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Manjiro Festival

  • 07 Oct 2017
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Historic Center of Fairhaven, Center and Walnut Streets, Fairhaven, MA 02719

Manjiro Festival

Saturday, October 7, 2017 from 10 AM - 5 PM
Historic Center of Fairhaven, Center and Walnut Streets, Fairhaven, MA 02719

A Japanese-American festival commemorating Manjiro Nakahama, the first Japanese person to live in America, and the town’s Sister City connection with Tosashimizu, Japan, established 30 years ago in 1987.

There will be Japanese and American music and food, martial arts demonstrations, taiko drummers, flower arranging, raffles, Japanese items plus 30 food and craft booths, a tea ceremony, and much more! There is free admission to the festival, the bus tour of the Manjiro Trail, Captain Whitfield’s house, and the Old Stone School House.

Sponsored by the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society. Free. For more information call 508-995- 1219 or visit http://Whitfield-Manjiro.org

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