Celebrating the history, culture, and people of Japan, the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the United States. Your family can enjoy guided walking tours, bonsai, cooking, martial arts and origami demonstrations, sumo wrestling, and special activities for kids.
The festival will be held Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Monday, Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Last entry at 4:30 p.m.) Admission is $18 for adults and kids ages 13 and older; $9 for ages 3-adult, and free for children age 2 and under. Garden members ages 13 and up are $0. Festival-level members and their children get in free.
For more than 40 years, the Missouri Botanical Garden has produced the annual Japanese Festival in conjunction with the Japanese Activities Committee, a coalition of several Japanese-American organizations that provide art, dance, food and entertainment for thousands of visitors each year.
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