The Japanese Embassy in Ghana is set to kick off a week-long celebration for the 2015 Japan Week.

The event-packed celebration will begin from Saturday, October 31 and end on Sunday, November 8, 2015, and admission is free for all.

Activities slated for the week-long celebration are; movie shows, Japanese language Speech Contest, Rakugo (Japanese Stage Comedy), Ghana Yosakoi Japan Festival and Judo and Karate Championships.

Aside that there will be a lot of display of Japanese culture in terms of dance, music, food and many more.

Last year’s celebration brought together the Japanese Community in Ghana and a lot of Ghanaians who love Japanese culture or were curious about it.

See below the events...

31st Oct (Sat)

7pm-9pm Movie- Shodo Girls Silverbird Cinema

1st Nov. (Sun)

12pm-4pm Japanese Language Speech Contest Silverbird Cinema

4:30pm-6:30pm Movie (Cartoon Animation) – Doraemon Silverbird Cinema

2nd Nov. (Mon)

7pm-9:40pm Movie-Casting Blossoms to the Sky Silverbird Cinema

3rd Nov. (Tue)

7pm-9pm Movie-Homeland Silverbird Cinema

4th Nov. (Wed)

7pm-8:20pm Movie-Dancing Karate Kid Silverbird Cinema

5th Nov. (Thur)
7pm-8:40pm Movie- Kanzaburo Nakamura (Kabuki Documentary) Silverbird Cinema

6th Nov. (Fri)

10am-12pm (2hrs) Rakugo Performance at School of Performing Arts
Venue - School of Performing Arts, Dance Studio, University of Ghana

7:00pm-9pm (2hrs) Rakugo Performance Silverbird Cinema,

7th Nov. (Sat)

12pm-6pm Ghana Yosakoi Japan Festival Mensvic Grand Hotel, East Legon

7th-8th Nov. (Sat-Sun)

8am-6pm Ambassador Judo Championship and Ambassador Karate-Do Championship
Venue - Accra Sports Stadium