Natsumatsuri Family Festival

The Japanese American National Museum hosts this annual summer family festival—a free afternoon of cultural performances and kid-friendly crafts and activities—think taiko drumming, bon odori dancing, origami, storytelling and improv comedy—all coinciding with the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center’s Nisei Week Plaza Festival and a scavenger hunt around Little Tokyo. Note: The museum’s pavilion is closed for renovations, so the fest will be held at JANM’s adjacent Democracy Center and Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza.