Nihon no Matsuri

Nihon No Matsuri
Status	Active
Genre	Multi-genre
Venue	Japan Genki Community, Telkom Insitute of Tecnology
Location	Bandung, West Java
Country	Indonesia
First held	2007
Organizer	Nihon no Matsuri Event Organizer
Filing status	Non-Profit
Attendance	Around 2000, in 2010

Nihon no Matsuri (日本の祭り, Nihon no Matsuri^?)(Japanese Festival) is a Japanese cultural festival which held in Bandung,^[1] West Java, Indonesia. This is a big Japanese event organized by Telkom Institute of Technology’s^[2] Student Activity Unit of Japanese Culture, Japan Genki Community. Nihon no Matsuri is held every year since 2007. It contains different activity in every year, but the main activity is Band Audition (Band Blast Kyosho), Cosplay Contest, Culture and Self-Defense Show, Charity, and Japanese Language traning for high school students. In the four year journey, Nihon no Matsuri has become one of the most awaited event^[3] for all japan-lover in Bandung. In addition Nihon no Matsuri 2 was declared as one of the five big event which attended by most visitors at Cihampelas Walk Bandung.

Daftar Acara

Events of Nihon no Matsuri

Event	year	Themes	Place	The Winner of Band Blast Kyosho	The winner of Cosplay Cabaret
Nihon no Matsuri I	2007	Festival Pop-Culture	Cihampelas Walk Bandung,West Java	-	-
Nihon no Matsuri II	2008	Let's Feel the Greatest Japanese Event	Cihampelas Walk Bandung,West Java	-	-
Nihon no Matsuri III	2009	Let Evolution Begin with Culture and Technology	Cihampelas Walk Bandung,West Java	Red Paradise	V for Valkyrie
Nihon no Matsuri IV	2010	Minna no Densetsu (みんな　の　伝説, Minna no Densetsu?) Legend of Everyone	Cihampelas Walk Bandung,West Java	-	-
Nihon no Matsuri V	2011	To be Announced	To be Announced	-	-

Content

Cultural

Bon Odori that closes the series of events Nihon no matsuri III

Many kinds of Japanese culture become the main event of this festival. Japanese dance and music entertain the visitors from the event started until it finished. Some Japanese dances, such as Bon Odori, suppose to be a major attraction for visitors. The music performance with Japanese traditional music instrument, Shamisen, also become one of the content of Nihon no Matsuri. Several demonstrations or performances of Japanese martial, Aikido, was shown to visitors at the beginning of the event. Starting from the fifth volume, Nihon no Matsuri has planned to held Japanese-theme Competition. The competitions are Japanese Speech Contest, Shuji or Japanese calligraphy Contest, Manga Contest and many more.

Band Performance

One of the band singing Japanese song and wearing traditional Japanese clothing Kimono

One of the main content in Nihon no Matsuri is band performances from various Japanese cover bands in Bandung. The bands that appear in Nihon no Matsuri comes from three categories:

-Bands who pass the Band Competition (Band Blast Kyosho). -Bands who volunteered as talent for Nihon no Matsuri -The guest star who chosen by Nihon no Matsuri’s EO

Band Blast Kyosho is a band competition which band is covering Japanese song (or their own Japanese song). This Competition are judged by judges who have the capability in their field. The fields are talent, music and entertainment. There are some aspect of judgement, examples the sound, interaction skills, preparation, properties, costumes and many more. The best three or five bands will perform at the peak of Nihon no Matsuri. The band that wins will get a trophy and cash prize.

The selection for talent’s band is no less difficult. The band who wants to be the talent must send their band profile include the song and video of them. The EO will select the best band so the talent who appears in Nihon no Matsuri is very worthy and qualified. Usually, The guest star is a band that popular among the Japanese lovers. Before the event started, the EO will ask for opinions and suggestions from the public about who is worthy to be a guest star in Nihon no Matsuri. If that band has many vote then it will be invited to Nihon no Matsuri.

Cosplay Contest

One participant of Cosplay Cabaret featuring characters from the Video GameValkyria Chronicles

Cosplayer that having fun in the end of show

Gallery

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  Logo Nihon no Matsuri I
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  Logo Nihon no Matsuri II
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  Logo Nihon no Matsuri III
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  Logo Nihon no Matsuri IV
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  Logo Nihon no Matsuri V (TBA)

References

1. ^ [1], Minna No Densetsu, Ketika Jepang 'Pindah' ke Ciwalk, detikBandung
2. ^ [2], ITT Gelar Festival Jepang Akbar di Ciwalk, detikBandung
3. ^ [3] Ratusan Pengunjung Dihibur Atraksi Budaya Jepang, Tribun Jabar