The 50th Moriya City Arts Festival

About this event

The Moriya City Arts Festival is a comprehensive arts festival held every autumn with the aim of providing citizens with a venue to present their cultural and artistic activities, promoting local culture, and fostering mutual exchange among citizens. Celebrating its 50th edition, this year's festival features an art exhibition, a friendly tea ceremony (Fureai Chakai), the Young Sprouts Concert, an ikebana exhibition, and a performing arts festival. The art exhibition showcases works across diverse genres, including handicrafts, craft arts, paintings, haiku, tanka, photography, and calligraphy. At the friendly tea ceremony, guests can enjoy three tea seatings and an oshinogi light meal seating, experiencing tea ceremonies of different schools. The Young Sprouts Concert offers free admission to performances by young musicians who represent the next generation. The ikebana exhibition displays beautiful flower arrangement works, with a hands-on workshop scheduled to be held by the Ikebana Division. The performing arts festival presents diverse programs, including presentations by participants in traditional culture parent-child classes, as well as koto music, noh theater, kimono dressing, dance, folk songs, traditional Japanese music appreciation, and health calisthenics.

Venue

Moriya Citizen Exchange Plaza

5-25-1 Goshogaoka, Moriya, Ibaraki 302-0119