Japan-America Friendship Festival

Celebrate the friendship between Japan and the United States at the Japan–America Friendship Festival, part of Newport’s biennial Newport–Shimoda Sister City Celebration! Join us at Touro Park for a day of cultural exchange and family fun. Experience the thunder of taiko drums, graceful martial arts demonstrations, hands on kids’ crafts, kimono photo moments, calligraphy, origami, Family Cosplay Costume Contest, and delicious Japanese inspired food. Free event. Rain or shine. Please join us for this innovative, accessible and authentic cultural experience! More details to come! See here for further details.