Celebrate Kyoto! - Boston Kyoto Sister Cities 65th Anniversary

Join us to celebrate the Boston Kyoto Sister Cities 65th Anniversary through Taiko drumming performance, Shishimai lion dance & parade, Shikishi art making, Origami, and many more!

Don’t forget to visit the Japanese House exhibit – an authentic 140-year-old house. It was a very special gift from Kyoto to Boston on the 20th Anniversary of their Sister Cities relationship in 1979.

• All day – Display of Haiku Expressions about My Family!, by Boston Public School Students & Japan Airline Foundation, the Common (2nd floor)
• 10:00 – Shikishi Art – Japanese Calligraphy & Watercolor Workshop with Megumu Mabuchi, Art Lab (2nd floor)
• 11:00 – Shikishi Art – Japanese Calligraphy & Watercolor Workshop with Megumu Mabuchi, Art Lab (2nd floor)
• 12:00 – Shikishi Art – Japanese Calligraphy & Watercolor Workshop with Megumu Mabuchi, Art Lab (2nd floor)
• 1:00 – Message from Boston to Kyoto on a Giant Paper Crane with Guest Artist and Teacher Tim Nagaoka, the Common (2nd floor)
• 2:00 – Taiko Drumming Performance by Odaiko New England, the Common (2nd floor)
• 2:30 – Shikishi Art – Japanese Calligraphy & Watercolor Workshop with Megumu Mabuchi, Art Lab (2nd floor)
• Visit the Japanese House! – See the Japanese House exhibit sign for opening hours (3rd floor)

Special thanks to our guests from Kyoto – Rotary Club of Kyoto South!