Festival Schedule

Celebrate summer and Japanese culture with us! The Natsu-Matsuri is a summer festival held throughout Japan, and we're organizing one in the heart of Ottawa!

Come and enjoy some food, watch performers such as dancers, musicians and martial-artists, and discover Japanese culture with our many exhibitor booths.

Date: Sunday, July 23rd 2017
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Mooney's Bay, Ottawa

Volunteers Wanted!

Want to be even more involved in the Natsu-Matsuri? Sign up as a volunteer! We need help at each of the festival stations throughout the day, as well as preparations. If you aren't free all day, you can volunteer based on your schedule.

Sign up as a Natsu-Matsuri volunteer here!

Partners

Date: Saturday, May 20th, 2017
Time: Noon
Meeting spot: Dunton Tower on the Carleton University campus (directions)

RSVP: REQUIRED (RSVP HERE)

Join us in enjoying the Japanese tradition of having a picnic under the beautiful blossoming trees during spring! Everyone is welcome, including friends and family of JET alumni.

The picnic will be in the arboretum, a large 26 hector park, located between Prince of Wales Drive and the Rideau Canal, with a lot of open space. It has over 1,700 of different kinds of shrubs and trees from all over the world – including the famous Japanese cherry blossom trees! We will meet at the Carleton University campus at Dunton Tower and then walk over to the Hanami Picnic area.

This is a bring-your-own-food/drinks event, but we are also taking orders for Sushi Fresh!

To order sushi:

1) Check out Sushi Fresh's menu:
bento boxes | lunch specials.

Note: Tax is not included in these prices, so please factor that in when you make your order.

2) When you RSVP to the Hanami Picnic, there will be a space to enter your order.

3) Bring your payment to the Hanami Picnic. We will have your sushi ready for you!

We look forward to welcoming spring with you under the spring blossoms!

Saturday, March 25th

3pm-5pm
The Loft Board Game Lounge
14 Waller St, 2nd floor
Cost: $5.50/person 'Stay and Play' fee

Come join us for a fun afternoon of games, food and drink. Last year's event was a blast and we're hoping to have just as much fun this year. Don't worry if you don't know any games, as the staff are great at explaining everything. Just show up at 3pm at 14 Waller Street and head upstairs.

You can also order food and drinks. Check out the The Loft website (http://www.theloftlounge.ca/) to see their menu and to get an idea of the games available (basically everything)

This event is open to everyone, please RSVP to give us an idea of numbers: events@jetaaottawa.ca