2014 Oshogatsu Family Festival - New Years Performances, Food & Crafts - JANMNEW

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Date: Sunday, 5 January, 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Time: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

100 N. Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012 USA

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Map of Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Los Angeles, Japantown Little Tokyo, 100 N. Central Avenue

Ring in the New Year and the Year of the Horse with exciting cultural performances, food, and crafts!

FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY

Date
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Time
11:00 am ï¿½ 5:00 pm

Schedule

12PM ï¿½ 1PM	Osechi-Ryori Tasting Sample some tasty osechi-ryori, or traditional Japanese New Year foods. Special gourmet tasting for members only! (While supplies last. First come, first served!)
12PM ï¿½ 2PM	Onigiri Design Contest Learn how to make onigiri rice balls in our Onigiri Contest. Sponsored by Common Grains
12PM ï¿½ 5PM	Horse Candy Sculptures Watch world-renowned candy artist Shaun Ichiyanagi make his specialty horse candy sculptures! (For children only. Candy horses will be raffled off at the start of every hour)
1PM ï¿½ 5PM	Meet & Ride Live Ponies Come meet and ride some real live ponies in celebration of the Year of the Horse! Member Express Lane available for members only. (For children only. Line ends at 4:30pm)
2:30PM & 4PM	Mochitsuki Join Kodama Taiko as they perform a demonstration of mochitsuki, a traditional rice cake pounding ceremony. Mochi samples to be passed out at the end of the performance.
3:30PM	Onigiri Contest Winners Announcement of Onigiri Contest winners

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Activities

11AM ï¿½ 5PM	Horse Jumper Giddy-up in our horse bounce house!
11AM ï¿½ 5PM	Toddler Room A fun place for our youngest guests to hang out!
11AM ï¿½ 5PM	Fukubukuro Sale Special fukubukuro (lucky bag) sale at the Museum Store
1PM ï¿½ 5PM	Zaru Soba noodles Begin the New Year with lucky zaru soba (buckwheat noodles) with Kidding Around the Kitchen.