RATHA YATRA was celebrated at Funabori, Tokyo on Saturday, 2nd Jul 2022. Three deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra were worshiped and pulled with ropes in a colorfully decorated wooden chariot.
***** YEAR 2021 *****
RATHA YATRA rituals was held at @ ISKCON Funabori, TOKYO on Sunday, 18th Jul 2021 in extremely simple manner maintaining all the guidelines & protective measures (social distancing, wearing mask, etc.) with limited OCJT members only.
***** YEAR 2020 *****
OCJT Saraswati Puja was celebrated at Funabori, Tokyo on Sunday, 9th Feb 2020
RATHA YATRA was held at @ CHIBA, TOKYO on Saturday, 27th Jun 2020 in extremely simple manner maintaining all the guidelines & protective measures (social distancing, wearing mask, etc.) with limited OCJT members only.
***** YEAR 2019 *****
RATHA YATRA was held at Funabori, TOKYO on Saturday, 6th July 2019. Three deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra were worshiped and pulled with ropes in a colorfully decorated wooden chariot
OCJT Saraswati Puja was celebrated at Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Sunday, 10th Feb 2019
RATHA YATRA was held at Funabori, TOKYO on Sunday, 22nd July 2018. Three deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra were worshiped and pulled with ropes in a colorfully decorated wooden chariot. LINK: Ratha Yatra in Tokyo Photo
RAJO FESTIVAL 2018 was celebrated at Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Sunday, 17th Jun 2018
OCJT Saraswati Puja 2018 was celebrated at Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Saturday, 27th Jan 2018
***** YEAR 2017 *****
Diwali was celebrated at Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Sunday, 22nd Oct 2017
OCJT Ganesh Puja 2017 was celebrated at Ojima, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Saturday, 26th Aug 2017
The Chariot Festival RATHA YATRA was held at Funabori, TOKYO on Sunday, 25th June 2017. Three deities Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra were worshiped and pulled with ropes in a colorfully decorated wooden chariot. LINK: Ratha Yatra in Tokyo Photo / Video
On April 1, 1936 Odisha was formed and since then April 1 is celebrated as “Utakala Dibasa” i.e. foundation day of Odisha. Utkala Dibasa (78th anniversary) was celebrated at Tobu Kuminkan, Mizue, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo on Saturday, 5th April 2014.
Odissi dance, drama by OCJT team and great performance by children made the event shine in all its splendor. On the eve of celebration of Utkala Dibasa, OCJT decided to contribute the annual education cost for two blind girls.Video LINK: Odia Drama by OCJT
Yearend get together was held at Higashi Ojima, Tokyo on Sunday, 15th December 2013.Everything was well organized and everyone including kids enjoyed the great evening. Everyone shared their good memories and bad experience for the year to say bye bye to 2013.
Diwali festival was celebrated at City Court Ojima Community Hall, Koto-ku, Tokyo on Saturday, 2nd November 2013. Games for children were conducted followed by delicious potluck dinner and bingo game for all.
