The results of the 2025 Kazari Contest are now online. The complete list of winners in all categories can be found on the 2025 Kazari Award Winners page.
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Online Payments Now Accepted
You can now register for the Kazari Contest as well as pay for Sponsorship (Donate) online. Kazari Contest You now have the option to complete your Kazari Contest Registration form and mail it in by US Mail, or you can complete the form and pay online instead. Completing everything online is not only easier but […]
Announcing the 2025 Tanabata Festival!
New Location for 2025! For 2025, the Kazari will be displayed in front of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) at 244 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. This year’s Los Angeles Tanabata Festival will be held August 9-17, during Little Tokyo Nisei Week. Register for the Kazari Contest!
Five More Kazari Workshops in July & Aug 2024
Free Kazari WorkshopsJuly 1, 8, 15, 22, and Aug 5, 2024 Due to popular demand, 5 more Free Workshops have been scheduled for the month of July and August. Come learn how to construct kazari. And if you need materials you can purchase whatever items you need while you’re there! Download “2024 Workshop Flyer” Tanabata_Workshops_2024_updated_062524.pdf […]
2024 Workshops Jun 17 & 24
2024 Free Kazari WorkshopsJune 17 & 24 The 2024 Los Angeles Tanabata Festival is coming August 10-18! Enter the Contest and have your kazari proudly displayed in the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) lobby. If you need materials or need to learn how to make kazari, come to one of our FREE workshops this June. […]
2024 Tanabata Festival is On!
Announcing the 2024 Tanabata FestivalAugust 10-18, 2024 The 2024 Los Angeles Tanabata Festival is coming August 10-18! Kazari will be displayed in the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) lobby. Register for the Kazari Contest! Download “2024 Workshop Flyer” Tanabata_Workshops_2024.pdf – Downloaded 20 times – 2 MB ENGLISH JAPANESE
2021 Tanabata Festival Canceled!
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Tanabata Festival (LATF) committee has made the decision to cancel the event for 2021. Hopefully we will be back for 2022. Stay tuned!
2020 Tanabata Festival Officially Cancelled!
Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Tanabata Festival (LATF) committee has made the decision to cancel the event for 2020. Please read the following press release for complete details. Press Release:
2019 Kazari Award Winners
The results of the 2019 Kazari Contest are now online. The complete list of winners in all categories can be found on the 2019 Kazari Award Winners page.
Tanabata Festival in the Rafu!
Rafu Shimpo Website:The upcoming 11th annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival was featured on the Rafu Shimpo website, posted August 6, 2019.Read it here: 11th L.A. Tanabata Festival Celebrates ‘Romance in the Stars'(Please note that by clicking on the above link you will be leaving this website and redirected to rafu.com in a new window.)Alternatively, you can […]