11th L.A. Annual Tanabata Festival Celebrates ‘Romance in the Stars’

The Los Angeles Tanabata Festival celebrates its 11th anniversary as part of the annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-11, in historic Little Tokyo.

The festival features 7-foot kazari decorations that hang from the Aileen Getty Plaza at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (GCMOCA).

The festival, which is free and open to the public, takes place on the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) Plaza and GCMOCA, located on First Street and Central Avenue in Downtown L.A.

published on August 8, 2019