I know it’s only Tuesday but before you know it the weekend will be here and you won’t want to miss taking your kiddos to the Summer Courtyard Kids Festival at The Japanese American Museum in Little Tokyo.

The Summer Courtyard Kids Festival will feature whimsical arts and crafts, a toddler area, a carnival, origami, live entertainment, face painting and so much more. The best part is that admission to the museum and the carnival is FREE!!! Free, Fun and educational means you can’t miss this great event.

Some of the featured events include:

Inspired by the Japanese tradition of using paper lanterns in summer festivals, make a decorative paper lantern of your own.

Schedule:

12 :00 – 4:00 PM – Get your face painted!

2:00 PM – Learn about Taiko and how to hit the giant drums from Kyodo Taiko!

3:00 PM – Enjoy a Special Kyodo Taiko performance!

4:00 PM – Learn how to do an obon dance!

4:30 PM – Come listen to the exciting sounds of Progressive Taiko!

This program is sponsored in part by the generous support of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

We are going to try to make this – If you are there and spot me please come over and say Hello- I would love to meet all of you!

For additional info head over here

Japanese American National Museum

Location

JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, California 90012
phone: 213.625.0414

Event begins at 11am and yes it’s FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!