Join us for a fun-filled Children’s Day Festival on Saturday, May 3rd, at the PPUW Family Success Center from 10 AM to 12:30 PM!
Step into a world of creativity, culture, and excitement as we bring Japan to life for kids and families in Southern Colorado. Kids (and adults!) will have the chance to craft beautiful origami, practice Japanese calligraphy, and make their very own colorful koinobori (carp streamers). We'll also have classic Japanese games like kendama and daruma otoshi, and modern games like super-ball fishing!
Enjoy live musical and martial arts performances, with the chance to interact and try it themselves! To top it off, children can shine in our Gala Children’s Fashion Show, wearing kimono, yukata, martial arts uniforms, or Asian-inspired outfits.
Click the blue register button to help us get a good head count so we can provide enough prizes for all!
This FREE event is open to all! You can support this and other events by becoming a member of JASSC though
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~NEWS FLASH!~
First 400 visitors can receive a paper bag with their name written in Japanese!
Come to the check-in table when you arrive to receive a bag to help carry all your prizes and goodies from the festival!
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Check Out the Performance Schedule!
10:00 am - Event opens ~ games, activities and soccer camp start!
10:15 am - JASSC ~ Welcome Address in Gym
11:25 am - Sun Mountain Taiko ~ Opening Performance
11:30 am - COS Kendo Kai ~ Kendo Demonstration
11:45 am - US Karate Academy ~ Karate Demonstration
12:05 am - Comment from Mr. Hiroyuki Okajima, Consul-General of Japan in Denver
12:10 pm - Denver Japanese School Children's Song
12:20 pm - Children's Fashion Show (show off your outfit!)
12:25 pm - Sun Mountain Taiko ~ Closing Performance
12:30 pm - JASSC ~ Closing remarks
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⚽Join the Soccer Camp!⚽
We are excited to welcome Yosuke Hanya, player for the Colorado Switchbacks Soccer team, who will be leading a mini-soccer camp from 10 am - 10:50 am.
Kids up to age 12 can participate in a short soccer camp experience with our favorite player - sign up here!
(Photo Credit: ©︎IsaiahDowning and ©︎switchbacksFC)
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Volunteer registration form is now closed
If you are interested in volunteering in the future, please email naomi@japanamerica.org.
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Parking Information:
There are two parking lots at the Family Success Center, and parking on the street is OK too.
Please enter through the west side of the building.
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History of Amache - Cultural Talk to follow Children's Day - come learn about one of the most historic sites in Colorado, located in Granada Colorado. One of the Amache National Historic Site Park Rangers will come to talk about the history and significance of this place.
