Otsukimi, the 10th Annual Japanese Moon Viewing festival will take place September 15 in partnership with the Consulate General of Japan and Japan American Society of Tennessee. The afternoon and moonlit evening will feature tea ceremony demonstrations, origami and other hands-on activities, and music and dance celebrating Japanese art, gardens and culture.
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Schedule of Events
Main Stage | Arboretum Lawn
5 PM: Tea Ceremony
5:30 PM: Nashville Taiko
6 PM: Welcome Ceremony + Choir SAKURA performance
7 PM: Tea Ceremony + Kendama Demonstration
7:30 PM: Shamisen Knoxville performance
8 PM: Tea Ceremony
8:30 PM: Closing Ceremony with reading of Rabbit in the Moon
Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden
4:30 PM: Kamishibai
5:30 PM: Kamishibai
Blevins Japanese Garden | Meet at garden entrance
4:30 PM: Bilingual Tour (Japanese and English)
5:30 PM: Bilingual Tour (Japanese and English)
6:30 PM: Bilingual Tour (Japanese and English)
Frist Learning Center Courtyard Events
4 PM: Mochi Pounding
5 PM: Mochi Pounding
Frist Learning Center Great Hall | 4 – 8 PM
Nashville Bonsai Society Display
Courtyard Classroom | 4 – 8 PM
Ikebana Display
Ikebana Demonstration (6:30–7:30 PM)
Frist Learning Center Courtyard Activities | 4 – 8 PM
Japanese Calligraphy
Design Your Own Kimono
Rabbit in the Moon
Japanese Luna Moth
Vendors & Displays | 4 – 8 PM | Lot B
Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society
(Beginning at 6:30 PM in the Wills Perennial Garden)
Consulate General of Japan
Japan-America Society of Tennessee
I Go Tokyo
Sol Kendamas
Frist Art Museum
Shamisen Knoxville
Sister Cities Nashville
Food Vendors | 4 – 8 PM | Lot B
Changkham Asian Fusion
Changnoi Thai Lao
Egg Drip
Rice to Meet You
Taste of Aloha
