2025 EVENTS & PROGRAMS
Our daily services and programming will resume on April 1, 2025.
During the off-season (November 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025), the tea house will remain open exclusively for tea ceremony demonstrations, held every second Saturday from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.
Please check this page regularly for updates as we finalize our 2025 season’s events and programs. For any inquiries, feel free to reach out to us via email at director@japaneseculturalcenter.org.
January 11 (Sat) -2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony – CANCELED due to inclement weather
February 8 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony
March 8 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony
April 1 (Tue) noon- 4 pm Tea House and Gardens open daily for the season
April 28 (Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Day
May 13-18 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
May 31 (Sat) 1-4 pm Bonsai Workshop by Jack Sustic (with Juniper Tree) – See Flyer
June 10-14 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
June 21 (Sat) 1-4 pm Bonsai Workshop by Jack Sustic (with Juniper Tree) – See Flyer
July 4 (Fri) Tea House & Gardens Closed for Independence Day
July 8 – 12 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
July 12 (Sat) 1-2 pm Tomodachi Society Tea Ceremony
July 19 (Sat) 1-4 pm Bonsai Workshop by Jack Sustic (with Ficus) – See Flyer
August 19 – 23 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
September 9 – 13 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
Septemrber 13 (Sat) Tea House Closed after 2PM – NO Public Tea Ceremony is offered
September 14 (Sun) – 1-4 pm Japan Festival
October 21-25 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
November 1 (Sat) Gardens and Tea House close for the 2025 end-of-the-season
November 8 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony
November 21 (Fri) 5:30-8:30 pm Open House, Holidays in the Heart of the City
December 13 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony
Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House, and Gardens
527 Ezra Rust Drive
Saginaw, Michigan 48601
Phone: 989.759.1648
director@japaneseculturalcenter.org