South Floridians who visit the Morikami Museum on Jan. 8 will have another chance to celebrate the millennium.The museum’s Oshogatsu Japanese New Year will be taking place throughout the day.

To wipe the slate clean and get ready for 2008, sign up to take a swing at a giant temple bell Sunday at the Asian Art Museum's Japanese New Year Bell ... in hands-on art activities in the ...

that’s what oshōgatsu (New Year’s) is in Japan. Arguably the most important time of the year for most Japanese people, oshōgatsu activities typically include journeys long and short back to ...

Known as Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year is among the most culturally ... because it’s free and because there are many different activities for people of all ages and interests, it’s a ...

The Center for Japanese Studies’ celebrated its ninth annual Mochitsuki, a Japanese New Year’s event. Attendees experienced ... Ozanich said. She added the activities in Mochitsuki represent aspects ...

Most of us celebrated New Year's Eve on January 1 ... tea ceremony and learn about calligraphy, kendo and "Japanese chess." Several of the activities are hands-on, organizers say, giving attendees ...

After watching a riveting Japanese taiko drum performance ... welcome the New Year with exciting and traditional activities like New Year's calligraphy (kakizome), lion dancing (shishimai ...

The Wallens usually celebrate Japanese New Year with ozoni, a Japanese soup featuring rice cakes (mochi) and vegetables.

As we make our way through December, our remaining days quickly get booked with surviving bounenkai (end-of-year parties), reserving fukubukuro (lucky bags) and more activities that ... significance ...

Shogatsu, the term for the New Year's holidays in Japanese, is a time when people take the first three days of the New Year off to relax with their families and engage in traditional activities to ...

Ozoni is standard New Year’s Day fare for many Japanese Americans, whether they are nisei, the children of Japanese immigrants, or yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese Americans. Starting in the ...