Cherry Blossom Festival

The International Affairs Center and Sumiko Takahara Japan Studies Program are pleased to invite you to the Spelman Cherry Blossom Festival, on Wednesday, March 23.

Held at various locations throughout campus, this annual festival promotes interest in Japan and enhances the Japan Studies Program at Spelman through hands-on learning of Japanese culture.

Throughout the day, Spelman students, faculty and staff and volunteers from the Japanese American community will conduct workshops on origami, ikebana (flower arrangement), basic Japanese expressions, calligraphy, karate, Mai (classical dance) performance, folk dance, and traditional Japanese toys.

The daylong campus event will also feature sushi-making demonstrations and samples of sushi in the Manley College Center Atrium.

The Program (Download Schedule)

9:00-10:00am
Origami (Paper folding craft)
Manley Atrium

Learn how to fold paper to make animals, flowers and much more
Xuexin Liu (Spelman faculty)** | Alyssa Hull (Spelman student)

10:00-11:00am
Ikebana (Flower Arrangement)
Cosby 446

Learn how to arrange flowers in the traditional Japanese way
Elaine Jo (Ichiyo School)** | Roslyn Nicole Smith*

11:00-12:00pm Survival Japanese
Cosby Reading Room

Learn some basic expressions for your survival in Japan
Ivory Mills, Ariel Flaggs (Spelman students)** | Fatemeh Shafiei* Jeanne Meadows* Tinaz Pavri* (Spelman faculty) Daniel Hutton (student)

11:30-1:30pm Japanese Cuisine
Manley Atrium

Try authentic Japanese cuisine and learn how to use
chopsticks

11:30-12:00pm    Sushi-making demonstration
Masato Hashiguchi (Hashiguchi Jr. Japanese Restaurant)**
Daryl White* Yoko Ueda*   (Spelman faculty)

12:00-1:30pm       Japanese lunch
Menu: Sushi (Tekkamaki, Futomaki, California Roll, Nigiri-zushii)
and Green tea

Pushpa Parekh* Anne Hornsby* Nami Kim* (Spelman faculty)
Zuri House (Spelman student)

1:00-2:00pm Calligraphy
Cosby Reading Room

Learn the method of writing with a brush pen and appreciate
the shades of ink as an art form.

Xuexin Liu & Zhengbin Lu** Arturo Lindsay* (Spelman Faculty)
Natasha Abellard (Spelman student)

1:00-2:30pm    Mai (Traditional dance) Performance
and Bondori (Folk Dance)
LLCII Auditorium

Enjoy Mai performance and learn Japanese folk dance
Roxie Romine&Hanamizuki- Japanese Women’s Garden Club**
Zadie Long* James Gillam* Jeanne Meadows*

2:00-3:00pm   Traditional Folk Toy
LLC1 Conference Room

Learn about traditional Japanese folk toys that share universal
themes across all cultures.
Bernice deGannes Scott (Spelman Faculty)**
Anne Hornsby*
Alyssa Hull (Spelman student)

3:00-4:00pm Music
LLC II Auditorium

Learn and play scales in traditional Japanese music
Reiko Yuge (ITC – Sister’s Chapel)** Lawrence Schenbeck*
Department of Music
Zadie Long*
Daltonise Harvey (Spelman student)

4:00-5:00pm Pop Culture
The Suites Dining Room

Discover Japanese pop culture (street fashion, music, anime and manga)
and learn how to create your own “manga characters.Brittani Andrews (Spelman student)** Zuri House (Spelman student) Yoko Ueda*.

Origami Display (Origami Arts by Japanese Women’s Garden Club)
11:30am-1:30pm
Manley Atrium

* Spelman Faculty & Staff
** Instructor

For more information, call the International Affairs Center office at ext. 5546 or the Japan Studies Program office at ext. 5540.

Dr. Yoko Ueda Director
(404) 270-5540
Spelman College
350 Spelman Ln. SW, Box 237
Atlanta, GA 30314