Annual January event celebrating the Japanese New Year, organized by the Center for Japanese Studies.

• http://www.ii.umich.edu/cjs/

The event includes: mochi-making and taste-testing, live music with Miyabi (koto and piano) and Raion Taiko (http://www.michigantaiko.net/), kakizome (New Year’s calligraphy), origami, kamishibai (Japanese storytelling), manga-drawing, games, and more.

In the news

• http://www.annarbor.com/news/mochitsuki-festival-celebrating-japanese-new-year-draws-big-crowd-at-u-m/

News references

• Mochitsuki stories on AnnArbor.com
• Mochitsuki stories on Ann Arbor Chronicle
• Mochitsuki stories on Ann Arbor Observer
• Mochitsuki stories in Heritage Media newspapers
• Mochitsuki stories in the Google News archives