Re: SJ Japantown Lunar New Year - Sunday, January 22nd from 11am until 3pm (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:55:26 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > something to do

Although a good excuse for exercise, I don't want to dwell.  We need to go
food shopping, and I need to pick up my prescription.

 >  > From: Cynthia Batchelder <http://www.gmail.com/~cynzin2016>
 >  > Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:27:47 -0800
 >  > 
 >  > Lunar New Year celebration in Japantown.
 >  > Sunday, January 22nd from 11am until 3pm.
 >  > Mochi-making workshop with Lotus Preschool/Santo Market at Buddhist Church 
 >  > Annex, Kimono displays at Nichi Bei Bussan, Fukubukuro at Headliners, 
 >  > Zonkey, Coldwater, and Cukui, crafters and artisans, and pet adoptions at 
 >  > Biscuits!
 >  > Traditional firecrackers are to be set off at 10:55am, so please be 
 >  > prepared - we ask that neighbors keep their dogs indoors and refrain from 
 >  > bringing them out until after 11am.
 >  >    *  A few notes on traditions - regarding the red paper left behind - any 
 >  >    type of sweeping is frowned upon because doing so is sweeping away the 
 >  >    good fortune and good luck of the day.
 >  >    *  Japantown was established alongside one of where-I-live’s first 
 >  >    Chinatowns (Heinlenville). So even though setting off firecrackers isn’
 >  >    t necessarily a Japanese tradition, we are honoring our history and 
 >  >    celebrating the many cultures of the business owners and residents who 
 >  >    now make up an important part of our community.
 >  >      Cukui, Zonkey, Santo Market Inc, Nichi Bei Bussan, @Headliners, 
 >  >      Biscuits - Give a Dog a Bone, where-I-live Made (SJMADE).