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21st NAOTA Conference Announcement
October 21, 2024 – October 24, 2024 La Jolla, California USA The 21st NAOTA conference will be held from October 21st to October 24th, 2024 in La Jolla California USA. The conference is hosted by the San Diego Sakura Chapter, led by Chairperson Jackie Zhang and Co-chair Naomi Goking. Please refer to the detail information…
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The 20th NAOTA Conference October 17-20, 2023 – Boston
The Boston Study Group hosted the 20th NAOTA conference from October 17th to October 20th at the AC Marriott Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Associate Professor Hozuki Oyamada assisted by 1st Term Master Jackie Zhang conducted 3 full days of workshops for NAOTA conference attendees, and rounded out the week with a demonstration of 3 beautiful…
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The 19th NAOTA Conference October 3 – 7, 2022 – Toronto, Ontario
The 19th NAOTA Conference was held October 3-7, 2022. It was the first time the Toronto Chapter hosted the NAOTA conference, and it was a restart of the NAOTA annual conference after the pandemic. Headmaster Hiroki Ohara, assisted by Professor Nishi demonstrated various arrangements and provided workshop instruction for participants. Demonstration by Headmaster Hiroki Ohara Workshop…
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The 4th Conference- October 17 -21, 2005 – Philadelphia, PA
The Delaware Valley Chapter of Ohara Ikebana hosted its 4th NAOTA Conferenceat the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelpia from October 17th to the 21st.There were 3 days of workshops and demonstrations with Grand Masters,Mutsuo Tomita, Ingrid Luders, Akiko Bourland, Reiko Kawamura and Shofu Shohara.The arrangements were Landscape, New Years Heika, Rimpa, Bunjin,Radial Form, and…
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The 18th Conference – June 9 – 12, 2019 –Lisle, Illinois
The 18th NAOTA Conference was held June 9-12, 2019. Associate Professor Ami Kudo from Headquarters in Tokyo led the workshops. Her instruction earned her a standing ovation. As you may know, she is a daughter of the late Professor Kazuhiko Kudo. On the first day of the conference, Associate Professor Kudo gave a special demonstration…
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The 17th Conference – October 29 – November 2, 2018 – Victoria, Canada
The 17th NAOTA conference was an outstanding one led by the headmaster Hiroki Ohara and assistant professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi who showed us the influence of nature’s wonderful material. Lorian Roberts the conference chair and her committee worked hard to make the conference outstanding. On the final day the headmaster gave a demonstration full of autumn’s…
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The 16th Conference – October 9 – 13, 2017 – Houston, Texas
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The 15th Conference – August 22 – 26, 2016 –Boston-Cambridge
Workshop Arrangements
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The 14th Conference – September 14-18, 2015 – Honolulu, Hawaii
The 14th NAOTA Conference in Honolulu has ended; it was a great success. Professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi from Japan led a three-day workshop and gave a powerful demonstration on the final day of the conference. Workshop arrangements The photos shown below are arrangements from the workshop. On Thursday afternoon, Prof. Yokohigashi had all the students create…
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The 13th conference – April 1-5, 2014 — Los Angeles, CA
The 13th NAOTA conference was held April 1- 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. Minako Hayashida and Satsuki Palter, co-chairs hosted the outstanding conference. Associate professor Hirokazu Yokohigashi and Assistant Professor Hozuki Oyama were the instructor for the seminars. The final demonstration was given on Saturday, April 5th, 2014.
