SF News Japantown Peace Plaza Redesign Gets $6 Million Boost From the State Assemblymember Phil Ting brought home the bacon Tuesday, announcing $6 million in state funding to revitalize Japantown Peace Plaza, which hasn’t seen an upgrade in 20 years.
Arts & Entertainment Japantown Revels in Successful Return of Cherry Blossom Festival While there was no parade this year, the 55th annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival blossomed again, and every performance is available online so you can relive all the anime cosplay, Taiko Dojo, and swordsmanship.
Arts & Entertainment 52nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Kicks Off Saturday in Japantown The annual celebration of hanami, the blossoming of cherry blossom trees that heralds the arrival of spring, begins Saturday in SF's Japantown with dozens of events and demonstrations.
Arts & Entertainment Where To See All The Pretty Cherry Blossoms In San Francisco It's cherry blossom season here in Northern California, just as it is in Washington D.C. and elsewhere where the trees are plentiful. And because of San Francisco's long ties with Japan, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink OMFG Hello Kitty Food Truck Coming Back To SF! Omgggggggg Get ready to literally devour your favorite Sanrio character at the Hello Kitty Cafe food truck, which is coming back to San Francisco at long last to fill that little bow-shaped hole
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: Cherry Blossom Realness Revelers doing the bon odori dance (a traditional Japanese dance) at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival. Photo by Joanne Wong.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Cherry Blossom Anime Costume Contest Did you check out the Cherry Blossom Festival and Parade yesterday? Or did the heat send you running for the beach? As usual, Jim Herd from San Francisco Citizen got some great shots
Arts & Entertainment What's Gavin Doing With His Wrists? On second thought, we don't want to know. Picture courtesy of SFMike, who snapped this at the Cherry Blossom Festival's Beauty Queens parade outside City Hall today, where Newsom also celebrated the 50th
Arts & Entertainment Cherry Blossom Parade Anime Costume Contest Hey, it's time once again for the Cherry Blossom Festival pre-parade anime costume contest at City Hall in San Francisco. The weather turned out great. Let's meet some of the contestants, after the
