The 15th Daianji International Festival

International Festival Concert (Shishikuden hall)

• "Mie Arai and Friends"
• Performers: Mie Arai (vocals), Riho Oyama (piano), Hiroyuki Iwatani (violin), Shoji Mima (tenor sax)

Stage performances (temple square, in no particular order)

• Agora Music Club: taiko drumming
• American komuso monk: shakuhachi
• Gekidan Takamado: large-format kamishibai "Odaishi-sama"
• Saxy Planets Saxophone Jazz Orchestra: saxophone ensemble
• Korean Traditional Court Dance Troupe: Korean traditional dance
• Kodomo Gaga Club (Kansai Gagakukai): children's bugaku
• Tanoshiku! Chorus: family chorus
• Nagai Gakuen and university international student groups: songs and dances from their home countries
• odonata: Daianji Daiomatsu Ondo

Shishikuden performances

• Kasuga Junior High School Guitar & Mandolin Club
• Nara Municipal Ichijo High School English International Activities Club: English performance
• Kamishibai by storyteller Yuka Nakatani of Nara Prefectural Library and Information Center

International student food stalls

• Chinese students (Nara Women's University, Nara University, Nara Medical University)
• Nagai Gakuen students
• Nara Higashi International College of Care Welfare students

Local shops and food trucks

• Japanese sweets, Belgian beer, woodcraft, katazome dyeing, curry, Chinese tea, tofu donuts, bread, yakisoba, udon, Nara-made setta sandals and more

Culture corner

• Panels introducing students' home countries, student calligraphy, artwork by Daianji Elementary School pupils
• Go and shogi, sencha tea and Japanese sweet making experiences
• Panel display by the Nara City Board of Education Cultural Properties Division

Part of the Nara Prefecture Art Festival for Everyone.

Performers and programs may change without notice.