Enjoy the 2024 New Year in Kyuhaku!
Kyushu National Museum (or “Kyuhaku” for short), will be open from 1 January in 2024!
After your first hatsumōde shrine visit of the year, why not come have fun at Kyuhaku?
Join
our kakizome New Year’s calligraphy event, concert, and ondako demon kite
exhibits!
Kakizome: New Year Calligraphy @ Kyuhaku
Start your New Year with some New Year’s calligraphy, or kakizome! All participants will receive presents, and the first 50 participants will receive an extra commemorative gift.
Date:
2-3 January 2024
Time:
10:00-16:00 (Registration begins at 9:30)
Venue:
Kyushu National Museum Entrance Hall (1F)
Participation:
Free
Ondako Demon Kite Exhibition
Ondako demon kites, a traditional craft from Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, are used to ward off evil. In November and December, we conducted workshops where visitors could make their own colorful ondako. Now, 200 of these kites are on display within Kyuhaku！
Exhibition & Venue:
1 – 28 January 2024 (Sun), Kyushu National Museum Entrance Hall
(1F)
New Year Concert
Date:
3 January 2024 (Wed)
Time:
① 13:00-13:30
② 15:00-15:30
② 15:00-15:30
Venue:
Kyushu National Museum, Museum Hall (1F)
Admission:
Free, 288 people (first-come, first-served)