Description
Tanabata Matsuri is a traditional Japanese cultural event in La Ciotat, organised by the Ciotanoshii association in collaboration with the Les Lumières de l'Eden association.
The Ciotanoshii association has long had a tradition of bringing the association’s year to a close with a small Tanabata celebration, to introduce its pupils to this beautiful tradition. In 2022, the opportunity arose to transform this small, intimate afternoon gathering into a genuine Japanese matsuri (street festival) open to all, and that is how Tanabata Matsuri came into being!
Tanabata Matsuri brings together, in a single event, the traditions of the Tanabata legend with cultural, culinary and recreational experiences. Thanks to the support of the team at the Cinéma Eden-Théâtre, a programme dedicated to Japanese cinema is also on offer on the same day.
This matsuri has several objectives:
To offer the town of La Ciotat a traditional Japanese festival that is unique in the region,
To showcase Japanese cinema in the world’s oldest cinema still in operation,
To raise awareness of the association and its values amongst as many people as possible,
To raise funds for the Ciotanoshii association, to be used in the following financial year.
100% Japanese activities on the forecourt
Stalls run by the Ciotanoshii association, its partners and volunteers
Japanese food: 2 savoury food stalls run by La Cuisine Ambulante and Merry’s Foodies, and 1 sweet treat stall
Taste Japanese koji lager, created by Zoumai Brewery, the Nanfutsu Yokoso association, Akikoji and Oryzake.
Tote bags decorated using stencils by the artist Hitomi Takeda
Activities organised by the MarseKobe association
Japanese flea market
Introduction to shogi
Japanese games: bouncing ball fishing, wooden games, balloon fishing, pinball, Gashapon machine, shape-cutting...
Writing New Year’s wishes
Fortune-telling
Origami
Yokai hunt on the forecourt (under 10s only)
Blind watermelon-smashing game (in front of the forecourt entrance)
This year, we are offering an exclusive sale of the bilingual (FR/JP) illustrated book “Orihime and Hikoboshi: The Legend of Tanabata”, created for the Ciotanoshii association.
It will be available at the ticket office for a single price of €10.
The story will be told in both languages inside the cinema, in the form of a kamishibai.
Reading times: 1.25 pm and 3.30 pm
100% Japanese film programme, in Japanese
1.45 pm: My Neighbours the Yamadas (film in French as part of the ‘ciné-gourmand’ event)
3.50 pm: Castle in the Sky
6.00 pm: Perfect Days
8.15 pm: The Master of Kabuki
