Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival 🌸

#NCCBF54 Join us LIVE 📽️ Reflections of Tohoku documentary, in honor of all those affected by the Tohoku Earthquake and the contributions made by the Japanese American community to assist Tohoku’s recovery #東日本大地震 #AAPIHM 🙏 nccbf.org youtu.be/jyXU5faPLZE

@GoveaJournalism @JCCCNC @sfjapantown @Jtownsfcbd Hi Jose, we checked in with @JCCCNC and yes, you have their permission to use the photos. Original post, dated June 30th: facebook.com/LikeJCCCNC/pos… Please credit Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC or the Center) jcccnc.org

@NC_CBF @JCCCNC @sfjapantown @Jtownsfcbd Good afternoon, I'm Jose Govea with NBC Bay Area. Could we have permission to use these photos on our NBCUniversal platforms, we can add credits if needed. Thank you!

We are deeply saddened by the acts of vandalism to the #cherryblossom trees in front of @JCCCNC over #NewYear2021 weekend, but we are hopeful to have 🌸 blossoming trees again in #Japantown #SF #RT the Center's GoFundMe page, please donate if you can 👉 charity.gofundme.com/replace-cherry…

🎉 Stream 4 days of #NCCBF54 festival now! Enjoy Japanese music and dance from the Bay Area and Miyagi, Japan, cultural arts like hanami dango, origami, and tea ceremony, and messages of hope for the future from @NCCBFQP and our community 🌸 #Japantown #SF sfcherryblossom.org/2021-virtual-f…

🎬 We enjoyed livestreaming with you from our socially distanced studio @JCCCNC, here’s some behind the scenes of #NCCBF54 festival! 💛 Special thanks to our MCs @MikeyNoWay @RHandaNBC @JanaKTVU, festival co-chairs @SocialGreg & Miki, PR/Marketing team, and our arts community 🌸

🌸 Remembering Shogo Yamada, dear friend, #Japantown music & dance performer, and @YamaShoSF restauranteur, who passed away last March 💛 Our festival wrote a tribute blog for Yamada-san, and we send our deepest condolences to his family and friends 🙏 #SF sfcherryblossom.org/remembering-sh…

@abc7newsbayarea @JCCCNC 🎉 NEW cherry blossom trees are planted in front of @JCCCNC, thanks to everyone's generous efforts! The Center is working on an art installation and will have a rededication ceremony to celebrate the theme of 🌸 cherry blossoms inspiring beauty and hope 💛 #sakura #Japantown #SF

@abc7newsbayarea Thank you Diane for expressing our sentiments for our loss of these beautiful cherry blossom trees. @JCCCNC started a GoFundMe page to replace these trees at charity.gofundme.com/replace-cherry…, please spread the word! Thank you everyone for your support 🙏🌸

'Total violent assault': Vandal hacks down historic cherry blossom trees in San Francisco's Japantown abc7ne.ws/2JTeO4s

@SFGate @JCCCNC 🎉 NEW cherry blossom trees are planted in front of @JCCCNC, thanks to everyone's generous efforts! The Center is working on an art installation and will have a rededication ceremony to celebrate the theme of 🌸 cherry blossoms inspiring beauty and hope 💛 #sakura #Japantown #SF

@SFGate Thank you for sharing this story, @JCCCNC created a GoFundMe page to restore the cherry blossom trees at charity.gofundme.com/replace-cherry… 🙏🌸

Security footage showed that the vandalism had taken place over a span of a few days. dlvr.it/Rq6yKJ

@sfchronicle @gabriellelurie @JCCCNC 🎉 NEW cherry blossom trees are planted in front of @JCCCNC, thanks to everyone's generous efforts! The Center is working on an art installation and will have a rededication ceremony to celebrate the theme of 🌸 cherry blossoms inspiring beauty and hope 💛 #sakura #Japantown #SF

@sfchronicle @gabriellelurie @JCCCNC Our trees will bloom again, @JCCCNC created a GoFundMe page to replace the cherry blossom trees at charity.gofundme.com/replace-cherry… 🙏🌸 please share with family & friends!

Cherry blossom trees in S.F’s Japantown ripped bare by vandals trib.al/E2Q9r7Q 📷: @gabriellelurie

🎉 NEW cherry blossom trees are planted in front of @JCCCNC, thanks to everyone's generous efforts! The Center is working on an art installation and will have a rededication ceremony to celebrate the theme of 🌸 cherry blossoms inspiring beauty and hope 💛 #sakura #Japantown #SF

🌸 @JCCCNC campaign has officially ended, #thankyou for your support 🙏 We raised over $30,000, thanks to 591 #donors in a week! The Center is working with #SF to replant #cherryblossom trees plus a custom #Japanese designed protective barrier in time for #spring 🌳 #Japantown

#NCCBF54 We are thankful for @JCCCNC for providing our 2021 virtual festival livestream space in April, and our Day 1 MC @MikeyNoWay shared this cherry blossom tree story to illustrate the power of kizuna, how we came together to support this cause 🌸💛 youtu.be/XRIiMghXqvM?t=…

🎉 NEW cherry blossom trees are planted in front of @JCCCNC, thanks to everyone's generous efforts! The Center is working on an art installation and will have a rededication ceremony to celebrate the theme of 🌸 cherry blossoms inspiring beauty and hope 💛 #sakura #Japantown #SF

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Rediscover the official cultural districts of SF in tomorrow’s forum and let’s celebrate the reopening! ❤️ Join the forum and enter to win 2 @alaskaair roundtrip tickets ✈️ eventbrite.com/e/alaska-airli…

This comment makes our hearts soar 💝 We love your energy and enthusiasm Sandeep, you made our day! 🌸 Thanks everyone for tuning in to our #NCCBF54 virtual festival sfcherryblossom.org/2021-virtual-f… and for sharing your favorite moments, memories of our past, and plans for our future 🙏

#NCCBF54 Masahiro shares お疲れ様でした Otsukaresamadeshita, thank you for your hard work! We appreciate our festival committee, cultural artists & performers, festival partners, community orgs, corporate supporters, and attendees like you for making this virtual event shine 🌟

AG Richards shares a @sfjapantown history blog with the Peace Pagoda, designed by Yoshiro Taniguchi and presented by our sister city, Osaka in 1968 🙏 The very 1st Cherry Blossom Festival started a day after the dedication of @JapanCenterSF 🎉 @sfosakasca thesanfranciscophoenix.com/?p=3419

#NCCBF54 Lilly of Golden Gate Akita Club shares a touching tribute to her akita, Daisy, beloved by many festival and parade visitors 🌸 sfcherryblossom.org/japanese-dogs We last saw Daisy in our 2020 virtual festival before she passed on, and we miss her greatly 💛 youtu.be/NVnZAaTrqI4?t=…

#NCCBF54 🌸 Learn all about Akita & Shiba and the clubs that participate in our festival, including Akitainu Hozonkai, Golden Gate Akita Club, and Shiba Inu Fanciers of Northern California 🐶 #CherryBlossomFestival #日本犬 #秋田犬 #akitainu #柴犬 #shibainu sfcherryblossom.org/japanese-dogs

🎉 Enjoy this clip of Ito Yosakoi dancing to フリーダム Furīdamu (Freedom), an energetic sou odori choreographed by the late Suga Kunitomo 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ Sign up for virtual #yosakoi classes on Friday nights at bit.ly/yosakoidance 🌸 Read Ito Yosakoi's blog at sfcherryblossom.org/2021/04/kazana…

#Tokyo2020 #Japantown #NCCBF54 🌸 This ceremony honored #SF civic, community, and business leaders who showed exceptional courage and strength during the pandemic. 📽️ Missed this event? Meet the honorees and watch a powerful performance by Ito Yosakoi at nbcbay.com/SBE3hln

In honor of #OlympicDay, we're sharing photos from 100 Days to the Tokyo Olympic Games celebratory event at Japantown Peace Plaza last April. Our festival co-chairs met Bay Area Olympians and helped serve medallions to local community heroes! Counting down 30 days til @Tokyo2020