Japan’s New Year’s Day Celebration: Oshogatsu
Japan Society (333 E. 47th St., Manhattan)
2-4pm
$15 in advance
Celebrate Japan’s New Year’s holiday with lion dancing (shishi-mai) accompanied by live taiko drumming, followed by a mini taiko workshop! (Taiko demonstrations will begin at 2 pm and 3 pm.) There will be many traditional New Year’s activities for children, including rice pounding (mochi-tsuki), special New Year’s calligraphy (kakizome), kite-making/flying (takoage) and funny face game (fukuwarai). The festival is open 2-4 pm.
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Source:
http://www.niftynyc.com/2013/01/26/sunday-january-27th-japans-new-years-day-celebration-oshogatsu/
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