Overview

Project

Karuta 2020 ('200 countries' Creative Karuta Project)

Address

C/o FROM JAPAN Institute
3-4-45 ShibakuboNishitokyo City,
Tokyo188-0014 Japan

TEL

+81-(0)42-439-5445

Activities

Creative Karuta Award
Ceative Karuta Workshop
Karuta Festival

Organizing Member

-Mineo Kageya, Director, FROM JAPAN Institute
-Mikiko Haraguchi, Vice Chairman, Japan Kyodo Karuta Association
-Kazutoshi Ogimoto,Director, Suginami Karuta Project

Honorary Chairman

Tammy Stewart-Jones

Brief History

September 2013

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was annonced.

January 2014

1st ‘Omotenashi’ Karuta Art & Writing Compeition, Japan

February 2015

-1st Creative Karuta Workshop in UK
-1st Creative Karuta Workshops in Australia

January 2016

Ist KarutaFestival,Tokyo,Japan

August

-1st Creative Karuta Workshop in New Zealand
-Creaitive Karuta Workshop at Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan

October

Creaitive Karuta Workshop at Everest International School,Tokyo Japan

November

1st Creative Karuta Workshop in CA, USA

January 2017

-2nd Karuta Festival, Tokyo, Japan
-1st Creative Karuta Award was announced

April

Printing the awarded Karuta sets was completed.