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This year, we will have the pleasure of welcoming the Japanese Pastry Shop KotoAn Wagashi!

KotoAn Wagashi is a small producer of handmade special Japanese sweets based in Montreal. The patissier, Misao Tsutsumi, born in Gunma, Japan, has been preparing food for many years, and has received professional training in Japanese confectionery. Our specialty is Nerikiri, but we also make other casual Japanese sweets, such as Daifuku-Mochi, Zunda-Daifuku, Yuzu-Mochi, Sakura-Mochi, etc.

Misao Tsutsumi also holds a teaching license from Miyagi Koto Association (Ikuta school) since 1991. In 2014, she resumed performing the koto in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for local communities. In 2016, she has performed the koto in Montreal at fundraising events as well as cultural and educational events.

For the 2025 edition of Nadeshicon, we are pleased to welcome three guests representing the field of martial arts!

✨ Bujinkan Québec ✨
Founded over forty years ago, Bujinkan Québec has become the premier reference for ninjutsu in Quebec. Students here learn to develop skills, rather than to overload their memory trying to memorize every technique.

✨ Dojo de Beauport ✨
The Dojo de Beauport iaido section was created in 2005, and attracts people from a wide range of backgrounds. Iaido is a traditional Japanese martial art centered on the use of the katana, the emblematic weapon of the feudal samurai. The discipline focuses on the perfection of movements and the efficiency of techniques, mainly drawing and counter attacking, and also includes a strong spiritual aspect.

✨ Club Shinkendo Québec ✨

Shinkendo is a Japanese sword school that offers you a perfect combination of Japanese traditions and Toshishiro Obata’s modern vision of martial arts.There are five major aspects that define the art of the sword: Suburi, Tanrengata, Tachi Uchi, Battoho and Tameshigiri. Shinkendo teaches that all these concepts are closely intertwined with each other and are inseparable.