11:50

Taiko Drums Performance

Experience Japan Taiko Team is joined by the new children’s Junior Team

12:00

Festival Welcome and Introduction

Soranbushi Performance

Traditional Japanese Dance

Amateur Performance

Saxophone by Mariko Hamada

Taiseiyo Taiko Drums Performance

Amateur Performance

Traditional Irish Music with Kevin and Darragh McCarthy

12:40

J-Pop Dance Performance

Special Japanese Guest Performer

Traditional Tsugaru Shamisen by Hibiki Sawada

13:15

Fusion of Japanese and Irish Music

Philip Horan and Junshi Murakami with Rie Maruyama

Japanese Shinobue & Shamisen performance

13:45

Amateur Performance

Volunteer group from the Japanese School of Ireland

Zi-Pang:  Special Taiko & Shinobue Performance

with Hiro Hayashida (Taiko Master), Luke Takahashi & Miyu Kobayashi

14:20

Amateur Performance

Japanese Dance by Odorikko Club

14:35

Traditional Sake Barrel-Opening Ceremony and Guest Speeches

Opened with Soranbushi Performance: a Traditional Japanese Dance

15:00

Celebration of Irish and Japanese Culture

Guest musicians Zi-Pang, Hibiki Sawada & Robbie Walsh with Experience Japan Taiko Team

J-Pop Dance Performance

15:40

Irish Bodhrán Music

Robbie Walsh and James Mahon

15:50

Grand Finale

Zi-Pang with Experience Japan Taiko Team