Japan Society's Oshogatsu: New Year's Day Celebration

Community Event

In Person

Japan Society

333 East 47th St New York, United States of America

Date: Jan. 17, 2010

Time: 2 p.m.

Celebrate Japan's New Year's holiday with lion dancing (shishi-mai) accompanied by live taiko drumming. There will be lots of traditional New Year's activities for children, including special New Year's calligraphy (kakizome), kite-making/flying (takoage), funny-face game (fukuwarai) and rice pounding (mochi-tsuki).

Recommended for all ages. Program subject to change.

Sunday, January 17, 2 PM — 3 PM - Session I
Sunday, January 17, 3 PM — 4 PM - Session II
(Both sessions are the same)

Tickets per session:
$25 per family (up to 5 people)/$15 per family, including at least one Japan Society member. Please specify which session (Session I or Session II) you would like to attend.

Space is limited. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended.

For tickets, please call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.