FREE admission all day!

Ring in the New Year and the Year of the Snake with fun arts ‘n crafts, food, exciting cultural activities, and performances!

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PERFORMANCES & FEATURED ACTIVITIES

12PM – 5PM: Snake Sculpture Candy
Watch world-renowned candy artist Shaun Ichiyanagi make snake sculpture candy!(For children only. Candy snakes will be raffled off at the start of every hour)

1PM – 3PM: Onigiri Design Contest
Learn how to make onigiri rice balls in our Onigiri Contest. Sponsored by Common Grains

2:30PM & 4PM: Mochitsuki
Mochitsuki (traditional rice cake pounding ceremony) performance and demonstration by Kodama Taiko

3:30PM: Onigiri Contest Winners
Announcement of Onigiri Contest winners

ACTIVITIES

11AM – 5PM: Snake Jumper
Jump around in our fun snake jumper!

11AM – 5PM: Toddler Room
Come enjoy our fun Toddler Room

11AM – 5PM: Fukubukuro Sale
Special fukubukuro (lucky bag) sale at the Museum Store

11:30AM – 1PM: Taste and purchase different varieties of rice
Sponsored by Common Grains and JRE (Japan Rice and Rice Product Export Promotion Association)

12PM – 3PM: Omikuji
Omikuji (sacred lottery) will let you know what kind of year to expect!

1PM – 3PM: Reptile Petting Zoo
Reptacular Animals presents a Reptile petting zoo! Come meet real snakes and other cool reptiles!

1PM – 4PM: Face Painting
Party Faces will paint your face like your favorite zodiac animal!

1PM – 5PM: Zaru Soba noodles
Begin the New Year with lucky zaru soba (buckwheat noodles) with Kidding Around the Kitchen

2PM & 3:30PM: Learn to Play Taiko Drums
Learn how to play Japanese taiko drums with Bombu Taiko!

ALL-DAY CRAFTS (11AM – 5PM)

• Celebrate the Year of the Snake by making some slithering snakes of your own!
• Make a decorative wreath including all the Asian zodiac animals
• Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake