Current/Upcoming Displays and Events

JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– With Silent Reading Time –
Japanese Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Landscapes
Tue, April 15, 2025
30th Annual Katari Japanese Storytelling Festival
– May the Force Be with Children! –
Sun, May 4, 2025
Past Displays and Events
Book Tree 2025
Mon, January 20 – Sat, March 29, 2025
Do-It-Yourself Casual Calligraphy Day
Sat, March 29, 2025

The Year of Snake Origami Display
Jan-Feb 2025
First Love and Beyond: Author SHIMAMOTO Rio
on Japanese Romance Fiction
Wed, Feb 12, 2025
*Recorded Video Available on YouTube from Mar 13, 2025
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – First Love by SHIMAMOTO Rio
Sat, Feb 8, 2025
FukuBookLoan Lucky Bags 2025
Tue, Jan 7 – Fri, Jan 31, 2025
Nengajo (New Year’s Cards) Making Workshop 2024
Sat, Dec 14, 2024
Japanese Tadoku Book Club
Oct 26, 2024
Tanabata Star Festival 2024 at JFT Library
Sat, Jul 6, 2024
JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– With Silent Reading Time –
Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
Tue, Jun 18, 2024
Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day) Display
Apr – May 2024
SHIRAHAMA Kamome @ JFT
– Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2024
Sun, May 12, 2024
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – Manga:
BL Metamorphosis by TSURUTANI Kaori
Thu, Apr 18, 2024
Hina Matsuri (Girl’s Festival) Display
Fri, Feb 16 – Sat, Mar 2024
Book Tree 2024
Sat, Jan 20 – Sun, Mar 31, 2024
29th Annual Katari Japanese Storytelling Festival
Sat, Mar 23, 2024
JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– Mild Vertigo by KANAI Mieko
Tue, Feb 13 2024
Tatsu-doshi (Dragon Year) Origami Display
Fri, Jan 5- Jan 31
FukuBookLoan (福袋) Lucky Bag
From Fri, Jan 5, 2024 until the bags are gone.
- Hinamatsuri
- IBBY Collection for Young People with Disabilities
- Peace of Kyoto by Rita Wong
- Legends Revisited by Meiko Ando
- A Gentle Breeze by Yoko Mori