{"id":16113,"date":"2018-07-03T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T02:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=16113"},"modified":"2018-07-03T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:37:38","slug":"baguio-tanabata-festival-celebrating-japanese-culture-and-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2018\/07\/03\/baguio-tanabata-festival-celebrating-japanese-culture-and-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Baguio Tanabata Festival 2018: Celebrating Japanese Culture and Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome and celebrate July with the Philippines-Japan Friendship ceremony and cultural show at the <strong>Baguio Tanabata Festival<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>July 7\u00a0<\/strong>to<strong> September 16, 2018!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16114\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"858\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Organized by the Japanese Association in Northern Luzon\u00a0(JANL)<em>\u00a0<\/em>and Filipino-Japanese Foundation of Northern Luzon\u00a0(Abong), this year&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Baguio Tanabata Festival <\/strong>will be offering tourism poster exhibitions, Japanese film screenings, workshops, plus Japanese instrument and performances.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Enjoy all of these as admission is absolutely <strong>FREE!<\/strong><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16119\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata-1-e1530601916536-1024x729.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata-1-e1530601916536-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata-1-e1530601916536-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata-1-e1530601916536-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Tanabata-1-e1530601916536.jpg 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is\u00a0the Baguio Tanabata Festival 2018 program lineup:<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 7, 2018 (Saturday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9 a.m.: Sendai Style Tanabata Fukinagashi Streamer Making (workshop at Abong Hall)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 22, 2018 (Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9 a.m.: Philippines-Japan Friendship Day Ceremony at Japanese Garden along Gov. Pack Rd.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1 p.m.: Friendship Day Cultural Show at Ballroom\/Baguio Country Club<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Performance by Wakakusa-Benikoma-Shachu Shamisen music group\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Kumamoto, Japan, and Japanese traditional dance by\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sayaw Hapon Sakura from Manila.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 23 to July 27, 2018 (Monday to Friday)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exhibit of Japanese Culture at Wolfson Room\/Baguio Country\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Club<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 28, 2018 (Saturday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exhibit and Workshop of Japanese Culture at Wolfson Room<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/BCC\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Tanabata decoration, Sendai Style 7 ornaments making\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">workshop)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>August 5, 2018 (Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 p.m.:<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Opening of Baguio Tanabata 9 Exhibit at Baguio Museum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>August 5 to August 29, 2018\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exhibit at Baguio Museum<\/li>\n<li>JICA <em>\u201cChange Around Us\u201d<\/em> exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Kumamoto\/Amakusa Tourism Poster exhibit<\/li>\n<li>Sengoku Tanabataof Amakusa Shiro&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Rebellion exhibit<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Japanese Film Festival at 5 Major Universities in Baguio:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aug 24, 2018: <\/strong>Benguet State University gym<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aug 30, 2018: <\/strong>Saint Louis University Laboratory High School Navy base <em>(Tentative)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aug 31, 2018: <\/strong>Center for Culture and the Arts, Saint Louis University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sep 9, 2018:\u00a0<\/strong>Center for Culture and the Arts, Saint Louis University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept 10, 2018: <\/strong>UP Baguio theater<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sept 13 to 14, 2018: <\/strong>University of the Cordilleras Auditorium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make room this July as we celebrate the Philippines-Japan Friendship month with lots of\u00a0activities and events to celebrate the strong and longstanding friendship between the two countries. For more information, you can visit their website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\/\">https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What:\u00a0Baguio Tanabata Festival 2018<br \/>\nWhere: Baguio City<br \/>\nWhen:\u00a0July 7 to\u00a0September 16, 2018<br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jfmanila\/\">www.facebook.com\/jfmanila<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/jfmo.org.ph\/\">jfmo.org.ph<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catch the Philippines-Japan Friendship ceremony and cultural show at the Baguio Tanabata Festival on July 7, 2018 to September 16, 2018!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,642,5266,64],"tags":[5303,5305,5306,5304,5302],"class_list":["post-16113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-baguio","category-exhibit","category-film","category-film-festival","tag-baguio-tanabata-festival","tag-japanese-culture","tag-japanese-exhibit","tag-japanese-film-screenings","tag-philippines-japan-friendship-month"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16113"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16153,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16113\/revisions\/16153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}