Cherry Blossom Festival 桜祭り
Our annual Cherry Blossom Festival (sakura matsuri) is held in March 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! Note: Please respect social distancing guidelines and your area's COVID-19 precautions when attending any public gardens and parks. Visit Alabama Department of Public Health for more information on how to stay safe.
**NOTE: The JASA Annual Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns and some administrative changes. We hope that you will be able to join us next year and we look forward to seeing you in person at future events when we can safely resume our program.
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 |
