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Morikami Oshagatsu New Year's Festival
Jan 7 2007 Sunday
All Day
Come enjoy Japanese Culture in its beautiful Lanscape
Fun Filled Activities and Beautiful Gardens
5 Dollars and Gas Money
My Culture will be Attending and shooting for Boca Raton Magazine
Open Invite
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Road
Delray Beach, FL 33446
(561) 495-0233
Have a "Slide of Heaven in O7"
Piao!
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Celebrating the Year of the Boar, Oshogatsu, the Morikami's traditional New Year celebratory festival, includes games and entertainment throughout the museum and its gardens.
The day's events will include:
Mochitsuki - Japan's customary rice pounding and making of mochi rice cakes
12:00pm, 1:30pm, 3:00pm
FREE with paid festival admission
Sado tea ceremony - Experience the first tea ceremony of the year
12:00 noon, 1:00pm, 2:00pm & 3:00pm
$5.00 with paid festival admission
Kakizome - Make your own words into art! The first calligraphy of the year is always the prettiest
11:00am, 11:45am, 1:00pm, 1:45pm & 2:30pm
$2 with paid festival admission
Omikuji - The people of the past knew their future. Discover what's ahead for you!
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Shishimai - Enjoy the dance of the lion as he searches for good luck in the new year!
12:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:30pm
FREE with paid festival admission
Spotlight on Japan: Musical Instruments - Demonstration of koto and performance led by Yoshiko Carlton
1:00pm & 3:00pm
FREE with paid festival admission
Theater seating is limited - complimentary ticekts will be available in front of the theater starting at 1oam for both demonstrations and will be distributed on a first come first served basis.
Hato - Learn to make the dove of peace in origami form and let it perch on our Peace Tree
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Hanetsuki - Celebrate your competitive spirit and play a Japanese game similar to badmiton
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Spin the Top - Try winning a prize with this traditional activity
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Rolly Polly Daruma - Learn about theg ood luck folk toy known as the Daruma and make your New Year's Resolution!
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Boar Balloon Project - Celebrate 2007 by making a not so "boar-ing" balloon project
Continuous all day activity
FREE with paid festival admission
Car Meet if we all go...
FREE
Genearal Festival Information:
Admission is $5 all ages, FREE for museum members and children 6 and under (no special senior discounts) There are no advance ticket sales for this event. There is FREE on-site parking available. The Morikami's Cornell Cafe will be serving from an a la carte menu. No reservations are accepted. Cash and credit cards will be accepted. Several american food vendors will be on festival grounds serving pizza, hamburgers and hot dogs. When planning your trip to Oshogatsu, please note that there are no ATM's in the park. Also, there are a numbered amount of wheelchairs on-site and will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.
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