SF Japantown Cherry Blossom Festival 2009 (Event Over)

Every year we are joined by hundreds of performers from both Japan and California to give our thousands of spectators a taste of the Japanese culture.

Throughout the two weekends, the streets of Japantown becomes a live stage where you will have the opportunity to see Japanese dancing, singing, martial arts demonstrations, as well as taste traditional and nontraditional Japanese delicacies.

The U.S./Japan Taiko Festival is always a sold-out venue. On Sunday, April 22, the Grand Parade begins at the Civic Center at 1:00p.m., proceeding up Polk to Post Street, and ends in Japantown.  At the finale of the parade is the Taru Mikoshi, that will be hoisted by over one hundred individuals.