Karuta Festival 2018 was over. The next Festival will be held in February 2019.
Both English & Japanese speakers are invited to learn, create and play a Japanese New Year’s card game called ‘Karuta’ (English version) at Karuta Festival 2018.
Have a fun Saturday afternoon playing karuta !
Details
- Date: Saturday, 10 February 2018
- Venue: Ribbon room, Hosoda Komuten （細田工務店杉並リボン館）
- Address: 3-35-21 Asagayaminami Suginami-ku, Tokyo
- Access: JR Asagaya Station South Exit, 2 min. walking distance JR. Asagaya station is 8 minutes from Shinjuku on Sobu line.
- Admission: Free
- Booking: only required for the Creative Karuta workshop
| Time | Program |
|---|---|
| 11:00～16:00 |
Karuta Exhibition – The winner’s original artwork of the Creative Karuta Award 2017 – Karuta cards created by children in Australia, Britain, Japan, NZ and USA |
| 0:30 ～13:00 | Let’s play Karuta! |
| 13:00～14:00 |
Award Ceremony ‘Creative Karuta Award 2017’ – About Karuta Award – Slideshow of the winning works – Giving Certificate and the prize ‘Global Karuta 2017’ – Playing Karuta with the new cards |
| 14:00～15:30 |
Karuta Workshop themed around Russia – Introduction on Karuta – Presentation by a Russia guest speaker – Creating karuta cards on Russian topics – Playing karuta with your own cards (Booking required) |
Map
Flyer(PDF)
