Katari Japanese Storytelling at the Japan Foundation - March 28

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Date & Time: Saturday, March 28, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. (Doors open at 3:00)
Place: The Japan Foundation, Toronto [Event Hall]
131 Bloor St. West, 2nd Floor
Admission: Free
Audience: Ages 10 and up
RSVP Required: www.jftor.org/whatson/rsvp or 416-966-1600 x 300
For more information, contact (416) 966-2935 or info@jftor.org

As part of the Toronto Festival of Storytelling, the Katari Japanese Storytellers return to the Japan Foundation to present "Haru (Spring) is Here to Stay," a selection of traditional and contemporary stories told in English with some Japanese words, accompanied by music.

Program:
1. Baba-shan Climbs to the Heavens by Mika Fukuma with Yuko Nozoe on taiko drums
2. Never Take the Red Train - Stories of Japan - by Nathalie Vachon
3. Oshirasama: Daughter and the Horse by Koko Kikuchi
4. Tatsujiro: Hawaiian Ghost Story by Tane Akamatsu
5. Wind Festival by Aisha Masaoka
6. Urashima Taro - Back to the Future - by Yusuke Tanaka with guitar

Music: Makoto Tani on Koto
MC: Momoko Oishi

About the Katari Japanese Storytellers:
In 1994, a group of Japanese teachers in Toronto area got together and started telling Japanese stories both in English and Japanese for two purposes: to diffuse Japanese culture to Canadians at large, and to pass their heritage on to the next generation growing up here in Canada.
Yusuke Tanaka, one of the founding members, gave the group its name, the Katari Japanese Storytellers. They have been actively performing as a group, and as individuals, at schools, community events, and at the annual Toronto Festival of Storytelling.