

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: First Friday Gallery Event -  The Art of Japan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Fri, 06 Jun, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Presented in partnership with the Decatur Sister Cities.

FREE OPENING RECEPTION - JUNE 6 @ 5-7 p.m.
Event will include...
- Okinawa Eisa Yui, traditional Okinawan dance and drum performance
- Family art activities
- Judo demonstration
- Matcha Bar and Japanese sweets
- Light refreshments

Exhibit: June 6 - July 24, 2025
Gallery Hours: T-F 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Sa 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Part of our annual International Arts Experience, The Art of Japan will showcase traditional, as well as modern Japanese art and artifacts. 

We will also feature classes, activities and events throughout June &amp; July, including ikebana Japanese flower arranging, Japanese calligraphy, and origami taught by Japanese students from our Sister City, Tokorozawa, Japan.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/decatur/first-friday-gallery-event-the-art-of-japan/200028241992350
- **Event Categories**: art, first-friday, sports, workshops, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 232

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028241992350?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=decatur-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Decatur
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 125 N. Water St., Decatur, IL, United States, Illinois 62523
- **lat**: 39.84186
- **long**: -88.95472
- **full address**: 125 N. Water St., Decatur, IL, United States, Illinois 62523

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Decatur Area Arts Council (https://allevents.in/org/decatur-area-arts-council/2541617)

## Event gallery

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=First+Friday+Gallery+Event+-++The+Art+of+Japan&date=06+Jun

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 06 Jun, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 125 N. Water St., Decatur, IL, United States, Illinois 62523
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Decatur Area Arts Council
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, first-friday, sports, workshops, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about First Friday Gallery Event -  The Art of Japan ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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