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.

Japanese snacks at low prices are available on site.

Stage program

Taiko 太鼓 Japanese taiko performance of the Ensembles MIYABI & LION (Leader: Yūko KOJIMA-BAUER)

Koto 事 Sounds of the Japanese koto zither (Leader: KIKUCHI Naoko)

Jiuta-shamisen 地歌三味線 Singing and playing the shamisen (Leader: Tomoko SCHMIDT)

Todoroki Yosakoi 轟 Japanese folk dance (Leader: MASUTANI Nahoko)

Children’s choir of the EKŌ-Kindergarten

Kimono 着物 Presentation of the Kimono Club of HHU Düsseldorf (Leader: Rebecca HARDIJANTO)

Samurai 侍 Demonstration of various types of armor, Samurai Gruppe Takeda e.V. (Leader: Michael HEGENBERG)

Exhibitions (Foyer and EKŌ Hall)

Foyer: Where the Gaze Falls. Sculptures, collages, and photographs by Koken NOMURA (1948-2021)

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