This even has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (NCCBF) is one of California’s most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions. Each year, over 220,000 people attend this dazzling display showcasing the color and grace of the Japanese culture and the diversity of the Japanese American Community. Please join us and become a sponsor of this popular Japanese American community event.

All are welcome to join in the festivities as we celebrate Japanese and Japanese American culture in San Francisco’s Japantown! The event is free and open to the public. Vendors will be charging for their food goods and some retail products, and some specialized events will require a fee. The Festival will be held on Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets. There will be food booths, cultural performances, martial arts, live bands, the annual Queen Program, and more. The Grand Parade will be held on the second Sunday of the Festival, beginning at City Hall and concluding in Japantown.

The NCCBF is said to be the second largest festival outside of Washington, D.C. to celebrate the blooming of cherry blossoms; and held at one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States. This two-weekend-long Festival, like the cherry blossom, has come to symbolize spring’s late arrival in the famously fog-shrouded San Francisco.

Wear your Kimono for dining and shopping in Japantown!

Simply come to Japantown in your kimono or yukata and enjoy the special Kimono Day coupons for sponsored stores and restaurants.

“Japantown Kimono Day” has no special rules.
Gather in Kimono, San Francisco, Japan, enjoy shopping, eating,
and participating in upcoming events.
-If you have your own kimono, please come with it.
-Participants are welcome.
-People from various countries are participating.
-Free rental and dressing of yukata.
In that case:
1) Please come between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.
1) Rental time is one hour.
1) No reservation is required.
1) Please prepare a tank top, leggings and sandals.
1) There are a limited number of yukatas to prepare. Please note.
1) We welcome donations.

Shops in Nipponcho support “Japantown Kimono Day”.
Shopping and eating in a kimono with a coupon on the day
will give you nice gifts and services!

Partner shops: BENIHANA, IZUMIYA, SANKO, KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE,
ASAKICHI, NEAT ASIAN THINGS, SHIKI, NIJIYA SUPERMARKET,
TAKARA RESTAURANT, MIFUNE BISTRO, KISSAKO TEA, ANDERSEN,
TAN-TAN, KATSURA GARDEN, MAIDO, SOU SOU, SOPHIE’S CREPES, YAMASHO, NIPPONYA, TEA STOP CAFE, KOHSHI (Master Of Scents),
SAKURA SAKURA, SHABU SEN, UDON MUGIZO, ChaTo, SHIGE KIMONO,
On The Bridge

Contact us in advance – Please apply and register.

If you participate in “Japantown Kimono Day”, please contact us in advance.
For application / inquiries: To Kimono Day Secretariat [email protected]

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Japantown Kimono Day
2nd Sundays, every other month (subject to change)
Blog (J) http://sfkimonoday.blog92.fc2.com/
Blog (E) http://sfkimonodayen.blog132.fc2.com/
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The mission of the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival is to educate the public about the health benefits and various uses of soy and tofu. In adhering to these goals, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival — an annual fundraiser for the Nichi Bei Foundation — strives to be a vehicle for community-building and leadership development while adhering to the Foundation’s mission of keeping the community connected, informed and empowered.

This exciting culinary and cultural event showcases soy and tofu vendors, provides an educational forum on the various uses and benefits of soy and tofu, offers live music and cultural entertainment, interactive games and tofu eating contests, and culminates with the Soy and Tofu Dessert Competition.

Proceeds from the Festival help to publish the first nonprofit ethnic community newspaper of its kind in the country, the Nichi Bei Weekly.

Wear your Kimono for dining and shopping in Japantown!

Simply come to Japantown in your kimono or yukata and enjoy the special Kimono Day coupons for sponsored stores and restaurants.

“Japantown Kimono Day” has no special rules.
Gather in Kimono, San Francisco, Japan, enjoy shopping, eating,
and participating in upcoming events.
-If you have your own kimono, please come with it.
-Participants are welcome.
-People from various countries are participating.
-Free rental and dressing of yukata.
In that case:
1) Please come between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.
1) Rental time is one hour.
1) No reservation is required.
1) Please prepare a tank top, leggings and sandals.
1) There are a limited number of yukatas to prepare. Please note.
1) We welcome donations.

Shops in Nipponcho support “Japantown Kimono Day”.
Shopping and eating in a kimono with a coupon on the day
will give you nice gifts and services!

Partner shops: BENIHANA, IZUMIYA, SANKO, KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE,
ASAKICHI, NEAT ASIAN THINGS, SHIKI, NIJIYA SUPERMARKET,
TAKARA RESTAURANT, MIFUNE BISTRO, KISSAKO TEA, ANDERSEN,
TAN-TAN, KATSURA GARDEN, MAIDO, SOU SOU, SOPHIE’S CREPES, YAMASHO, NIPPONYA, TEA STOP CAFE, KOHSHI (Master Of Scents),
SAKURA SAKURA, SHABU SEN, UDON MUGIZO, ChaTo, SHIGE KIMONO,
On The Bridge

Contact us in advance – Please apply and register.

If you participate in “Japantown Kimono Day”, please contact us in advance.
For application / inquiries: To Kimono Day Secretariat [email protected]

******************************
Japantown Kimono Day
2nd Sundays, every other month (subject to change)
Blog (J) http://sfkimonoday.blog92.fc2.com/
Blog (E) http://sfkimonodayen.blog132.fc2.com/
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The Nihonmachi Street Fair considers itself the original “melting pot” of street fairs, with many aspects of Asian-Pacific American life—and San Francisco’s cultural life—expressed through performance, tradition, art, music, food, and community outreach and service.

Continually evolving to reflect the city it celebrates while staying true to its original idea: to use this event as a platform to mentor Asian Pacific American youths and foster their leadership and communication skills through volunteerism and community service. The Fair is produced, staffed, and organized by volunteers, thus providing practical, hands-on experience in collaboration, entrepreneurship, and problem solving.

Wear your Kimono for dining and shopping in Japantown!

Simply come to Japantown in your kimono or yukata and enjoy the special Kimono Day coupons for sponsored stores and restaurants.

“Japantown Kimono Day” has no special rules.
Gather in Kimono, San Francisco, Japan, enjoy shopping, eating,
and participating in upcoming events.
-If you have your own kimono, please come with it.
-Participants are welcome.
-People from various countries are participating.
-Free rental and dressing of yukata.
In that case:
1) Please come between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.
1) Rental time is one hour.
1) No reservation is required.
1) Please prepare a tank top, leggings and sandals.
1) There are a limited number of yukatas to prepare. Please note.
1) We welcome donations.

Shops in Nipponcho support “Japantown Kimono Day”.
Shopping and eating in a kimono with a coupon on the day
will give you nice gifts and services!

Partner shops: BENIHANA, IZUMIYA, SANKO, KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE,
ASAKICHI, NEAT ASIAN THINGS, SHIKI, NIJIYA SUPERMARKET,
TAKARA RESTAURANT, MIFUNE BISTRO, KISSAKO TEA, ANDERSEN,
TAN-TAN, KATSURA GARDEN, MAIDO, SOU SOU, SOPHIE’S CREPES, YAMASHO, NIPPONYA, TEA STOP CAFE, KOHSHI (Master Of Scents),
SAKURA SAKURA, SHABU SEN, UDON MUGIZO, ChaTo, SHIGE KIMONO,
On The Bridge

Contact us in advance – Please apply and register.

If you participate in “Japantown Kimono Day”, please contact us in advance.
For application / inquiries: To Kimono Day Secretariat [email protected]

******************************
Japantown Kimono Day
2nd Sundays, every other month (subject to change)
Blog (J) http://sfkimonoday.blog92.fc2.com/
Blog (E) http://sfkimonodayen.blog132.fc2.com/
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