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Events
Jun
15
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Featured Film Screening: "Lu Over the Wall"
2017, Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, 1 hr 52 mins.
1:30 PM
Off Campus Location
Jun
16
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Great Lakes Taiko Drumming Performance
Great Lakes Taiko Center (GLTC) 五大湖太鼓センター
6:00 PM
Lobby
Off Campus Location
Jun
17
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Koinobori Carp Streamers Craft
2:00 PM
Multi-Purpose Room
Off Campus Location
Jun
17
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Free Screening: Carving the Divine: Buddhist Sculptors of Japan
Yujiro Seki, 2019, 1h 39m
5:30 PM
4th Floor Meeting Room
Off Campus Location
Jun
18
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Kintsugi Demonstration with Aki Motoyama
Aki Motoyama
1:30 PM
1st Floor Lobby
Off Campus Location
Jun
18
Ann Arbor Japan Week 2025 | Kintsugi Demonstration with Aki Motoyama
Aki Motoyama
5:30 PM
1st Floor
Off Campus Location