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
March 8 (Sat) 2-3 pm Public Tea Ceremony – please make reservations
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
September 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