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Tickets for KC Japan Fest 2026 are now on sale!

ADULTS: $25

YOUTH (AGE 6–18): $18

CHILDREN (AGE 5 AND UNDER): FREE!

JCCC STUDENTS: $8 with proper id

Buy your tickets online prior to 8/31/26 and get 25% OFF each ticket!
Use the code SUMO2026 at checkout.

(Discount doesn’t apply to JCCC Student Tickets)

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New Workshop Add-Ons Available!

This year’s festival includes four different special workshop add-ons, each offered three separate times. Choose from:

  • Tea Ceremony Workshop: $20 (1:00, 2:30, 4:00)
  • Calligraphy Workshop: $20 (11:00, 1:30, 5:00)
  • Koinobori (Wind Sock) Children’s Workshop: $15 (12:00, 1:30, 3:00)
  • Japanese Kintsugi Workshop: $80 (10:00, 1:00, 4:00)

You will see workshop add-on options after adding your festival tickets to the cart.

To attend a workshop, you must have both a Festival ticket and a Workshop ticket. Tea Ceremony, Calligraphy, and Kintsugi Workshops are limited to 25 tickets each session. Children’s Koinobori Workshops are limited to 15 tickets each session.

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Important Festival Notes

Festival events will be spread out across several buildings on the JCCC campus:

  • Food vendors will be located in the Commons building (COM), next to and inside the JCCC Food Court
  • Anime and Manga are now in the Capitol Federal conference room in the Regnier Center (RC) and workshops, lectures, and demonstrations are in the classrooms in the Midwest Trust Center (MTC).
  • The Bazaar, other vendors, workshops, lectures, student organizations will be throughout Office and Classroom Building (OCB), General Education Building (GEB), and the Student Center (SC).
  • Festival maps will be available on campus on the day of the festival.
  • Information tables are spread throughout the festival–see maps once you get to campus.
  • Wristband pickup will be available at Box Office locations in
    • Midwest Trust Center (MTC)
    • Student Center (SC)
    • Regnier Center (RC)
    • Outside the CoLab in the Office and Classroom Building (OCB)

If you purchase tickets the day of the festival, you’ll have two locations to purchase:

  1. The Box Office in the MTC lobby
  2. The Box Office Satellite in the Student Center

The Kansas City Japan Festival partners with the Johnson County Community College Box Office to provide advance online ticket purchasing. Tickets will also be available the day of the festival at both the Midwest Trust Center Box Office and the Box Office Satellite location in the Student Center. Save 25% off each ticket purchase in advance by using the discount code SUMO2026. Discount not valid for JCCC student tickets. The discount code for advance tickets will expire on Monday, August 31st. All ticket purchases are non-refundable.

T-Shirts for the festival will also be available for sale on the second floor of the Midwest Trust Center. T-Shirts are available on a first-come, first serve basis and there is a limited quantity.