Come listen to a bilingual story in Japanese and English!
Bring your children to East Asian Story Time, and enjoy a Kamishibai telling of "The Bamboo Princess" (かぐや姫). The story tells the tale of a childless bamboo cutter who finds an infant in a stalk of bamboo.
A popular form of street theater in the 1930s and post-war Japan, Kamishibai (紙芝居) or “paper play” is a set of illustrated boards or cards that tell a story.
Can't make it in-person? Register in advance to watch the program live on Zoom.
Co-sponsored by The Urbana Free Library and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Illinois. You can attend in-person or by watching a live stream of the program on Zoom. Register in advance to receive a link to watch the program online.
Conveniently located at the corner of Race and Green in downtown Urbana.
