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, weather permitting.
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 – please make reservations
February 22 (Sat) 10 am-4 pm “Where in the World Day” at Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum
March 8 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony – please make reservations
March 28 (Fri) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Day
April 1 (Tue) Tea House & Gardens open for the season
April 8-12 (Tue- Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
May 13-17 (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 14 (Sat) 2-3 pm Special Tea Ceremony for Tomodachi Society
June 21 (Sat) 1-4 pm Bonsai Workshop by Jack Sustic (with Juniper Tree) – See Flyer
July 3 (Thu) 1-3pm Tanabata Festival
July 4-7 (Fri-Mon) Closed for Independence Day Weekend
July 8 – 12 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
July 9 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
July 19 (Sat) 1-4 pm Bonsai Workshop by Jack Sustic (with Ficus) – See Flyer
July 23 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
August 13 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
August 19 – 23 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
August 27 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
September 9 – 13 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
September 10 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
September 13 (Sat) Tea House Closed after 2PM – NO Public Tea Ceremony is offered
September 14 (Sun) – 1-4 pm Japan Festival in Saginaw
September 24 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
October 8 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
October 17 (Fri) 2- 3:30 pm Manga: A Japanese Comic Odyssey by Professor Monika Dix – See Flyer
October 21-25 (Tue-Sat) noon-4 pm Garden Volunteer Week
October 22 (Wed) 10:30-noon Ikebana Class at Castle Museum of Saginaw County
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