Japan Fiesta is held twice a year, with the next one taking place on Saturday 12 October at Riccarton Park, Christchurch.
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Japan Fiesta EX 2024
Date: Saturday 12th October 2024 10:00-18:00
Venue: Riccarton Park
Organiser: Japan Fiesta NZ Committee
Co-organiser.The Japanese Society of Canterbury
Organised by: Consulate of Japan in Christchurch
Provided by: Christchurch City Council
Run by: Japan Daisuki Ltd
Official Special Guests
Kaoru Mori
The author of "Shirley," "Emma," and "A Bride's Story," Kaoru Mori, will be joining this event! We will be holding an exhibition of her works, so please come and take a look. We are also planning a Q&A session, live drawing, and autograph signing!
Kaoru Mori
Real Name: Kaoru Mori
Born: September 18, 1978 (45 years old), Tokyo, Japan
Active: Since 2001 -
Genres: Historical Manga, Romance
Notable Works: Emma, A Bride's Story
Awards: Emma - Excellence Prize, 9th Japan Media Arts Festival (Manga Division)
A Bride's Story - Intergenerational Award, 39th Angoulême International Comics Festival; Manga Taisho 2014
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riya(eufonius)
We are excited to announce that anime song singer Riya (eufonius) will be performing on stage at the event! We are planning a Q&A session, as well as a live performance. The first 30 people to attend the autograph session will receive a free rental penlight! Light up the stage and join us in making the live performance even more exciting!
After graduating from a junior college with a degree in music, she admired Akino Arai and started making music while working as a keyboard instructor. Later, she met Kikuchi after uploading a song on her personal website and formed eufonius, which made its major debut in October 2004 with the OP&ED theme song for the TV anime "Soukoi". His clear and pleasant voice has been talked about in various fields, and he has sung for the TV anime 'CLANNAD', 'true tears', 'Yosuga no Sora' and numerous anime and game theme songs.
Solo activities also include "FINAL FANTASY LEGENDS" theme song "Sekai no Yukue", "ISLAND" theme song "Traveler's tale", "Liddy & Soul's Atelier 〜The Alchemist of Mysterious Painting' theme song 'Cloma (sung by riya and Ceui)', 'Canvas', 'Grisaia Phantom Trigger' vol. 7 ED theme 'Reimei no Elysion' and other songs.
She is also active in a wide range of other activities, including songwriting and chorus participation for various artists.
Official Instagram https://www.instagram.com/riya_eufonius/
Official FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/riya.eufonius
Official X https://x.com/riya_eufonius
Tohoku Fair
Last time, Nara and Yamanashi prefectures presented their respective specialities. Do you remember them? This year's event is the 'Tohoku Fair', bringing local specialities from the six prefectures of the Tohoku region.
Tetsudo Musume is a unique Japanese character series developed by Tomytec (Takara Tomy Group).
Each character is a woman wearing the uniform of a real railway company and working on a railway-related job.They are also characterised by being named after real station names, train names and railway facilities.
This time, in collaboration with the Tohoku Fair, ten railway musume from the Tohoku prefectures will participate.Please look forward to it!
Railway Musume, a big hit with railway fans and character collectors, enjoyably conveys the charm of Japan's railways through unique and lovable characters.
Hoyadol Moe
Hoyadol Moe, an idol of Miyagi Prefecture's speciality, hoya, will be at the Tohoku Fair on the day of the event! She will be dancing on an indoor stage and performing a few songs with Q&A!
The "Hoya Dolls" are Hoya idols who promote Miyagi Prefecture's delicious marine product "Hoya" to the whole country and the whole world!
"Hoyadol" are idols who wear hoya-inspired hairstyles and hoya-coloured (orange) costumes and sing hoya-themed songs.
Her greeting is "Hoyahho!"
Official HP ▶︎ https://www.moeishinomaki.com
Official X ▶︎ https://twitter.com/Moe_hoya
Official Instagram ▶︎ https://www.instagram.com/moe_hoya/
Official YouTube ▶︎ https://www.youtube.com/@official4848
Oceania Palette
Open Art Exhibition
Featuring Artists from Oceania & Japan
Japan Daisuki x pixiv
pixiv is an art community with over 100 million registered art fans and creators. pixiv is a platform where people can publish illustrations, manga and novels and receive comments, bookmarks and support from the community.
It offers various services to enjoy drawing more, including the fan community pixivFANBOX, the marketplace BOOTH, the iPad drawing application Pastela, the drawing tool SKETCH and the 3D character maker VRoid Studio.We also offer a variety of services to make drawing more enjoyable.Please register with us!
This time, Pixiv and JapanDaisuki have collaborated on a project!
Japanese Sentō "Kenbiyakutō" (live drawing)
Mr. Nakajima, one of only two remaining "Sentō painters" in the world, will be doing a live drawing at Japan Fiesta! Be sure to look forward to seeing what kind of artwork will be created.
Stalls and exhibits
Tea Ceremony
Stalls and Exhibits
Artist Alley
"Matsuri" booth
Anime Movie Screening
The films scheduled for this event are Suzume and Howl's Moving Castle. They will be screened on a large outdoor monitor. Enjoy the screenings with your family while savoring food from the stalls!
Rubik's Cube Art
Rubik's Cube Art artist Taka & Haru makes his first appearance at the event! Using 1,000 Rubik's Cubes, the artist will create a picture of Katsushika Hokusai.Completion is scheduled for around noon.Let's all see it completed!
Origami Exhibition (Kameoka Works)
Hatsune Miku Artist Exhibition
Exhibition and sales area for works by BMTNZ, a coterie group formed by 30 Japanese Hatsune Miku artists.
Advance admission tickets on sale now!(Early Bird: 5% discount now)
An admission ticket is required to enjoy all content.Advance tickets are currently on sale! Purchase by 11th October for a 5% discount. Purchase as soon as possible!
Event volunteers wanted!
Would you like to be part of the management team and help make the event a success? If you are interested in becoming a volunteer staff member, please register here. A representative will contact you.
From the Japan Fiesta Committee
The success of the past three Japan Fiestas has been made possible by the support of the Japanese Association of Canterbury, the Japanese Consulate in Christchurch, Christchurch City Council, stall holders, exhibitors, performers, volunteers and the thousands of visitors who attended the events. We could not have done it without your support.
We would like to express our gratitude to the many people who have supported us over the years and, in order to live up to their expectations, the entire staff will continue to work hard to make this an annual event in the future.
Over the past few decades, anime and manga have carved a yearning for Japan in the hearts of fans around the world, through the themes of their works and the Japanese society and culture depicted in the background, past and present, cities and nature.
The subtitle "Focused on ANIME & MANGA with All Japanese Culture" expresses this sentiment.With this content, we hope to show the people living in New Zealand the various attractions of Japan.
New Zealand company JapanDaisuki is an event planning and management company that supports Japanese cultural organisations and businesses with the aim of introducing and promoting Japanese culture to the people of New Zealand.JapanFiesta is the company's bi-annualJapanFiesta is the company's bi-annual Japanese cultural event.
A new concept Japanese cultural event named 'Japan Fiesta in Christchurch' will be launched in 2023 and has already been held three times.Focusing on Japanese pop culture, the event introduces traditional Japanese customs such as tea ceremony, martial arts, Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival), helmet, origami, origami and ukiyoe (woodblock prints), and traditional performing arts from around Japan, while also fusing past and present Japanese culture into a new form.The event is organised as 'JapaFest'.
