Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum of San Diego hosts Toro Nagashi Festival on Aug. 8 & 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. General admission to the Japanese garden is $16 per person.
Enjoy the custom of Toro Nagashi by floating a lantern to honor those who have passed. In addition to the merchant booths, the festival includes a wide variety of performances in the Inamori Pavilion. Food vendors will be serving in the lower garden and a beer and sake garden will be hosted in the lower garden.
Toro Nagashi (floating lanterns) is a ceremony to honor those who have passed. The floating lanterns commemorate loved ones and wish them peace. Guests will be able to float their candle-lit lanterns (LED candles) in the lower garden stream during the festival.
Starting 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, a limited number of lanterns will be available for purchase at the festival to decorate in the lower garden’s Inamori Pavilion.
Lantern presale will be available until Aug. 1.
