Japan Festival Workshop
This annual event is hosted by the Greater Kansas City Japan Festival in conjunction with the Johnson County Community while sponsored and hosted by the CEAS Title VI Department of Education National Resource Center grant for 2022-2025 and the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
This K-12 educator workshop takes place the morning of the Greater KC Japan Festival so that attendees can explore the various activities and workshops at the festival throughout the day. The workshop is open to all K-12 in-service and preservice educators. All attendees will receive FREE entry into the Greater KC Japan Festival, FREE education materials, and a FREE book.
We hope to see you at the Japan Festival Workshop!
2024 Japan Festival - Yōkai
The 26th annual Greater KC Japan Festival theme is 'Yōkai & Japanese Folklore.'
With a brief introduction to the diverse world of yōkai, this interactive workshop showcases various strategies and activities to effectively leverage yōkai in fostering cross-cultural learning and critical thinking in the classroom. Having emerged to explain various unusual phenomena, yōkai still play a significant role in Japanese culture, from traditional arts and festivals to popular culture expressions and everyday interactions. While many of these supernatural entities can be also used to impart proper behavioral patterns and morals, yōkai possess a far more complex nature that offers an opportunity to foster more complex understandings of values.