Tanabata Festival @ Japanese American National Museum

Come celebrate the 6th Annual LA Tanabata Festival with the theme "Wish Upon The Stars". We will be out there promoting the craft workshop and other Reiyukai activities, so come by with a friend and say hi!

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We will be accepting membership applications (http://www.reiyukai-usa.org/about/membership), so if you have someone that you think would love our activities, encourage them to sign up for Annual Reiyukai Membership.

Remember, with an annual membership, you can attend all Reiyukai activities absolutely FREE.

Simple forms will be available and multiple forms of payment are accepted. Please visit our website for more information. (http://www.reiyukai-usa.org/)

There will be food, games, arts & crafts, and the amazing lanterns at the event. Also, don't forget to visit and see the Go For Broke Monument which will be near the lanterns. Opening ceremonies will be on August 8th, however we will be there for the after party on August 9th and 10th.

For anyone that would like to volunteer, feel free to RSVP along with a message, "I want to volunteer!" and the day and times you'd like to help out. We'll most likely ask those who come to help pass out information and greet guests.

Check out the short documentary below from the 2013 Tanabata Festival and how brought organizers brought the lantern to city of Sendai after the Tsunami which devastated the city in 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFOkfIOwVg