Japanese American National Museum's video: Unboxed: Mochitsuki: Shaping Good Fortune for the New Year

Explore the Japanese tradition of mochitsuki with JANM’s Director of Collections Management & Access and Curator, Kristen Hayashi. Through three collections learn the story of how returnees from America’s concentration camps celebrated the New Year while at Southern California trailer parks. Presented as part of the 2021 Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival. *** QUESTION OF THE DAY *** What surprised or inspired you most about the stories told in this video? --- Oshogatsu Virtual Family Festival January 3–8, 2021 Join JANM for a week of virtual, kid-friendly activities to celebrate the New Year! From interactive, offline festivities for all ages to multi-lingual story times and play performances, welcome the Year of the Ox with JANM. http://janm.org/oshogatsufest2021 UNBOXED: With over 100,000 objects in JANM’s permanent collection, every artifact has a story to tell about the people, places and events from America’s past and the Japanese American experience. Unboxed is a series of short videos that highlight the artifacts and stories in JANM’s collection. Learn more about JANM's permanent collection here: https://blog.janm.org/2020/06/03/inside-janm-permanent-collection/ http://janm.org/collections --- The work of the museum is made possible by the generous support of JANM's members and donors. Become a member (http://janm.org/membership) or consider making a tax-deductible gift so that we can continue to maintain and preserve JANM’s Collection as well as other important projects in support of our mission: http://janm.org/donatenow. Your support makes a difference. Thank you! Japanese American National Museum 100 N. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 http://janm.org