Tanabata: Japanese Star Festival

When:
July 23, 2016 @ 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
2016-07-23T10:00:00-04:00
2016-07-23T13:00:00-04:00
Where:
Hillwood Museum & Gardens
4155 Linnean Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
USA
Cost:
Various

Tanabata: Japanese Star Festival

Saturday, July 23, 2016, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Explore the Japanese-style garden; admire the special exhibition, Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945; enjoy fascinating tales; listen to delightful music; and write poems and special wishes on colorful strips of paper, called tanzaku, to hang on bamboo, following the traditional Japanese custom.

$18, $15 senior, $12 Hillwood and JASWDC members, $10 student, $5 children ages 6-18, free for children under 6.

Note: Tanabata is presented in partnership with the Japan-America Society of Washington DC.

www.HillwoodMuseum.org

4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008

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