Wednesday, February 6, 2013

LOVE&HOPE FOR TOHOKU Feb 11 Fundraising Festival

SWTJ presents:  LOVE&HOPE FOR TOHOKU

All-Day Music, Art and Food Festival in Kyoto on Feb 11 (Monday, Public Holiday) 2013 11am-9pm

WE WILL NOT FORGET!

An amazing number of performers, actors, dancers, musicians, workshop leaders, shop keepers and food specialists will entertain and spoil you! 

Join us! The entrance fee is just 1,000Yen and includes a drink.
Bring your kids--entrance is free for elementary school kids and younger!
Discover unique artists from the Japanese contemporary music and performance scene!

Live Music, One-Hand-Piano, Flamenco, Theater, Performances, Workshops, Food Stands, Drink Bar, Flea Market...It's going to be a day to remember!

Bring family and friends! This fundraiser is held to send a SWTJ Team to Tohoku for the Second Anniversary of the Earthquake and Tsunami.. By coming to the event and having fun you will help sending the SWTJ "Music Caravan" to Tohoku in March!

SWTJ would like to express its sincere thanks to the many artists, performers, musicians, workshop leaders, cooks and other sponsors and volunteers who will donate their time and skills to the February 11 festival in Kyoto!

Place:
KYOTO FANJ Event Hall 京都FANJ(ファンジェイ)
Map: http://kyoto-fanj.com/map/map.html
Access: 7 minutes on foot from Exit 3 of Kyoto Kokusai Kaikan Station of the Kyoto Subway  
Time: Feb 11, 2013 (public holiday) from 11am-9pm
Entrance Fee: 1,000Yen (includes one free drink).
*Elementary school children or younger: entrance free.

Stage: 
(last-minute program changes may occur)
11:30-11:40  Jewel
11:40-12:00 Greeting SWTJ Director
12:00-12:30 Abe Keiko Flamenco Studio
12:30-13:00 Karikirin (Live Music)
13:10-13:40 Chinai Takeo plays (one-hand pianist)
13:50-14:20 Kumasaka Yoshito and Spanko (Live Music)
14:30-15:00 Dani Gongu (Performance)
15:15-16:00 Shohei Toyoda (Guitar)
16:10-16:40 Gekidan Ore to Matsumoto (Theater)
16:50-17:20 Minori to Romanbe (Belly Dance)
17:30-18:00 Uryuyama Overtone Ensemble (Live Music)
18:00-18:15 Greeting SWTJ
18:20-19:00 Sachertorte (Live Music)
19:10-19:50 Goto Yuzo (Live Music)
20:00-20:40 Denki Gypsy Special (Live Music)

Workshops:
For a small fee you can take part in a workshop!
Make your own stuffed animal or other creature! (by Yamasaki Asahiko)
Masking tape--so much fun! (by Kato Wako)
Analog Game! (by Tansan and Company)
Kasaneni! (by Sakate Akiko)
Baby signs and American sign language (by Dany Gongu)

Market:
SWTJ Flea Market: Amazing prices!
Miyakochan and Friends: Accessories and Scarves

Foodstalls:
Buy your favorite food here!
  • Bajarbol: Paella
  • Xuan: Vietnamese Seafood Fried Harumaki, Vietnamese Coffee, Lotus Royal Milk Tea
  • SWTJ: Vietnamese Pho Noodles, Sake Lees Soup,Takoyaki Dumplings, 
  • Wakame seaweed-shabushabu corner (delicious fresh wakame from one of our contacts in the SWTJ network in Tohoku: the just reborn Hatakeyama Seaweed Farm in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture)
  • Cotton Candy: Not only for the kids!!
BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!!!
All profits from this event will be used to send SWTJ's Activity Team to the disaster area during the 2nd Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.


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