Events
Last updated date：2022/12/7
Naka Ward Multicultural Festa - A Day to Connect You to the World
[Inquiries] Naka International Lounge Tel: 045-210-0667 Fax: 045-224-8343
We have prepared various events where visitors can experience cultures from around the world, such as a demonstration of making pysanky, a traditional Ukrainian handicraft.
Some events may require an application on the day of the event. For details, please visit the Naka International Lounge website（外部サイト）.
Date: December 17 (Sat.), 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place: Naka International Lounge (1st floor of Naka Ward Office Annex)
Ms. Sorotka, the instructor on making pysanky, and her work “a symbol to protect against bad luck and to make good dreams come true”
Mini Chinese class at the Chinese tea tasting event
Independent film screenings will be held as a pre-event of the Multicultural Festa
The following three films will be screened on the evening before the Multicultural Festa: Being a Different Color is Neither Strange nor Special: We who Seek the Colors of the Rainbow; Koyo Jisei–Living My Own Life; and I Wanna Fall in Love.
These are independent productions by young people living in Naka Ward with roots spanning multiple languages and cultures. Through these works, they turn the lens to focus on their own lives and think about what it means to live on their own terms.
Date: December 16 (Fri.), 6:15 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Place: Cinema Jack & Betty (3-51 Wakaba-cho)
Capacity: 80 (first-come, first-served)
In December 2017, graduates of a learning support class for foreign junior high school students in Naka Ward held at the Naka International Lounge formed the steering committee Nijiiro Tankentai. In addition to planning and operating Rainbow Space, a place that provides a welcoming place for young people to come and spend time, the group also runs activities to encourage members to express themselves, such as video production, and undertakes initiatives that contribute to the local community.
Naka Ward Photo Contest 2022
[Inquiries] Chiiki Katsudō Tantō (Community Activities Section), Naka Ward Office
Tel: 045-224-8132 Fax: 045-224-8215
We would like you to submit your photos together with comments about the charms of Naka Ward. It could be something so special that only you know about it, or maybe something that you know about because you are a local. The winning entries will be displayed at Yokohama City Hall and used for future publicity in Naka Ward, helping residents rediscover the charms of Naka Ward and giving a fresh perspective of the community which cannot be seen on tourist maps.
We are looking forward to receiving many applications!
Winners will receive a memento related to Naka Ward as a supplementary prize.
Submission period: November 1 (Tue.), 2022 - January 13 (Fri.), 2023
For details on how to apply and other precautions, please refer to the website(Japanese).
⇒ 2021 Winning entries and honorable mentions (iJapanese)
Institution List
●Yokohama Convention and Visitors Bureau（外部サイト）
●Sankeien(Japanese Graden)（外部サイト）
●YOKOHAMA HAKKEIJIMA SEA PARADAISE （外部サイト）
●Kanagawa Museum（外部サイト）
●Training Ship NIPPON Maru（外部サイト）
●Yokohama Nigiwai-za(Japanese cultural theater)（外部サイト）
●Yokohama Archives of History（外部サイト）
●Museum of Yokohama Urban History(Japanese)（外部サイト）
●Yokohama Museum of EurAsian Culture(Japanese)（外部サイト）
●CUPNOODLES MUSEUM（外部サイト）
●Yamate Residence（外部サイト）
●JICA(Japan International Cooperation Agency)（外部サイト）
●Hikawamaru（外部サイト）
