2024 Natsu Matsuri: Summer Festival (Minyo Dancing, Tanabata Tanzaku, Origami Workshop, Artists in the Garden) Nikka Yuko Japanese GardenNEW

Join us for Natsu Matsuri (Summer Festival) at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden! Celebrate the beauty of summer and the magic of Tanabata with us from July 5-7. Write your wishes on tanzaku strips and hang them on our trees, enjoy beautiful Minyo Dancing, create beautiful origami, and see talented artists and poets inside the garden


Dates (3 Days)
July  5, 6, 7 - 2024

July 5, 2024
Tanabata Tanzaku - All day
Minyo Dancing - 6:00 PM

July 6, 2024
Tanabata Tanzaku - All day
Origami Workshop (Additional Tickets Required) - 1:00 PM & 2:30 PM

July 7, 2024
Tanabata Tanzaku - All day
Artists in the Garden - 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

About the Garden
Established during Canada’s Centennial in 1967, Nikka Yuko was built to recognize contributions made by citizens of Japanese ancestry to the multicultural community of Lethbridge, Alberta, and as a symbol of international friendship. Its name was created from the Japanese words Ni (from Nihon meaning Japan), ka from Kanada or Canada, and Yuko, which translates as “friendship” to mean “Japan-Canada friendship.”

The idea for Nikka Yuko began with a small group of people: Reverend Yutetsu Kawamura, a Canadian Buddhist priest, his wife Yoneko, and Cleo Mowers, publisher of the Lethbridge Herald. Their vision was to create a Japanese-style garden that reflected southern Alberta’s magnificent mountain and prairie scenery. In Japanese garden design philosophy, nature is interpreted through abstract and artistic symbolism, which results in a very intriguing landscape. When Kurt Steiner, the manager of the city tourism organization, heard the idea, he immediately promoted it, and the surrounding community came together to champion a unique event in a small Canadian city.

Location
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Mayor Magrath Dr S, Lethbridge AB, T1K 2R2

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