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Natsumatsuri Family Festival

August 10, 2019 • 11:00 am
(All times are in PDT)Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities.
Craft activities will include origami, shave ice suncatchers, and JANM’s ever-popular paper hat making. Visitors will also be able to sample saataa andaagii(deep-fried Okinawan pastries), participate in a bon odori community dance, and enjoy two book readings. Kishin Daiko will perform, as will gayageum player Joyce Kwon.
Exhibitions on view for Natsumatsuri include At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, on view through October 20, and JANM’s ongoing core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community.
This event is free but RSVPs are encouraged.