Cherry Blossom Festival 桜祭り
Our annual Cherry Blossom Festival (sakura matsuri) is held in spring each year at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. We have a variety of performances, food, and Japanese cultural activities to add to your Hanami (flower viewing) experience! Cherry Blossoms, or sakura, only bloom for a few weeks each year. In Japanese culture, sakura represent mortality and remind viewers of the beauty and transience of life. Thousands of people flock to parks in Japan to see the blossoms. We are lucky to have cherry trees all over Alabama that bloom each Spring. We encourage everyone to venture outside this month to appreciate the cherry blossoms!
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Save the Date!
４月１日(土)にバーミングハム植物園にて、桜まつりを開催します。植物園の綺麗な桜とともに、音楽、クラフトコーナー、武道パフォーマンス、茶道デモンストレーション等をお楽しみください。お祭りの詳細情報は随時こちらにアップされます。入場は無料です。ぜひ、ご家族やお友達をお誘い合わせの上、ご来場ください。なお、会場の駐車台数には限りがございますので、出来るだけお車に乗り合わせの上お越しいただきますよう、ご協力お願い申し上げます。
Join us for our 2023 Cherry Blossom Festival (Sakura Matsuri) at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens! With Japanese cultural activities as well as musical performances and martial arts demonstrations, you’ll have the whole day to experience Japanese culture! This is a free, family-friendly event.
Parking will be available only at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens this year. We encourage you to carpool!
SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)10:00 – 10:30 Opening Ceremony - Remarks from Japan-America Society of Alabama, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, City of Birmingham, Consul General of Japan in Atlanta 10:45 – 11:15 Briarwood Japanese Children’s Club Performance 11:30 – 12:00 Shinkendo of Birmingham 12:15 – 12:45 LeRon Harrison Gagaku Music Performance 1:15 – 2:00 Daikin Taiko Force 2:30 – 3:15 Hiroya Tsukamoto 3:30 – 4:00 Closing Remarks | Guests and activitiesAlabama Bonsai Society, Asha Kiran, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham Quilter's Guild, Briarwood Japanese Children's Club, Calligraphy, Chiharu Roach, Civil Stoneware, Consul General of Japan in Atlanta, Daikin Taiko Force, Glitter Critter Studios, Hiroya Tsukamoto, Holbein Pottery,
Hometown Supermarket, LeRon Harrison, Nori Thai and Sushi, Origami, PaperWorkers Local, Shinkendo of Birmingham, UAB Japanese Culture Club, Urasenke Birmingham Association |
Thank you to our Sakura Sponsors!
Mr. Kozo Matsuda 
Join us for YouTube Live performances, special interviews, and messages from your favorite Cherry Blossom Festival Guests and performers! Visit this page on March 27th for a full day of Japanese culture through video.
See below for a list of participants and stay tuned for a full schedule for the day! We'll be updating our event with content throughout the month of March so you can appreciate Japanese culture throughout Cherry Blossom Season.
Featuring...
A.C.T. Defense Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Birmingham Public Library's Miss Iwate
Birmingham Shinkendo Federation
Calligraphy Demonstration Shuji
Japanese Flower Arranging Ikebana
Mark Jackson, Honorary Consul General of Japan
Paperworkers Local Moku Hanga
...and more!
Live performances:
10:00am -12:00 pm Zoom Demonstration of Moku Hanga
Register for the Zoom Webinar here!
1:00pm Facebook Live Demonstration: Birmingham International Shinkendo Federation
Watch live on our Facebook page here!
3:30pm Zoom Interview Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu
For information and photos from previous years' Cherry Blossom Festivals, see below.
14th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival: March 16, 2019
2019 Past Performances ScheduleBRIARWOOD JAPANESE CHILDREN’S CLUB PERFORMANCE DAIKIN AMERICA TAIKO PERFORMANCE BIRMINGHAM SHINKENDO DEMONSTRATION DAIKIN AMERICA TAIKO PERFORMANCE SHAKUHACHI PERFORMANCE A.C.T. DEFENSE BUJINKAN BUDO TAIJUTSU DEMONSTRATION |
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| Guests and ActivitiesA.C.T. DEFENSE ALABAMA BONSAI SOCIETY ALABAMA MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION (AMOR) BIRMINGHAM QUILTERS GUILD BIRMINGHAM SHINKENDO JAPANESE SWORDMANSHIP GROUP BIRMINGHAM URASENKE ASSOCIATION BRIARWOOD JAPANESE CHURCH BOWMAN ACCESSORIES CALLIGRAPHY CHILDREN’S CHOIR CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN DAIKIN AMERICA TAIKO TEAM IKEBANA JAPAN CAFE KENDAMA USA ORIGAMI ROBIN RAY CRAFTS SHAKUHACHI TARA ATKINS CRAFTS PAPERWORKERS LOCAL |
