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Tony Q. of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko performs during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Cameron Blakemore of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko performs during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Ten-year-old Nitzia Hernandez, second from right, is dressed in a kimono by Yoko Griggs, left, and Satomi Sato, both of the Japanese Culture Club, during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Kika Shibata of Las Vegas shows attendees the Japanese art of flower arranging, ikebana, during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Ayako Tokunaga of Las Vegas, left, demonstrates the art of origami to 6-year-old Abraham Varner of Eagle Mountain, Utah during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Seven-year-old Tamarind Woodard, left, and her father James practice using chopsticks with jelly beans during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Tony Q. of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko performs during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Eight-year-old Maliyah Brown tries on a kimono during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Kika Shibata of Las Vegas shows attendees the Japanese art of flower arranging, ikebana, during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Hiroko Stagnaro of Las Vegas shows the Japanese alphabet during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Members of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko perform during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Jennifer Caballero of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko performs during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Kika Shibata of Las Vegas shows attendees the Japanese art of flower arranging, ikebana, during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Attendees create kabuki masks during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Ten-year-old Nitzia Hernandez, center, is dressed in a kimono by Yoko Griggs, left, and Satomi Sato, both of the Japanese Culture Club, during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Tony Q. of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko performs during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Members of Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko perform during the Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan at the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
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August 25, 2018 - 11:12 pm
 

Taiko drum and Japanese dance demonstrations came to the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas on Saturday for “Family Fun Day: Journey Through Japan.”

Visitors learned how to fold origami, make a kite and write their names in Japanese. The Las Vegas Kaminari Taiko group also performed.

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