March 2, 2018

Japan Festival includes recital, movie screening

Lanterns at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, Japan.
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Lanterns at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. The university will hold a Japan Festival on March 1.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will host a festival celebrating Japanese culture on March 2.

The event, organized by the Japanese program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, is 3:30 to 9 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Activities, which are free and open to the public, include:

  • Bracelet Making Workshop, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Heritage Room

  • Voice Recital: Japanese Art Songs by Mia Shibahara, a soprano, 4:45 to 5:15 p.m., Heritage Room

  • Movie Screening: “When Marnie was There,” directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 7 to 9 p.m., Auditorium.

Learn more about the Japan Festival.