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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;FREE admission all day!&lt;/strong&gt;\n\nRing in the New Yea
 r and the Year of the Snake with fun arts &amp;lsquo\;n crafts\, food\, exciti
 ng cultural activities\, and performances!\n\n&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janm.org
 /oshogatsufest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Check janm.org/oshogatsufest for updated i
 nfo &amp;gt\;&amp;gt\;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;PERFORMANCES &amp;amp\; FEATURE
 D ACTIVITIES&lt;/strong&gt;\n\n12PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 5PM: &lt;strong&gt;Snake Sculpture 
 Candy&lt;/strong&gt;\nWatch world-renowned candy artist Shaun Ichiyanagi make sn
 ake sculpture candy!&lt;em&gt;(For children only. Candy snakes will be raffled o
 ff at the start of every hour)&lt;/em&gt;\n\n1PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 3PM: &lt;strong&gt;Oni
 giri Design Contest&lt;/strong&gt;\nLearn how to make onigiri rice balls in our 
 Onigiri Contest.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;Sponsored by Common Grains&lt;/em&gt;\n\n2:30PM&amp;nbsp\
 ;&amp;amp\; 4PM: &lt;strong&gt;Mochitsuki&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Mochitsuki&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(tradi
 tional rice cake pounding ceremony) performance and demonstration by Kodam
 a Taiko\n\n3:30PM: &lt;strong&gt;Onigiri Contest Winners&lt;/strong&gt;\nAnnouncement 
 of Onigiri Contest winners\n\n&lt;strong&gt;ACTIVITIES&lt;/strong&gt;\n\n11AM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;n
 dash\; 5PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Snake Jumper&lt;/strong&gt;\nJump around in our fun sn
 ake jumper!\n\n11AM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 5PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Toddler Room&lt;/strong
 &gt;\nCome enjoy our fun Toddler Room\n\n11AM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 5PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;stro
 ng&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fukubukuro&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Sale&lt;/strong&gt;\nSpecial&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;fukubukuro&lt;/
 em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(lucky bag) sale at the Museum Store\n\n11:30AM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 1
 PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Taste and purchase different varieties of rice&lt;/strong&gt;\
 n&lt;em&gt;Sponsored by Common Grains and JRE (Japan Rice and Rice Product Expor
 t Promotion Association)&lt;/em&gt;\n\n12PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 3PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;e
 m&gt;Omikuji&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;em&gt;Omikuji&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(sacred lottery) will let 
 you know what kind of year to expect!\n\n1PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 3PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;st
 rong&gt;Reptile Petting Zoo&lt;/strong&gt;\nReptacular Animals presents a Reptile p
 etting zoo! Come meet real snakes and other cool reptiles!\n\n1PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;n
 dash\; 4PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Face Painting&lt;/strong&gt;\nParty Faces will paint y
 our face like your favorite zodiac animal!\n\n1PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 5PM:&amp;nbsp
 \;&lt;strong&gt;Zaru Soba noodles&lt;/strong&gt;\nBegin the New Year with lucky&amp;nbsp\;
 &lt;em&gt;zaru soba&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(buckwheat noodles) with Kidding Around the Kitch
 en\n\n2PM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;amp\; 3:30PM:&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Learn to Play Taiko Drums&lt;/st
 rong&gt;\nLearn how to play Japanese taiko drums with Bombu Taiko!\n\n&lt;strong
 &gt;ALL-DAY CRAFTS&amp;nbsp\;(11AM&amp;nbsp\;&amp;ndash\; 5PM)&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Celebrat
 e the Year of the Snake by making some slithering snakes of your own!&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;Make a decorative wreath including all the Asian zodiac animals&lt;/li&gt;&lt;l
 i&gt;Ruthie&amp;rsquo\;s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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SUMMARY:Oshogatsu Family Festival
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