Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, CA

Were they giving out freebies there. I saw this women with a KTSF 26 bag.

I saw the Grand Parade in San Francisco yesterday. Man Japantown was crowded. Pics to come once I download them to my pc.

Did I mention that I knew the people in charge of the Cherry Blosssom Festival pagent? :naughty:



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

pcmodem wrote:Did I mention that I knew the people in charge of the Cherry Blosssom Festival pagent? :naughty:

No you didn't. Did you get to attend the coronation?

dochira wrote:
No you didn't. Did you get to attend the coronation?

Nah. Didn't feel like going.

Heck, I consider the Miss America and Miss Universe pagents boring.

Was there on the Saturday of the first weekend.
-PCM

I caught the JAL float with the Queen and Princesses on Sunday. I'm not sure how great my photo is, but I'll upload it when I get the chance. I did see the Taiko float with Master Tanaka Seiichi and the huge Taru Mikoshi.

I promised this a while back, so here we go:

Some float with a rock band:
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Master Tanaka Seiichi of the SF Taiko Dojo:
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More taiko:
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The Cherry Blossom Court on the JAL float (if only that guy didn't move his head when I took the shot):
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The final "float", the taru mikoshi:
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Nice pics, doch.

The floats looks similar to those of the Nisei Week parade.

dochira wrote:I promised this a while back, so here we go:

Some float with a rock band:
[image]

Master Tanaka Seiichi of the SF Taiko Dojo:
[image]

More taiko:
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The Cherry Blossom Court on the JAL float (if only that guy didn't move his head when I took the shot):
[image]

The final "float", the taru mikoshi:
[image]

OH! DUDE! I was there this year! Who knows.. maybe I took a glance at you and didn't even know it. :D wow! I hope to go next year too! btw, nice pics. :mrgreen:

Sooji wrote:
OH! DUDE! I was there this year! Who knows.. maybe I took a glance at you and didn't even know it. :D wow! I hope to go next year too! btw, nice pics. :mrgreen:

I hope you weren't the person who got into the Court's shot. :P I wanted to try out the food at the Webster St. area, but it was so crowded after the parade.

Folks,
Want to encourage everyone to visit the festival this spring.

Official Website, with updates pending for 2007:
http://www.nccbf.org/

Location:
San Francisco Nihonmachi (Japantown)

Dates:
April 14 (Sat) - Cherry Blossom Queen Program
April 15 (Sun)
April 21 (Sat)
April 22 (Sun) - Cherry Blossom Parade



Cheers, :drink:
PCM

March 18 (Sun) - press conference and preview day (tentative)

For shame PCM, you should be using the existing thread in the GD forum: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.4451.htm

Moving and merging.

Under advisement, this thread should be in the J-Ent forum.

Moving again.


Sorry, folks. :ashamed:

We went to Japantown on our last trip to SF.. A waaaaay better place than that darned Union Square. Anyway, since we know where it is.. we might be making a cameo for this years celebs.. Any members going?

We went to Japantown last summer and I bought a lot of car stuff at that car store there. I think it's called AutoFreak. Anyway, the Festival sounds like fun, I hope to go to one someday.

Preview Day is March 18 at 12 PM.

The Cherry Blossom Queen candidates, a dancing troupe, koto, taiko.

Golf Tournament is April 1 in Sonoma.


Cheers, :drink:
PCM

pcmodem wrote:The Cherry Blossom Queen candidates, a dancing troupe, koto, taiko.

Sugoi....! :thumbsup:

Website has been updated, schedule of events is posted:
http://www.nccbf.org/docs/CBF_schedule_front.pdf


Cheers, :drink:
PCM

pcmodem wrote:Preview Day is March 18 at 12 PM.

The Cherry Blossom Queen candidates, a dancing troupe, koto, taiko.

Golf Tournament is April 1 in Sonoma.


Cheers, :drink:
PCM

Preview Day went smoothly. The six candidates met with their official sponsors, the Japanese press, and leaders of the CB Festival.

Toyota has graciously donated a new Corolla to the raffle! :applaud:




Cheers,
PCM