庭園祭 Garden Festival at the EKŌ Center Sep 13, 2025: Sat Sep 13, 2025, 3:00 – approx. 6:00 pm
Doors open 2:30 pm. Admission: adults €8.00 | Pupils (from 6 years) / students €5.00 (Tickets are only available at the box office on the day. No reservation possible!)

This year, our traditional Garden Festival will once again take place in an early autumn atmosphere with many artists performing on the site. The Pure Land Garden is transformed into a celebration space, in whose joy and cheerfulness, as they arise from the presence of the Buddha Amida, everyone is cordially invited to take part. It will be a day of encounters and getting to know each other, on which the worlds of Japan and Germany can connect in a new way.

Stage program:
Taiko 太鼓 Japanese taiko performance of the Ensembles MIYABI & LION (Leader: Yūko KOJIMA-BAUER)
Koto 箏 Sounds of the Japanese koto zither (Leader: KIKUCHI Naoko)
Jiuta-shamisen 地歌三味線 Singing and playing the shamisen (Leader: Tomoko SCHMIDT)
Nihon buyō 日本舞踊 Traditional Japanese dance with SAKON Chigusa and students
Kendō 剣道 Techniques and tactics of sword fighting with the Kendō Club Düsseldorf (Leader: KAWAII Noriyuki)
Kinderchor des EKŌ-Kindergartens
Kimono 着物 Presentation of the Kimono Club of HHU Düsseldorf (Leaders: Rebecca HARDIJANTO, Roxanne DRAEGER)
Samurai 侍 The sword nobility of ancient Japan with the Samurai Gruppe Takeda e.V. (Leader: Michael HEGENBERG)

Exhibitions (Foyer and EKŌ Hall):
Foyer: Samurai – Culture of a warrior class in anciIkebana exhibition of the Ikebana International Chapter Cologne (exhibition representative: Ulrike Linhorst) – Demonstrations (approx. 20 minutes each): 3:30 pm | 4:30 pment Japan: Exhibition exhibits of the Samurai Group Takeda e.V. and photographs by Claudia Fährenkemper (Information here)
EKŌ Hall: Ikebana exhibition of the Ikebana International Chapter Cologne (exhibition representative: Ulrike Kuppels) – Demonstrations (approx. 20 minutes each): 3:30 pm | 4:30 pm

Japanese snacks at low prices are available on site.

Note: Sun Sep 14, 2025, 1-5 pm: Special opening of the EKŌ Center (Last entry to the main building: 4 pm)