National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day & Opening Ceremony
Celebrate Washington, D.C.'s Beautiful Blossoms!
March 28, 2009
Rain or Shine!
The Great Hall decorated with cherry blossom balloons for the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening Ceremony.
© Bob Peavy
Join the National Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival in celebrating the annual opening of Washington, D.C.'s cherry blossom season. This annual family day invites visitors of all ages to enjoy hands-on activities, captivating martial arts demonstrations, and exciting indoor and outdoor performances that explore Japanese arts and design.
- WATCH the Shizumi Kdomo Dance Troupe perform traditional Japanese children's dances
- LISTEN to Japanese folk music performed on the koto, a Japanese zither-like instrument
- EXPLORE a larger than life origami sculpture and create your own origami figures to take home
- DRESS up in traditional Japanese clothing and discover traditional Japanese artifiacts
- LEARN by creating Mon Kiri—the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper
- VIEW cherry blossom-themed artwork by D.C. public and charter school students
Free. All ages. Drop-in program. Visit www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org for more details.
Sponsors
The National Cherry Blossom Festival Family Day and Opening Ceremony is sponsored by 
and is funded in part by the Washington Examiner and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanties, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
