11/04/2024
Exciting news! The 57th Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this weekend! 🌸
Get your raffle tickets at Akari and support NCCBF !
The Grand Prize is round-trip tickets to Japan with JAL, and there are plenty of other amazing prizes, including gift certificates from Akari and Menya Kanemaru !
Plus, Akari and Menya Kanemaru are selling raffle tickets and ticket holders get a free appetizer at Menya Kanemaru!
Don't miss out on the fun!🎉
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We’re not kidding.😄The🌸57th Cherry Blossom Festival🌸 is 13 days away, and we’re proud to unveil this year’s poster!
祭 - Matsuri means “Festival”🎊
Designed by San Francisco-based Mixed Media Artist . Taiko has been practicing Japanese Calligraphy since the age of 6. Her art pieces seeks to bridge the contradictions around us where two opposites co-exist through unifying space. She has exhibited her art both locally in the de Young Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Consulate General of Japan in San Franciso and abroad at the Hirafuku Museum of Art and the Denshokan Museum in Akita, Japan. This year’s poster marries Taiko’s love for calligraphy and art, with the Japanese kanji for Matsuri 祭 surrounded by Cherry Blossoms hand drawn by Taiko.
Suppose you’ve found a sense of familiarity with Taiko’s poster. In that case, you may have seen her mural at the Salesforce Transit Center and the various mini-hearts she painted in 2018, 2019, and 2022 as part of San Francisco’s city-wide iconic Hearts Project.💗
Drop by Japantown on April 13,14 & 20,21, between 11am-6pm to check out Taiko’s beautiful poster in person and snag merch with Taiko’s festival designs at our info booth!
