2025: 54th Japantown Oshogatsu Matsuri Event - Year of the Snake (Celebration the New Year!) Japanese Cultural Arts & Crafts, Food, Entertainment..NEW

Japantown Oshogatsu Matsuri - New Year’s Festival Event Celebration To Welcome The Year Of The Snake.  Join us in welcoming 2025, the year of the snake, at our annual Oshogatsu Matsuri! Co-hosted with the Japanese Community Youth Council (JCYC), API Legal Outreach, and the Hamilton Senior Center, we are excited to present an afternoon filled with cultural arts, crafts, food, and fun! Come with family and friends to enjoy shikishi art, *screen printing, our children’s art contest, a mochitsuki (rice pounding) demonstration, food for sale, and much more! We are excited to ring in the new year with everyone and encourage all to join us for this free community celebration!

Date
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Time
11:00am - 3:00pm

Location
the Center, 1840 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

Festival Schedule
• Bring a plain, light-colored t-shirt and Japantown artists will silkscreen print a Year of the Snake design on it for free!
• Mochitsuki (rice pounding) demonstration
• Children’s art contest

Event Costs
Free Community Event

Location
The Center, 1840 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115

Event Title
Annual Oshogatsu Matsuri Event - Year of the Rabbit (Celebration the New Year!) Japanese Cultural Arts & Crafts, Food, Entertainment, etc.

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