Japanese Spring Festival

I participated in Boston's First Japanese Spring Festival this past Sunday at Copley Square. It was so much fun! The event was very successful. There was a huge turnout with a lot more people than the organizers had anticipated. All of the yummy foods were sold out by 1 PM! Lucky for me, James was able to stand in the long lines to get me mochi and Japanese pancakes :)  The only thing I managed to buy at the end of the event were these small boxes of candies. I bought them because of the cute illustrations on the boxes but the candies were quite good. They were sweet citrusy jelly/gummy candies covered with a thin layer of edible rice paper.

This was the only picture we took right after setting up because it was so busy. There are more pictures here from our local newspaper's website. (Btw, you can see James' tiny head on the far right on page 6 of the article hehe.) I had a great time talking to people who love Japan as much as I do. I am so happy to have the chance to share my photos of Japan and to raise money for a great charity. I hope this festival will become a tradition in Boston!

Here's a picture of my mock setup from the night before. Too bad it didn't end up looking like this because of the strong winds. All of the frames and photos had to stay flat on the table lol.

Spring Festival

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Japan's gift of 3,000 cherry blossom trees to Washington, DC. Boston is having its own celebration on April 29th to honor this event and I am so happy to announce that I am selected to be there as a vendor. I will have wonderful photos of Japan and of cherry blossoms available for sale and 20% of all sales will be donated to the Japanese Disaster Relief Fund Boston for the continued tsunami relief efforts. Click here for more information about this event. I'm so excited!

♥ Thank you Carrie for letting me know about this fun celebration ♥