We walked to the Cherry Blossom Festival. On the way we went through Union Station and passed by a memorial to the Japanese interment camps. The festival is the largest Japanese festival in the United States is the cherry blossom festival. It runs for 7 blocks along Pennsylvania Avenue and featured Japanese foods, martial arts demonstration, sushi demonstrations, a coral group, a group of folk singers and so much more. There were a lot of people dressed up in various levels of exotic clothing. From HarIjuku girls to cosplay people. We walked the whole length plus some. The plus some was our attempt to get some food. We had to bail on that attempt as the lines were extremely long. So instead we went to Pho88 a Vietnamese Restaurant. Yum indeed!
Yes another banquet that we were not invited to
They just don't build them like they used to
This is a reflecting pond with rocks inside it a crane sculpture and in the back is a a listing of the internment camps with the numbers of Japanese Americans that were forced to live there
If you look close there are numbers listed under the names of the camps
Lots of Kimono stands
A company building space related items
Folk singing
The line at the hello Kitty cafe was unbelievable
This woman's costume was too much for her to handle
This dog was dressed to the T's
In a matching outfit with her owner
The booth behind us featured games that you could play with a specific hostess
A coral group
A man dressed as Super Goofyo
Another intricate outfit
A Japanese American cheer squad
Totally dedicated to the scene
DC does not disappoint when it comes to planting flowers
Lunch has arrived
It was decided that the Pho was spectacular
Goodbye Chinatown
