Join The 4th Annual Kibō Nobori Children’s Day Festival! May 3rd 2025
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Kibō Nobori
Kibō Nobori
The 4th annual KIBŌ NOBORI, will be taking place Saturday, May 3rd, 2025!
Mark your calendars!
KIBŌ NOBORI
Children’s Arts & Culture Festival
Saturday May 3rd 2025
Terasaki Budokan, 249 S. Los Angeles Street, Little Tokyo
11 AM - 4PM PT
This free, family-friendly event in celebration of the Japanese holiday 'Kodomo No Hi' (Children's Day) and AANHPI Heritage Month. Founded by half-Japanese artist and mother Faith-Ann Kiwa Young, Kibō Nobori means ‘Hope Flags’ in Japanese, and the goal is to spread hope in our community. Hope is needed more than ever this year! So join our celebration!
Last year’s event drew over 2,500+ attendees and this year, there will be even more surprises!
Full line up will be announced in April.
Featuring:
MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCES
ART INSTALLATIONS by Faith-Ann Kiwa Young
CHILDREN’S ART & ACTIVITIES
AAPI MARKETPLACE curated by Filled Market
SPORTS & GAMES
SNACKS
FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!
This event is made possible by our incredible sponsors as well as our partnership with Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC), Kizuna.
If you are interested in sponsoring KIBŌ NOBORI 2025, please email kibonobori@gmail.com.
KIBŌ NOBORI
In Japanese, “Kibō means "hope" and "Nobori" means "flags/banner". We seek to spread hope + joy throughout the community.
Join us as we create an immersive, colorful playground, Kibō Nobori, in Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo to celebrate the Japanese holiday “Kodomo No Hi” or “Children’s Day,” in the first weekend of May. This annual art + culture festival is open to the public and is free for all ages.
Each year, the Kibō Nobori team curates a select group of musicians, performers, community leaders, and inspiring humans to showcase the diversity of Japanese American and AAPI creativity in our city.
The stage boasts a full day of programming - from dance and live musical performance. This year, there will be vibrant marketplace of AAPI creators curated by Filled Market as well as family-friendly arts & crafts, food, and music.
Kibō Nobori is the brain-child of LA-based, half-Japanese artist, Faith-Ann Kiwa Young, and has been brought to life with partner Terasaki Budokan, the non-profit community center.
Faith-Ann Kiwa Young
Featured Installation Artist & Creator
Each year, half-Japanese artist Faith-Ann Kiwa Young transforms the plaza and children’s playground into an immersive art experience.
Printing layered photos onto fabric and hanging them so they flutter in the air, each year she creates a surrealistic, colorful playground, honoring children’s youthful spirit, hope, and imagination. All ages will be able to walk, run, and play under it. Visitors will be able to share messages of hope alongside the installation, as well as #KiboNobori on social media.
Faith-Ann Young (she/her) is a half-Japanese installation artist, creative director and community organizer, devoted to using art to propel social change and unite people. She is very active in the Japanese-American and AANHPI community, particularly in Little Tokyo, and her installation work has been displayed internationally from UK, LA, to Miami.
Terasaki Budokan
Host and Partner
Terasaki Budokan’s mission is to provide a facility in Downtown, Los Angeles for youth, families and seniors that offers sports, community activities, and opportunities to connect visitors to Japanese American culture and a vibrant, sustainable Little Tokyo. This unique event venue is a community project of Little Tokyo Service Center.
Filled Market
AAPI Marketplace Partner
In honor of AAPI Heritage month, our partner co-mrkt will have a curated market featuring local, AAPI artists and food vendors —just in time for mother’s/mother figure’s day shopping and to fill your tummy alll day!
This is our first year featuring Filled Market and we are so excited! You may have visited their delicious markets at Smorgasburg in DTLA. Filled Market is a bimonthly pop-up market that amplifies Filipino creatives, artisans, and small businesses, as well as serves as a cultural hub for building community. Their mission is to be an inclusive, intergenerational space where emerging Filipino creatives can experiment, connect with their community that supports them, and grow. Organized by Di Barbadillo on behalf of USAPAN, a non-profit dedicated to uplifting and uniting Filipino-American voices, Filled Market was best described by The NY Times as “a tiny and only occasional event in Los Angeles, but it feels dynamic and crucial.”
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