Programs for Families
Education Programs offers a range of events that encourage children and accompanying adults to connect with Japanese culture and history through authentic, engaging experiences.
Japan's Annual Festivities
Families participate in hands-on demonstrations, crafts and performances in our series of events organized around some of Japan’s annual festivities. These include Oshogatsu(New Year’s Day), Hinamatsuri(Doll’s Festival), Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day), Tanabata(Star Festival), Shichigosan, (7-5-3 Celebration), and Exploring Japan’s Mystical Folktale Creates & Ghosts through Performance (which takes place around the time of Halloween).
Oshogatsu is a part of CelebrASIA NYC: New Year’s Festivities for Families, a series of programs offered by Japan Society, The Korea Society, Asia Society and Museum, China Institute in America and the Rubin Museum of Art introducing children to New Year’s traditions through hands-on workshops, performances and auspicious food.
For more information about the 2011 season, visit www.celebrasia.org.
Art Carts
Art Carts actively explore Japan Society Gallery Exhibits and other topics. A museum educator guides inquiry, helping children acquire context-building information while developing visual analysis and critical thinking skills. Families are invited to handle objects and artifacts.
Children can send a message to children affected by the Tohoku Earthquake and its aftermath through our Kids4Japan Facebook page.
Upcoming Family Events
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EDUCATOR PROGRAM
Japan Across the Elementary Curriculum
Saturday, February 11 — Sunday, April 29
Spice up mathematics lessons with Japanese cooking or geometric origami paper folding. Explore the natural world and natural disasters through the lens of Japanese geography. Engage visual learners and reluctant readers with traditional kamishibai storytelling and modern manga graphic novels. -
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Going Global!
Tuesday, February 28, 6:30 PM
A special international feast benefiting Japan Society's Education and Family Programs featuring Chef Pierre Thiam taking the challenge of integrating Asian ingredients into 10 Senegalese dishes. -
FAMILY PROGRAM
Doll Festival (Girls’ Day): Hinamatsuri
Sunday, March 4, 2 PM
Children are invited to taste festival-related snacks and drinks and help decorate ceremonial dolls (hina-ningyo)!
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FAMILY PROGRAM
Children’s Artwork from Tohoku
Sunday, March 11, 11 AM
View and respond to artwork produced by children in the Tohoku region after the disasters of March 11. -
FAMILY PROGRAM
HappyDolls for Tohoku
Sunday, March 11, 1 PM
Children are invited to design and create HappyDolls to be sent to children in Tohoku, Japan. -
FAMILY PROGRAM
Deco Art Cart
Saturday, March 17, 2 PM
Children and their families, led by a Japan Society educator, participate in a gallery lesson focused on themes in the Deco Japan exhibition, including animals, sports and nature.
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FAMILY PROGRAM
Celebrating Japan’s Children’s Day: Kodomo no hi
Sunday, May 6, 2 PM
Enjoy Children’s Day with a theater performance introducing classic Japanese stories featuring Peach Boy (Momotaro) and festival-related song and dance.
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