Current/Upcoming Displays and Events
TSUNAGU:
Passing on Books, Memories & Culture
つなぐ：本と思い出と文化交流
October 3 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm EDT
Past Displays and Events
JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– With Silent Reading Time –
Share Your Favourite Books
from JFT Library
Sat, Aug 15
Tanabata Star Festival 2026
Sat, July 4, 2026
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – Manga:
Run Away With Me, Girl by Battan
[Pride Month Pick!]
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
The World of Kamishibai:
Japanese Paper Theatre and Storytelling
Wed, June 17, 2026
JFT Book Club (Hybrid):
Sakura by NISHI Kanako
Thu, Apr 16, 2026
Book Tree 2026
Tue, Jan 20, 2026 — Tue, Mar 31, 2026
FukuBookLoan Lucky Bags 2026
Tue, Jan 6, 2026 – Sat, Jan 31, 2026
DIY Casual Calligraphy Bookmark Making
Tue, Dec 16, 2025
Nengajo (New Year’s Cards) Making Workshop 2025
Sat, Dec 6, 2025
JFT Book Club (Hybrid):
Seesaw Monster by ISAKA Kotaro
Sat, Nov 8, 2025
Multi-award-winning mystery author
ISAKA Kotaro in Toronto for TIFA 2025
Wed, Oct 29 — Sun, Nov 2, 2025
DIY Book Cover Making Workshops
Sat, Oct 25
①11:30 AM – 12:45 PM, ②2:15 PM – 3:30 PM, ③4:00 – 5:15 PM
JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– With Silent Reading Time –
Food in Japan
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – Manga:
Look Back by FUJIMOTO Tatsuki
Tue, June 10, 2025
So, What is Manga and Why Does It Matter?
A Walkthrough with School Librarian Jillian Rudes
Sat, June 7, 2025
30th Annual Katari Japanese Storytelling Festival
– May the Force Be with Children! –
*The event video now available!
Sun, May 4, 2025
JFT Book Club (Hybrid)
– With Silent Reading Time –
Japanese Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Landscapes
Tue, April 15, 2025
Hina Matsuri (Girl’s Festival) Display
Tue, Feb 25 – Mar 2025
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.
Tora-doshi Origami – Jan 2022
Ushi-doshi Origami – Jan 2021
Book Tree 2020 – Jan – Mar 2020
Nezumi-doshi Origami – Jan 2020
Nengajo & Kamishibai – Sat Nov 30, 2019
Kyoko Nakajima at JFT – Oct 2019
2019 Word On The Street Festival – Sept 2019
Tanabata – Jul. 6, 2019
Book Tree – Jan – Mar 2019
26th Annual Katari Storytelling Festival – Mar. 2, 2019
Valentine’s Day Card-making Workshop – Feb 2019
Inoshishi-doshi Origami – Jan 2019
Nengajo & Kamishibai – Sat Dec 1, 2018
An Afternoon with Bam and Kero – Sat Nov 17, 2018
Sayaka Murata at JFT – Oct 2018
Yoko Tawada at JFT – Sept 2018
2018 Word On The Street Festival – Sept 2018
Tanabata – July 7, 2018
25th Annual Katari Japanese Storytelling Festival – March 2018
Hina Doll Display – March 2018
Valentine’s Day Card-making Workshop – February 2018
Book Tree: January – March 2018
Fukuwarai – January 2018
Inu-doshi Origami – January 2018
Nengajo Workshop – December 2017
WOTS – September 2017
Tanabata – July 2017
Nengajo Workshop – December 2016
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- Hinamatsuri
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- IBBY Collection for Young People with Disabilities
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- Peace of Kyoto by Rita Wong
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- Legends Revisited by Meiko Ando
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- A Gentle Breeze by Yoko Mori
