Entertainment Schedule

Main Stage

12:00 pm  Opening Ceremony
12:30 pm  Omikoshi (Adults)
1:00 pm    Taiko (Inazuma)
1:30 pm    Japanese Folk Dance (Minyokai)
2:00 pm    Taiko (L'École l'Envolée / Kazekko)
2:30 pm    Omikoshi (Children)
3:00 pm    Mini Taiko Workshop
3:30 pm    Japanese Folk Dance (Komachi  Montréal)
4:00 pm    Nihon no Uta (Aya Aikawa)
4:30 pm    Juggler (Chikara Yoshinaka)
5:00 pm    Taiko and Dance (Arashi Daiko / Inazuma / Yamada Hanyabushi)
5:30 pm    Japanese Folk Dance (Komachi Montréal)
6:30 pm    Taiko (Arashi Daiko)
7:00 pm    Japanese Folk Dance (Komachi  Montréal)
8:00 pm    Taiko (Arashi Daiko)
8:45 pm    Japanese Folk Dance (Komachi  Montréal)
9:30 pm    Closing Ceremony

Martial Arts Stage

12:30 pm  Judo (Shidokan)
1:00 pm    Aikido
1:30 pm    Karate (Ohan)
2:30 pm    Iado (Sandokai)
3:30 pm    Nawatobi
4:00 pm    Bujinkan
5:30 pm    Naginata
 

Last updated: August 9th 2011

 On-site Activities

	Bon Odori Bon Odori (meaning simply Bon dance) is an event held during Obon. It is celebrated as a reminder of the gratefulness one should feel toward one's ancestors.
	Kyudo Kyudo literally meaning "way of the bow", is the Japanese art of archery. It is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budo).
	O-Mikoshi A mikoshi is a portable Shinto shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle of a divine spirit in Japan at the time of a parade of deities. During a matsuri, people bear a mikoshi on their shoulders by means of the two poles. They bring the mikoshi from the shrine, carry it around the neighbourhoods that worship at the shrine, and in many cases leave it in a designated area, resting on blocks for a time, before returning it to the shrine.
	Taiko Taiko means "drum" in Japanese (etymologically "great" or "wide drum"). Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums (‘wa-daiko’, "Japanese drum", in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes called more specifically, "kumi-daiko".
	Yukata Yukata is a Japanese summer garment. People wearing yukata are a common sight at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events. The yukata is a casual form of kimono that is also frequently worn after bathing at traditional Japanese inns. Though their use is not limited to after-bath wear, yukata literally means bath(ing) clothes.