Taiko Center of Los Angeles will be among the performers.
Taiko Center of Los Angeles will be among the performers.

SANTA ANA —?The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Target Free First Sunday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St. in Santa Ana. The schedule of activities is as follows:

Huang Sculpture Garden —?11 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Face painting, fish prints and cherry blossom water color painting art projects; bonsai display by Kofu Bonsai Kai Club

John M. Lee Court — 12 p.m.: Nihon buyo (classical dance of Japan) performed by Hanaygi Rokufumi; 12:30 p.m.: Koto by Saeko Kujiraoka; 1:45 p.m.: Shamisen by Mike Penny; 2:30 p.m.: Drumming by Taiko Center of Los Angeles; 3 p.m.: Japanese folk dance by Hanayagi Rokufumi

Free admission to permanent exhibitions, including “Sacred Realms: Temple Murals by Shashi Dhoj Tulachan,” “Spirits and Headhunters: Art of the Pacific Islands,” and “Ancient Arts of China.”

Kidseum is free and open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities there will include face painting, cherry blossom scrolls and koi fish kites art projects

Join master storyteller Miss Cynthia for these presentations. 10:30 a.m.: “The Rhino who Swallowed a Storm” LeVar Burton; 11:30 a.m.: “The Coyote and the Colorado River” (Native American); 1:30 p.m.: “Tikki Tikki Tembo” (China) by Arlene Mosel; 2:30 p.m.: “How the Tortoise Got Her Shell” (The Greedy Farmer); 3:30 p.m.: “The Empty Pot” (China).

Kidseum is located two blocks south of the Bowers Museum at 1802 N. Main St.

For more information, call (714) 567-3600 or visit www.bowers.org.