Nikkei Matsuri 2026 San Jose Japantown festival today

Gigi the cat keycap from Kiki's Delivery Service, by vendor PeachIsekai

"Have a nice day or else" sign inside Moment store

Food:

Sekai Judo Club - Boba drinks & Okinawan donuts

Street Stix - pork lumpia & chicken skewers & rice plate

Troop 611 - imagawayaki, "a waffle-like outside & an azuki bean paste filling"

https://nikkeimatsuri.org/

https://www.instagram.com/peachisekai/

https://www.momentpopup.com/japantown-san-jose

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59th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival

Atsuko Okatsuka was Parade Grand Marshal this year. She gave a short talk from the Webster Street stage πŸ’œ

This year we sampled the Sokoji Takoyaki (not shown), Ice cream, & Gyoza.

At Kinokuniya, we bought "The Art of From Up On Poppy Hill"

πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 🎎 πŸ—Ύ 🏯 🍑 πŸ™ 🎏

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Map of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is out!! Because the event is SO congested due to its large size, I've outlined where I'll be as part of JPop-UP in Hotel Kabuki! See you there!

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