New Year’s Celebration: Oshogatsu At the Japan Society

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    When:
    January 25, 2015 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    Where:
    Columbia Japan Society
    Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
    USA
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    New Year’s Celebration: Oshogatsu

    At the Japan Society

    Sunday, January 25, 2 PM

    2–4 PM

    Buy Tickets: Festival & Taiko Drumming Session I @ 2 pm
    Buy Tickets: Festival & Taiko Drumming Session II @ 3 pm

    Celebrate the New Year holiday at Japan Society’s annual Oshogatsu event and participate in various traditional activities. Families watch live taiko drumming and accompanying lion dancing (shishi-mai) and have the chance to participate in a brief taiko practice session at either 2 or 3 pm (session is chosen at time of ticket purchase). Other fun activities include rice pounding (mochi-tsuki), calligraphy (kakizome), kite (tako)-making, traditional games (fukuwarai), and top spinning (koma-mawashi).

    Recommended for all ages. Healthy Japanese light meals, snacks and festival-related refreshments available for purchase byBentOn.

    Oshogatsu is a part of CelebrASIA NYC: New Year’s Festivities for Families. For more info, visit www.celebrasia.org.

    Tickets: $18/$10 Japan Society members; children ages 2 and under free
    (includes festival and one taiko drumming session)