd)
- 31st Annual Manitoba District Japanese Speech Contest (March 1st)
2018 Events
- The Manga of Japan - An Afternoon with Manga Artist Erica Sakurazawa: Lecture & Demo
- Japan Film Festival in Regina (October 18th)
- Japan Film Festival in Calgary (October 27th)
- 2018 Globalfest Japan Pavilion and Yukata Try-on Event (August)
- Calgary Taiko Performer Visit by Eitetsu Hayashi and Eitetsu Fu-un no Kai (August 8th – 13th)
- Calgary Japanese Festival "Omatsuri" (August 11th)
- 2018 JET Programme Pre-Departure Orientation and Reception
- Tokyo BEFORE/ AFTER Photography Exhibition
- 2018 Winnipeg Bon-Odori Festival
- Otafest2018, a Japanese Anime Convention
- 2018 Japan Photo Contest (open until September 30th, 2018)
- Lecture on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from Kumamoto Earthquake 2016 (March 14th)
- Japan Film Day (March 10th)
- Explore Japan – a Japanese Cultural Festival (March 10th)
- 27th Annual Alberta Japanese Language Speech Contest (March 3rd)
- 30th Annual Manitoba Japanese Language Speech Contest (March 2nd)
- [UofC] Public Lecture by Dr. Yasuhiro Matsuda of Tokyo University: The Prospects for Improved Sino-Japanese Relations Following the 19th Party Congress (January 26th)
2017 Events
- Japan Film Festival 2017
- Thirty-Six Views, Ukiyo-e in Nineteenth Century Japan
- 2017 Japan Photo Contest
- Calgary Japanese Festival Omatsuri
- Lecture on Scroll Met Comics – Joy of Japanese Narrative Paintings
- 26th Alberta District Japanese Language Speech Contest
- 29th Manitoba District Japanese Language Speech Contest
- Playing Japan - What Video Games Can Teach Us
- Lecture by Dr. Ryo Sahashi - Current Issues/Situations in East Asia
2016 Events
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