2024 Senior Appreciation Honorees
Over the last 37 years, the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival’s Senior Appreciation Brunch has honored more than 250 individuals. In Japanese culture, seniors hold a place of respect and reverence in one’s family and community. These seniors have made a significant impact on those around them, demonstrating the importance of leadership, education and the preservation […]
2024 Senior Appreciation Honorees
Over the last 37 years, the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival’s Senior Appreciation Brunch has honored more than 250 individuals. In Japanese culture, seniors hold a place of respect and reverence in one’s family and community. These seniors have made a significant impact on those around them, demonstrating the importance of leadership, education and the preservation […]
Meet the Artist: Taiko Fujimura, 2024 Poster Designer
San Francisco-based Mixed Media Artist Taiko Fujimura designed this year’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival poster. Taiko’s work is a beautiful fusion of watercolor, ink, acrylic, and oil, depicting a colorful and emotional journey through her experiences and connections with the world around her. You may recognize her artwork through the Hearts in San Francisco, […]
2024 Winners of the Community Service Scholarship
This marks the 36th year of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Community Service Scholarship. The program is for graduating seniors of Japanese descent. Administered by the SF Nikkei Lions, the program awards two $2,500 scholarships to deserving high school seniors going to college. The winners will be awarded at the George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) […]
Meet the Artist: Taiko Fujimura, 2024 Poster Designer
San Francisco-based Mixed Media Artist Taiko Fujimura designed this year’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival poster. Taiko’s work is a beautiful fusion of watercolor, ink, acrylic, and oil, depicting a colorful and emotional journey through her experiences and connections with the world around her. You may recognize her artwork through the Hearts in San Francisco, […]
2024 Winners of the Community Service Scholarship
This marks the 36th year of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Community Service Scholarship. The program is for graduating seniors of Japanese descent. Administered by the SF Nikkei Lions, the program awards two $2,500 scholarships to deserving high school seniors going to college. The winners will be awarded at the George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) […]
GenRyu Arts – Gen Taiko and Odori
Date: April 20 • 2:30 – 3:15 PM Location: George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) Stage Japanese Taiko and Dance Founded as Gen Taiko in 1995 and incorporated as GenRyu Arts in August 2008, its mission is to promote, present and participate in the Japanese diaspora through Taiko (Japanese Drumming) and other traditional and contemporary music and dance […]
Drum Revolution
Date: April 20 • 2:00 – 2:30 PM Location: George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) Stage Taiko Led by Kensuke Sumii, Drum Revolution is a taiko group devoted to promoting its unique character of taiko in the San Francisco Bay Area through teaching and performing. Since Drum Revolution was established in 2005, it has performed actively at various […]
Rosa Parks Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program
Date: April 20 • 1:30 – 2:00 PM Location: George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) Stage Performance by Elementary School group The only program of its kind in Northern California, the Rosa Parks Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP) is a Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES) program, integrating instruction by native Japanese speaking Sensei with a rigorous core […]
Zanshin Dojo
Date: April 20 • 12:30 – 1:00 PM Location: George Yamasaki, Jr. (Peace Plaza) Stage Martial Arts Zanshin Dojo is a traditional dojo teaching Okinawa goju ryu led by Sensei Mirko Buchwald 6th dan. They focus on health and self-defense in which students test their abilities and overcome inhibitions. The dojo was established in June 1988 to […]