{"id":2406,"date":"2025-10-14T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:47:33","slug":"a-look-back-in-pictures-at-the-2025-japan-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/10\/14\/a-look-back-in-pictures-at-the-2025-japan-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back In Pictures At The 2025 Japan Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photo: Cosplayers pose in character in front of the Tori Gate in MTC at Japan festival 2025. Photo by Mckenzie Hollinshed)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The 2025 Japan Festival took place on Saturday, Oct. 4 at JCCC.<\/p>\n

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A group of festival attendees gather to practice their kendo swings in the fountain courtyard. Photo by Nathaniel DeForest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Chris and Carissa Stucky, planning their next move at the festival before getting something to eat in the cafeteria. Photo by Nathaniel DeForest.<\/em><\/p>\n

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JCCC President Tony Miksa speaks during the opening ceremony in Yardley Hall. Photo by Seth Lampton.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A KU Taiko Drummer strikes a pose during a performance at Yardley Hall. Photo by Seth Lampton.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A cosplayer dressed as the Pok\u00e9mon Charmander proudly poses in JCCC\u2019s Regnier Center. Photo by Sammie Magee.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A class enjoys a lecture about the history of Samurai armor taught by Jimmy Forred in JCCC\u2019s Midwest Trust Center. Photo by Sammie Magee.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025 Japan Festival took place on Saturday, Oct. 4 at JCCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1000,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[124],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Messenger Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/mhumph18\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/10\/Mckenzie1.jpeg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/mhumph18\/","display_name":"Messenger Staff"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Life<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Life<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 months ago","modified":"Updated 11 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 14, 2025","modified":"Updated on October 15, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 14, 2025 11:53 pm","modified":"Updated on October 15, 2025 5:47 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Screenshot","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":124,"user_id":1000,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhumph18","display_name":"Messenger Staff","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d550cfefcbdb3d51b5ca80ce32ea21defada2724e3cd6d8373f27c880e25be9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Messenger","last_name":"Staff","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/10\/Mckenzie1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2426,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}