The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo hosted its annual Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day) celebration on April 29.
Activities included crafts, emoji bread-making workshops, Rajio Taiso (exercise), performances by Irvine Cheerleaders and Ukuleles 4 Little Tokyo, and food vendors.
Hayao Miyazaki’s classic animated feature “My Neighbor Totoro” was screened and the JACCC’s James Irvine Japanese Garden was open to attendees.
Kodomo no Hi, originally known as Tango no Sekku, has been a national holiday each May 5 in Japan since 1948.
For information on upcoming events, visit www.jaccc.org.
Photos by YUMI OUCHI/Rafu Shimpo
