On the first Sunday of 2015, residents of Little Tokyo came out to the Japanese American National Museum for a day of family time while they brought in the new year with the year of the sheep.
The festivities went from 11 to 5 and allowed all to experience the museum for free while remembering all that Japanese Americans endured over 70 years ago. There was also the World of Hello Kitty which one could experience for an additional fee.
Outside the museum, there was still more fun with Lucky Soba noodles, which one could sample as a sign of good luck for the new year.
Kids had a variety of different crafts to experience including making their own Daruma Doll, learning the art of origami and even creating their own sheep out of colorful yarn, while they had a blow up sheep balloon that they could take home for the new year.
The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 11-5 for just nine dollars. For more information visit the website here.
Thank you, Julie, for coming to the JANM festivities last weekend and sharing these awesome pictures! Do you have the video of the Mochitsuki rice pounding ceremony performed by Kodama Taiko available? Wishing you the best in 2015!
Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately the video of the rice pounding didn’t come out as well. I hope to be back next year.