2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival

Name: 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival
Start: 2025-01-05T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-01-05T17:00:00-08:00
Location: Japanese American National Museum

Sun Jan 5, 2025

11:00am to 5:00pm PT

Age: 3 and up

Price: Free

Location:

Japanese American National Museum

213.625.0414

369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90012

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2025 slithers in at the Japanese American National Museum: this year's Oshogatsu Family Festival celebrates Year of the Snake.

The popular annual event features cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages.

With free admission all day, the festival is the last chance to see all of the Museum's exhibitions before the Pavilion closes for renovation.

Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama Taiko.
Candy sculpture demonstrations by Shinobu “Shan the Candyman” Ichiyanagi
Interactive storytimes
Souvenir photos by cre8tive outlets
Fun crafts and origami inspired by Oshogatsu and Year of the Snake
Scavenger hunt for prizes
Free admission all day to see Giant Robot Biennale 5, Contested Histories: Preserving and Sharing a Community Collection, The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai, and Common Ground: The Heart of Community

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.