AU Japanese Program

On January 17th we were once again honored to participate in the Coming of Age Ceremony at the Embassy of Japan with our colleagues from Georgetown, George Washington, and Howard Universities.

We enjoyed a wonderful Japan Fair thanks to all of the incredible exhibitors, volunteers, and visitors!

The Japan Fair 2024 enjoyed 152 visitors and 24 exhibitors! The times and date were: October 23rd, 4:00 to 6:00 PM in Mary Graydon Center room 128.

We are very grateful to all of the wonderful exhibitors and visitors! We would especially like to thank for arranging the event as well as the many volunteers for their assistance.

本当にありがとうございました！

On Thursday, September 26th, Jacob Erhart presented on U.S. Military in Okinawa as part of the Summer Scholars program. Dr. Ken Knight was faculty mentor for the research project.

Happy spring everyone!!! The cherry blossoms may be in their peak now but there’s still more fun to come! Please come and enjoy this years annual JASWDC Sakura Matsuri April 15-16th (Saturday & Sunday) Pennsylvania Ave 3rd-7th Street

We hope to see you all there! 🌸


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Hello! The AU Japanese Program is proud to say that more events will be returning this semester so please stay tuned!!!

Our program is also open to having new members. For those who wish to help out for our future events and be apart of the program or have any questions or concerns please contact Professor Kenneth Knight via email

We hope to see everyone at our next event!

Onigiri action 2022 photos!

The AU Japanese Program had an amazing time celebrating our biggest event of the semester 秋祭り Fall Festival!!!

We are very grateful to have had Ikebana International demonstrating the various arts of flower arranging

Stephen Garnier
explaining the origins of origami and showing everyone how to make an origami turtle

Finally we want to also thank Tokiya Japan for giving a talk and demonstration on Japanese kimono and Yukata patterns

Thank you for all who came and showed their support!!!

Join us this Sunday (October 23rd) from 1:00-5:00 pm at the Bentley Lounge for our first Fall Festival hosted by the Japanese Department! We will have Ikebana demonstrations, a kimono try-on demonstration by Tokiya Japan, and an origami workshop taught by Mr. Stephen Granier

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Japanese culture and get to know the Japanese staff at AU!!

On Thursday October 6th, students from JAPN-414 Intro to Japanese Translation joined our event to make onigiri for Onigiri Action Day to help feed kids around the world!

Are you interested in learning about the JET Program? Come join us on October 12th (Wednesday) @ 4:00 pm on zoom for our first event of the semester! The JET Program: Introduction

(Zoom link will be in our bio!)