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On October 24 and 25, APU hosted its annual university festival, the 24th Tenku Festival, on campus. Tenku Festival is a university-wide event that offers local residents the opportunity to experience the multicultural and multinational environment of APU, where students from approximately 120 countries and regions come together. The festival serves not only as a platform for promoting intercultural understanding and regional engagement while also providing students with an opportunity to showcase their diverse activities and achievements.

The Tenku Festival Executive Committee, organized entirely by students, selected “Bloom” as this year’s theme. The theme reflects their hope that the unique individuality and potential of each student and visitor, like flower buds, would gather at Tenku Festival and blossom beautifully together into a vibrant bouquet.

At the opening ceremony, Takayuki Ono, Director of the Tourism and Industry Department of Beppu City, joined APU President Hiroshi Yoneyama to officially declare the festival open. Over the course of the two-day event, student clubs, organizations, and alumni hosted a wide variety of activities, including food and game stalls, stamp rallies, exhibitions, flea markets, and even a sauna-themed project. Special events such as a performance of Shonai Kagura, a Lantern Festival, and campus tours led by student guides also attracted many visitors. Throughout the festival, students and local residents connected across generations and nationalities, creating a lively atmosphere that embodied APU’s distinctive spirit of multicultural coexistence.
Official Instagram of Tenku Festival 2026: https://www.instagram.com/tenkufes_apu/

Message from the Tenku Festival Executive Committee:

The 24th Tenku Festival concluded successfully thanks to the warm support and cooperation of so many people. This year, under the theme “Bloom,” we worked to create a space where each individual's personality and potential could flourish and where new opportunities and connections could emerge. While we faced many challenges and undertook numerous new initiatives, our members from diverse national and cultural backgrounds supported one another and overcame these obstacles together.
Seeing the smiles and hearing the excitement of everyone who attended made us feel that the vision of “Bloom” had truly come to life. We hope that the experiences, achievements, and connections forged through this year’s festival will contribute to the continued growth and development of Tenku Festival in the years to come.
Finally, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who visited the festival, as well as to all those whose support and cooperation made this event possible.

24th Tenku Festival Executive Committee - General Affairs Members

Co- Representative: Miyu Ogata (third-year student in the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Japan)
Co- Representative: Sakurako Kozaki (third-year student in the College of International Management, Japan)
Co- Representative: Seungri Lee (September 2026 graduate of the College of Asia Pacific Studies, Korea)