The Cherry Blossom Festival
The World Languages and Cultures Asian/Japan Studies Program presents the Cherry Blossom Festival on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 10 a.m - 8 p.m. The annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Spelman College promotes interest in Japan and enhances the Asian Studies Program through hands-on learning of Japanese culture. Throughout the day, Spelman students, faculty, staff and volunteers from the Japanese-American community will be conducting workshops on origami, language, games, pop culture and more.
The schedule will be as follows:Japanese Calligraphy-Shodo
10 a.m - 11 a.m at Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D. Academic Center 446
Sato Shirai and Xuexin Liu
Japanese Art - Origami (paper folding craft)
12 p.m - 1 p.m at Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D. Academic Center LL29
Sato Shirai and Xuexin Liu
Popular Japanese Games
2 p.m - 3 p.m at Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D. Academic Center 446
Japan Club: Amani Tillman and Sato Shirai
Japanese Tradition: Kimono Wearing
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at Lower Manley
Sato Shirai and Yumi Parks
Anime Films: Studio Ghibli
6 p.m - 8 p.m @ Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Ed.D. Academic Center LL29
Japan Club: Amani Tillman and Kanye Sweeney
