The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates its annual spring event over two weekends around mid-April to coincide with the blooming of the cherry blossoms around March-April. Events include tea ceremonies, martial arts, taiko drumming, traditional dance, and a parade.

When we drove into the city, parking was very difficult - but not impossible - to find.

We started walking by the little food booths browsing to see what appealed to our eyes and stomachs. I had some short ribs, inari sushi, garlic fries, Thai iced tea, lemonade, a strawberry drink, and a soy drink.

It was also nice for people-watching. And the best part was that we did all that on less than $20 each for the food. The parade concludes the celebration, especially the last part of it, is very energetic and exciting finale.

Sat-Sun 10am-6pm Check their website for their current schedule.

Telephone 415.563.2313

Email info@nccbf.org
Phone: (415) 563-2313

Muni lines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 22, 38, 38L.

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The Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates Spring's arrival and the Japanese culture which is so strong in the Bay Area. The winsome cherry blossom symbolizes all that is beautiful, courageous and temporal. Also, there's a great variety of live entertainment and Japanese food/cultural exhibits for when you get bored of looking at trees. The festival runs from April 8 - April 16.