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In Year of the Snake, Celebrate Oshogatsu at Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, Jan 13

January 10, 2013 by serge the concierge

2013 is Year of the Snake and Oshogatsu, Japan's New Year's Celebrations are taking place on Sunday, January 13 at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida.

This is Morikami' "35thannual New Year’s celebration with the tastes, sights, smells and sounds that define the traditional Japanese New Year as well as our own" and an invitation to "celebrate the Year of the Snake for those born on 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, and 2013!" 

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A few things on the program:

  • DIY Daruma Wall
  • Introducing Oshogatsu
  • New Year’s Storytelling
  • Open Air Koto & Calligraphy Demos

Oshogatsu on the menu for Tokyo Thursdays # 248

Previously: Poems and Card Games, 100 Wakas, Japanese New Year Traditions

(* Illustration from 'Oshogatsu' program pages on Morikami Museum site)

Posted on January 10, 2013 in Event, Food and Drink, Personal Organizer, Serge the Concierge, Sunday Picks, To Do Lists, Tokyo Thursdays, Travel, Weblogs | | Comments (0)

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