2013 oshogatsu flier

Oshogatsu Festival Schedule
11AM – 5PM:
• Celebrate the Year of the Snake by making some slithering snakes of your own!
• Make a decorative wreath including all the Asian zodiac animals
• Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake
• Toddler Room
• Jump around in our fun snake jumper!
• Special fukubukuro (lucky bag) sale at the Museum Store
11:30AM – 1PM: Taste and purchase different varieties of rice. Sponsored by Common
Grains and JRE (Japan Rice and Rice Product Export Promotion Association.)
12PM – 3PM: Omikuji (sacred lottery) will let you know what kind of year to expect!
12PM – 5PM: Watch world-renowned candy artist Shaun Ichiyanagi make snake sculpture candy!
(For children only. Candy snakes will be raffled off at the start of every hour.)
1PM – 3PM: Reptacular Animals presents a Reptile Petting Zoo! Come meet real snakes and
other cool reptiles!
1PM – 3PM: Learn how to make onigiri rice balls in our Onigiri Contest.
Sponsored by Common Grains.
1PM – 4PM: Party Faces will paint your face like your favorite zodiac animal!
1PM – 5PM: Begin the New Year with lucky zaru soba (buckwheat) noodles with
Kidding Around the Kitchen.
2PM & 3:30PM: Learn how to play Japanese taiko drums with Bombu Taiko!
2:30PM & 4PM: Mochitsuki (traditional rice cake pounding ceremony) performance and
demonstration by Kodama Taiko.
3:30PM: Announcement of Onigiri Contest winners
Sponsored by
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