Forty people of all ages sit around craft tables in the basement of Spokane Buddhist Temple on Perry Street, surrounded by plates of sushi and baskets of colorful origami paper. They’re gathered for the temples One Thousand Cranes event, a kickoff to Spokane’s 22nd Annual Japan Week happening April 17-26.
For more than 20 years members of The Spokane Buddhist Temple have been making Bento Boxes, a traditional Japanese dish, as part of Spokane Japanese Week.