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