Join UNL's Global Friends of Japan for Japan Night on Friday, April 8 from 6-10pm at the UNL Union Ballroom. Tickets will be available starting Monday. Enjoy food, activities, and a performance by Kokyo Taiko!
Tickets are $15 for public or at the door. $10 in advance for UNL Students, with a discount for purchases of 9 or more tickets.

Purchase tickets online at:
https://marketplace.unl.edu/sofs/global-friends-of-japan/japan-night-2016.html

​Can't wait to see you there!

Across Asian cultures, it is tradition to hold a mid-Autumn festival. Such celebrations often coincide with the full moon. Join the Asian Community and Cultural Center in appreciating these cultural traditions. Activities will include:

-Festival games
-Educational booths
-Decorating lanterns
-Writing wishes to hang on lanterns
-Traditional music and dance performances
-Delicious Asian cuisines
-A lantern lighting ceremony at dusk

Click here for more information. We look forward to seeing you there!

Kokyo will be performing at 1:00pm this Sunday, August 9 at the Omaha Children's Museum. Fun event! Sponsored by the Omaha Sister Cities Association, celebrating 50 years of Omaha's relationship with Shizuoka, Japan.

Bring the whole family to enjoy WorldFest sponsored by the Omaha Children's Museum this Sun, Aug 9.

The annual event is sponsored by Omaha Sister Cities Association, and features  Germany, Lithuania, and Japan this coming Sunday, followed by China, Mexico, and Ireland the following Sun, Aug 16. Family friendly activities, food, and entertainment will be provided as your kids "travel the world!"

Kokyo Taiko will be performing at 1pm.

The Omaha Children's Museum is located at 500 S 20th St, Omaha, NE.

We hope to see you there!

Current schedule:
Sunday
12:00 pm Spirit of Life worship team
1:15 pm Karavan of Dreams/Belly dancers
2:00 pm Laotian Dancers
2:45 pm Kokyo Taiko Japanese Drummers
4:00-5:00 Alejandra Rebolledo La Voz Ranchera de México (Mexican Regional Singer)

We look forward to seeing you there!

Performing at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha this Saturday, June 13, at 11:00am!

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary between Omaha and Shizuoka, Japan!

We'll be making a guest appearance at 
Joslyn Art Museum, presented by the Omaha Sister Cities Association Shizuoka Council and UNO International Students.  KickstART will run from 10am to noon, and will showcase Japanese culture and dance, with Kokyo Taiko's performance from 11-11:30am.  The event is free and open to the public!

While there, please also take the time to view Joslyn's temporary Allen Say exhibit. Renowned author and illustrator of more that twenty books - including Grandfather's Journey (1993), which won the Caldecott Medal in 1994 - Allen Say, born in Yokohama, Japan, has spent much of his career exploring the rich divide between his Japanese youth and his American coming of age.

It is his ability to convey sentiments of alienation and dislocation, in ways that speak directly to children, that makes his books so remarkable.  The exhibition explores both the technical mastery and thematic complexity of this prolific artist and author.

Joslyn Art Museum is located at:
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha


We hope to see you there!

Kokyo will be performing at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) Japanese Festival this month!

We'd love to see you at one of these events!

Sun, Nov 2
What:  Anime Nebraskon
Where:  Ramada Plaza at 72nd and Grover (in Omaha, NE)
When:  Performance from 1-2pm

Anime Nebraskon is a 3 day event with a packed schedule (2010's event saw more than 2,000 guests attending over 150 panels & events!). Pre-registration is closed, but at the door registration is available.
For more information, go to: www.animenebraskon.com.