Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade | Civic Center

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The 43rd Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival parade begins at the Civic Center at 1:00 p.m. on April 18, 2010, proceeding up Polk to Post Street, and ending in Japantown at Post and Fillmore streets.

A number of performers from Japan will also grace us with their presence. Japanese classical (Buyo) and folk dance (Minyo) groups representing the Bay Area will perform throughout the parade route like a myriad of floating butterflies. Streams of colorful floats will be carrying young women representing Japanese American and other Asian communities.

World renowned San Francisco Taiko Dojo will keep the parade upbeat with the thundering sound of the taiko, and this year’s Queen and her Court will cascade their way to Japantown. Anchoring the parade is the exciting Taru Mikoshi, that will be hoisted by over one hundred strong individuals from throughout the Bay Area.

43rd Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
Festival – April 10, 11, 17, 18 – 11am to 5pm
Parade – April 18 1pm

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