Super Japan - Japanese Festival of Arts

Super Japan - Japanese Festival of Arts

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Posted 2016-05-21 by J.D.Wenfollow

Fri 20 May 2016 - Sun 22 May 2016

WAttention Singapore and Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay present Super Japan Matsuri, the first ever Super Japan Matsuri. The three-day festival is part of Esplanade's new cultural festival, Super Japan – Japanese Festival of Arts , showcasing the arts and culture of Japan, and featuring the collaborations between the two countries' artists.

Through this festival they would like to introduce a genuine matsuri to Singapore residents, and create a nostalgic atmosphere for the Japanese community here.
[IMAGE="http://www.weekendnotes.com/im/006/06/super-japan-esplanade-singapore-super-japan-matsur4.jpg" width="662" link="http://www.weekendnotes.com/im/006/06/super-japan-esplanade-singapore-super-japan-matsur41.jpg" align="CENTER" thumb="http://www.weekendnotes.com/im/006/06/super-japan-esplanade-singapore-super-japan-matsur42.jpg" border="1" caption="Chindonya – Traditional Japanese Street Performance
The Adachi Company. Catch their performances at 7pm, 8,30pm and 9.30pm at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre" wrap="0" title="Super japan, Esplanade Singapore, Super Japan Matsuri, SJ50, Japanese traditional food, food festival, Wattention" margin="5"] Visitors will be able to enjoy Chindonya Traditional Japanese Street Performances by The Adachi Company on 20 & 21 May. Chindoya is originally a street campaign in Edo period. The performers in outlandish costumes will play Chindon, a three-in-one instrument, together with a trumpet, an accordion, and a drum.

Windstars Ensemble, together with local winners of Japanese Karaoke ,will deliver Enka, a popular form of music from Meiji Era, on 22 May.

Satisfy your taste buds with delicious and authentic food like takoyaki, baby Castella, yakisoba (pan-fried noodles) and okonomiyaki (grilled Japanese pancake) prepared by Japanese chefs from Japan and Singapore. Get a Japanese draft beer, shochu highball or sake cocktails too!

Try your hands on traditional festival games such as old-time Japanese favourites such as shateki (shooting game), senbonbiki (lucky-pick strings), wanage (ring toss), yo-yo tsuri (yo-yo balloon) and katanuki (die-cut candy) specially flown in from Japan. Game coupons will be on sale for $2 each.

Each night there is a different theme: Ladies and Students (Friday), Cosplayers (Saturday), and Families (Sunday). The first 100 visitor matching the nightly theme will get a free game.

Don't miss this heart-warming festival!

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!date 20/05/2016 -- 22/05/2016
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