Hatsume Fair
DELRAY, FLA-May 25, 2020- The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens announces plans for their 41st annual Hatsume Fair to be held April 17, 2020 and April 18, 2020. Gates will open to the public at 10 a.m. each day.
The annual Hatsume Fair is set to be held Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18 whether there is rain or shine. The beautiful and typically tranquil Morikami Park will be transformed into a unique Japanese spring festival. There will be multiple Japanese customs that will be celebrated. Come out and enjoy tons of fun activities such as taiko drumming and martial arts demonstrations, along with a lot of activities for kids too.
The Hatsume Fair will be located at 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach, FL 33446, which is also known simply as Morikami Park. Tickets purchased in advance will be $12 for adults (11+) and $6 for children (4-10). Tickets purchased at the gate are priced $20 for adults (11+) and $10 (4-10). Morikami members and children age 3 and younger will be free. No senior or student discounts will be offered. Parking is free and there will also be handicap parking available. Advance tickets may be purchased directly on our webpage, www.morikami.org.
Cornell Cafe will be open to serve guests between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. There will be American and Japanese food available for all guests. A preview of the menu is available on the website for all guests to browse beforehand.
This fair has been held for the past 41 years and celebrates the first bud of spring. Each year the event welcomes more than 30 artists, craft and plant vendors as well as anime and comic dealers. The gardens in Morikami Park will be open to the public, but the museums will not. Program director Peter Rabbit stated,
“As the director of the annual Hatsume Fair, we take pride in ensuring that the event is smoothly run and tons of fun for our guests of all ages. This is Morikami’s largest annual event and transforms Morikami Park into an amazing Japanese Spring Festival.”
There will be activities such as taiko drumming, martial arts, bonsai demonstrations, rock garden raking, garden tours, and more. On Saturday, there will be a costume contest where visitors dress as their favorite anime character to compete in the Cosplay Contest and on Sunday, a fashion show that will feature the best lolita, decora, anime, and kimono-inspired outfits. Hatsume t-shirts will also be printed on the spot, if you bring your own shirt, the first screen print is free and every shirt after is $5. If a shirt must be provided, it will be $10.
Unfortunately, wheelchairs will not be provided for guests but first aid will be provided by Delray Medical if needed.
For more information regarding the Hatsume Fair, please visit us at www.morikami.org, email us at morikami@pbcgov.org, or call (561) 495-0233.
About Morikami Museums and Japanese Gardens
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens celebrates a more than century-old connection between Japan and South Florida. In the early 1900s, a group of young Japanese farmers arrived to form an agricultural colony they called Yamato, an ancient name for Japan. The colony’s farming endeavors were ultimately unsustainable, however, and almost all members of the original colony returned to Japan. In the mid 1970s, one of the last remaining settlers, George Sukeji Morikami, donated his land to Palm Beach County with the wish for it to become a park to preserve the memory of the Yamato Colony.Together with his friends, neighbors and the Palm Beach County Department of Parks and Recreation, George’s simple dream took on a new dimension. With the opening of Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in 1977, a living monument was created, building a bridge of cultural understanding between George Morikami’s two homelands.
Contact:
Charity Robertson
Media Contact
Manager of Marketing Communications
(205) 721-3559
crobertson@morikami.org
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