Family

2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Horse

Two Taiko (Japanese drum) performers pounding a large wooden container of rice with mallets in a mochitsuki (mochi making) demonstration.
Free    |  Jan 11, 2026 at 11:00AM - 4:30PM
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)

Celebrate the New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse during the Japanese American National Museum’s 2026 Oshogatsu Family Festival at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center!

The 2026 festival includes free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for all ages. One of the festival highlights is a mochitsuki performance where sweet sticky rice is pounded into a smooth and elastic dough called mochi.