Family Fun Day: Sampuru Cornucopia
Sampuru are fake samples of food displayed in restaurants all around Japan showcasing what it looks like before you try out the meal for yourself! Come learn to make your own sampuru of some seasonal foods!
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Family Fun Day: Yokai Masks
Kowai (scary)! Make your own spooky mask for Halloween based on spirits and creatures from Japanese folklore!
Who are you? The Stories Behind the Hapa Project
Learn more about our latest exhibition Hapa.me, with the artist and curator, Kip Fulbeck. Fulbeck has photographed thousands of people, inviting them to define themselves in their own words and with their own handwriting. In this energetic and entertaining artist talk, Fulbeck shares some of his behind-the-scenes experiences working with these individuals — showing some never before seen images and extrapolating how these stories reflect our contemporary world.
Speaker Series: Musha Ningyō: Avatars of the Samurai Spirit
Japan is famous for the legacy of its samurai warriors, immortalized in art, film, and literature. In Japan, this particular world was also embodied in an extravagant doll culture, with elaborate forms created over the centuries commemorating historical warriors as well as the spirit of the samurai.
Film: Summer Days with Coo
One day, Koichi Uehara, a fourth-grader living in the suburbs of Tokyo, picks up a fossil that looks like a large stone while on his way home from school. To his surprise, he has picked up a baby Kappa (a Japanese mythical water creature), who has been asleep underground for the past 300 years. Koichi names this baby creature “Coo” and brings him to live with his family, and soon the two are inseparable friends.