the Japan Convergence

The Summer Solstice

June 20-26, 2026

06.20.26 ▶ A new cycle begins in Japan

WISDOM KEEPER REPRESENTATIVES

  • Mikinosuke Kakisaka - Tenkawa (Japan)

  • juan leon cortez - mayan (guatemala)

  • Mamo Shimbulata - Kogi (Colombia)

  • Senekan - Kogi (Colombia)

  • Manuel Apaza - Qero (Peru)

  • uqualla - havasupai (usa)

  • Gloria Apaza - Qero (peru)

  • Acosia Red Elk - Umatilla (USA)

  • MASATAKA KAKISAKI (Japan)

  • BASCILLIO Payaguaje - siekopai (ecuador)

  • KOUJI YUKI - AINU (Japan)

  • Irka Mateo - Taino - (Domincan Republic)

  • Jimmy piaguaje - siekopai (ecuador)

  • Kazumi Ohishi - Okinawa (Japan)

  • Ali Lema Imbaquingo - inca (ecuador)

  • mario leon cortez - Mayan (Guatemala)

  • Jin Ishikawa - japan

  • Jose Manuel - Kogi (Colombia)

  • rosa maria - aimara (bolivia)

  • SHONOSUKE OOLURA (Japan)

  • Francisca Yáñez Queupumil - Mapuche (chile)

  • Marta Yáñez Queupumil - mapuche (chile)

  • Sixto Luna - taino (Dominican republic)

  • Aichi Sonia - japan

  • Echan Deravy - scotland

  • Kari Black Elk - Lakota (USA)

  • Susumu shimazono - japan

  • Miguel leon cortez - mayan (guatemala)

A New Cycle Awakens In the Land of the Rising Sun

On 2/25/25, we gathered on the sacred land of Tikal with spiritual leaders from around the world to bring closure to an ancient cycle of time. From that gathering, a sacred vow was born: to open a new cycle in Japan in 2026. From this vow, we now extend our invitation to this convergence, a gathering aligned with the shifting time-space of the emerging world and the reawakening of the Ouroboros, the eternal cycle of renewal.

Japan’s sacred sites stand as living memory of an ancient lineage, etched into the land and carried by those who continue to guard its spiritual traditions. It is upon this ancestral land that we will gather to open the new cycle on Earth together.

We will open this special gathering at Tenkawa in Japan, held by invitation of the revered elder Mikinosuke Kakisaka. Home to Tenkawa Benzaiten Shrine, this sacred place is where the holy waters of Japan converge and where Benzaiten, the goddess of water, wisdom, and harmony, has been honored for centuries. Long a pilgrimage site for artists and wisdom keepers, serving as a gateway between the earthly and the divine.

On the Summer Solstice, we will ignite the sacred fire, opening a new cosmic and Earth cycle in ceremony with the ancient lineages of Mother Earth, followed by a symposium to share the message carried to Japan in this pivotal time. From there, we will journey to Mount Fuji, Japan’s most revered sacred mountain, where Indigenous lineages from around the world will share culture, prayer, and wisdom in the presence of its timeless beauty.

It is with deep respect and humility that we invite you to join this grand convergence, for peace, harmony, and the collective remembrance of our responsibility to life on Earth.

June 20-26, 2026

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circle of support

Dai Kato - Advisory Member

Akasha Miyuki - Advisory Member

Douglas Tolchin - Advisory Member

Tetra Tanizaki - Advisory Member

Yasunao Nakayama - Advisory Member

Yoko Niwa - Sponsor

Renick Turley - Filmmaker

Leia Vita Marasovich - Creative Collaborator + Photographer

Ryan Hayashi - Finance + Operations

Kako Earth Abya Yala Council - Indigenous Wisdom Keepers

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Japan Partner Organization Cosmoloka

General Incorporated Association COSMALOKA is a Japanese nonprofit organization that honors ancestral wisdom and living cultures while fostering spaces that reflect our responsibility to future generations.

For JAPAN Convergence 2026, COSMALOKA serves as the Japanese host and organizing body, collaborating with partners and participants from both Japan and around the world.

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PRODUCERS

  • HIROKI OKANO

    Hiroki Okano is a Japanese composer and spiritual sound artist who approaches music as prayer, creating sound that connects Earth, humanity, and the cosmos. Born in Takamatsu, Kagawa in 1964, he began his solo career in 1987, blending natural soundscapes and international folk instruments into meditative, ambient compositions. After Zen training and Buddhist ordination at Mount Koya, he has performed at sacred sites across Japan and more than 100 sacred locations worldwide in service of peace, environmental, and ceremonial gatherings, inviting deep listening and remembrance of our interconnectedness.

  • KUMIKO HAYASHI

    Kumiko Hayashi is the Founder and Executive Director of Kako Earth, a nonprofit focused on regenerating ancestral knowledge, bioregions. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to a Japanese father from Kumamoto and an American mother, she has spent over a decade working in collaboration with Indigenous communities across the Americas (Abya Yala). She is a medicine woman, filmmaker, producer, and director of The Roots Awaken and The Bioregions, documentary works that amplify Indigenous voices and ecological solutions.

  • JUNKO OKANO

    Junko Okano is the founder of Cosmoloka, a Japan-based initiative devoted to spaces of prayer, remembrance, and responsibility to future generations. She is a ceremonialist and artist whose work is rooted in relationship with land, water, and cosmological cycles. As the wife and creative partner of musician Hiroki Okano, she co-stewards gatherings that emphasize collective presence over centralized leadership, including the Japan Convergence in collaboration with international partners such as Kako Earth.