Match 3rd is Hinamatsuri (Girl's Day) in Japan. We celebrated this event with the children here at Megumi. We wish every child happiness and healthy growth.

February 3rd is the day of Setsubun. The meaning behind Setsubun is to wish everyone a happy and healthy life.  We wish you all a healthy year!!

Our new school year started this month. We welcomed new students and current students continue Megumi as well. We hope everyone will enjoy their time here with us and have many wonderful memories.

We have a summer festival today. The children enjoyed playing a ball-tossing game, fishing game, bowling, playing Taiko drum, and had shaved ice. Yesterday, the children carried Mikoshi and walked in the hallway.We had so much fun celebrating summer!

The other day, the Japanese violinist and pianist couple, Duo Takase visited Megumi Preschool and treated us to a live performance!!! 

On Saturday, Feb. 25, we had the opportunity to perform at the Seattle Kumamoto Kenjinkai.

On Saturday, Feb. 25, we had the opportunity to perform at the Seattle Kumamoto Kenjinkai.

Today is Setsubun. We have read books about Setsubun in class, make oni craft and then have the children throw paper balls at the oni. it is our hope here at Megumi that everyone enjoys a healthy and happy year!!!

Takumi Kato, the Japanese Taiko dram performer, performed at Megumi preschool with his family. It was a great performance. All students were amazed and paying great focus on listening and feeling the vibration of big Taiko. We hope Kato Family's journey will be success and hope to see you again!

Zo class children have practiced Okinawa Taiko for their Holiday Concert. And today we had a chance to see a real Okinawa Taiko performance!! The children experienced hitting big taiko and they also performed taiko with the performers. It was a good experience for us.