The National Cherry Blossom festival is happening in DC

Hi there,
If you are in the Washington DC area, make sure you check out the Cherry Blossom Festival which starts this weekend and runs through April 14th.

A part of this will be the: 48th Annual Sakura Matsuri — Japanese Street Festival on Sat April 12 11am to 6 pm.

The Sakura Matsuri – “ Japanese Street Festival has four main areas: * Arts & Crafts is an introduction to Japan's traditional culture * J-POP Land features popular Japanese culture such as anime (animation), manga (comics), J-POP music, and Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)
* The popular Taste of Japan features 15 Japanese and Asian restaurants, plus two Kirin Beer Gardens * Hakutsuru sake tasting area The Ginza Marketplacefeatures Japanese and other products for sale

Plus there are five live performance stages:
* Pennsylvania Avenue Stage – Japanese traditional music and dance, koto, and the exciting taiko drums, sponsored by All Nippon Airways and WASH-FM
* Martial Arts Stage – Aikido, jujitsu, sumo, karate, kendo, kyudo
* 12th Street Stage – BIG 100.3 hosts “Super Karaoke”
* J-POP Stage- Featuring Japanese popular music and anime from Japan
* Okinawa Stage – Featuring performers from Japan's southern-most island.

More information www.sakuramatsuri.org