Japanese festival is coming back to Gold Coast, attracting more locals

This year's Japan & Friends Day will be held on the 3rd of July at Robina State High School in Gold Coast. Broadcast on the 24th of June, 2021.

The Japan Society of Gold Coast will host its annual Japanese festival called Japan & Friends Day in July, after cancellation last year due to the pandemic. Source: The Japan Society of Gold Coast

Yoko Kashino (second from left in front row), a board member of The Japan Society of Gold Coast, with other directors in 2019. Source: The Japan Society of Gold Coast

【The event is postponed to a later date.  Please check the organizer's SNS and website (Japanese) for updates.  As of 29th of June, 2021】

The Japanese community in Gold Coast has been holding a Japanese festival for about 20 years. 

It had to be cancelled last year due to the coronavirus outbreak but it's coming back this year at a new venue.

Robina State High School, the new venue, has its Japanese Immersion Program.  The Japanese Society of Gold Coast, which organize the festival, hopes that holding the festival at the school will get students and local people involved more.

In the audio, Ms Yoko Kashino talks about the upcoming festival.  Ms Kashino is a member of the organizing committee of the festival and a member of a Japanese taiko drumming group Kizuna, which performs for the festival.

Kizuka, a Japanese taiko drumming group in Gold Coast, is performing for an annual Japanese festival, called Japan & Friends Day. Source: The Japan Society of Gold Coast

The Japan Society of Gold Coast will hold its annual Japan & Friends Day on the 3rd of July this year, after cancellation last year due to the pandemic. Source: The Japan Society of Gold Coast