Japan Festival 2014 Report
Blessed with good weather the 15th Japan Festival concluded as a big success again.
Unfortunately there was an unexpected factor that had some significant impact on the management of the festival, that is, the number of visitors were significantly reduced as they were forced to use busses due to the cancellation of the train services to Box Hill Station.
However, everything else was good: this year’s Special Attraction, the demonstration of lolly figure making by the lolly artist specially invited from Japan was very popular; and the performance on the main stage by the professional juggler involving spectators got the whole venue excited. The closing stage performance this year was not by the Wadaiko Rindo as in the past years, but for the first time by George Kawakami on guitar and Noriko Tadano on Tsugaru shamisen, who became famous nation-wide on TV last year, and they added a new tone to the festival. The Wadaiko Rindo did not miss their beats of course: they performed in the front yard instead and delivered their drumming sound to the visitors and beyond the venue’s boundary.
To conclude my report, I would like to take this opportunity and thank all the visitors, the large number of volunteer helpers, and all the other people who were involved in this year’s Japan Festival.
I would also like to ask you to please support JCV’s Japan Festival in the years to come.
Thank you very, very much.
Minoru Nagashima
Chairman
The Japan Festival Organising Committee 2014
Japan Club of Victoria Inc. (Reg. No. A003554B)
Japan Festival 2014 "Raffle Prizes
| Prize | Value | Sponsor | Winning No | Winner’s name | |
| 1st | Return Trip for two to Japan |
$3,600 | JAL,JTB Rydges,JFOC |
2123 | Georgia Coon |
| 2nd | Janome Sewing Machine |
$699 | Janome | 1195 | Katsutoshi Maeda |
| 3rd | Yamaha Headhorn |
$349.95 | Yamaha | 5937 | Rachel Jonen |
| 4th | CAL Eyewear Gift Vouchers |
$200 | CAL Eyewear | 7750 | Minori Teramoto |
| 5th | Kajita Gift Vouchers |
$100 | Kajita | 5015 | Yayoi Nagashima |
| 6th | Meal Voucher | $50 | Sushimasa | 6447 | Ben Chen |
JApan Festival 2014 "Drawing Contest"
| Prize | Value | Sponsor | Winner’s name | School | |
| Winner | Gift Card P/S | $50 | JCV/JFOC | Isabella Mackvill | Gardenvale P.S |
| Costume P | Gift Card P/S | $30 | JCV/JFOC | Maxwell Conway | Kalinda P.S |
| Special P | Gift Card P/S | $20 | JCV/JFOC | Arisa Onishi | Melbourne International School of Japan |
| Prize | Value | Sponsor | Winner’s name | School | |
| Winner | Gift Card S/C | $100 | JCV/JFOC | Ai Takagu | Mt Waverley S.C |
| Costume P | Gift Card S/C | $50 | JCV/JFOC | Charlott Luong | Bentwood S.C |
| Special P | Gift Card S/C | $30 | JCV/JFOC | Tomonosuke Sakaguchi | Japanese School of Melbourne |
Japan Festival 2014 "Kimono Contest"
| Prize | Value | Sponsor | Winner’s name | |
| Winner | Gift Voucher | $50 | Kajita | Tyki Tadano Colebrook |
| Costume P | Shopping Voucher | $30 | JCV/JFOC | Georgia Pattoson |
| Special P | Shopping Voucher | $20 | JCV/JFOC | Juliet Ito Cannon |
Japan Festival 2014 "Cosplay Contest"
| Prize | Value | Sponsor | Winner’s name | |
| Winner | Gift Voucher | $50 | Kajita | Kaede |
| Costume P | Shopping Voucher | $25 | JCV/JFOC | Lei |
| Special P | Shopping Voucher | $20 | JCV/JFOC | Terri |
