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Sakura Matsuri 2008 Japanese Street Festival |
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Back for the 3rd year — J-POP LAND !
Japanese popular culture is sweeping across America, from anime (animation) and manga (comics) to karaoke, video games, and “Dance, Dance Revolution.”
Don’t know what these are? Come to J-POP Land and experience modern, youthful Japan.
Start at the J-POP Pavilion Experience, sponsored by Westwood College.
Visit with Katsucon, the Washington DC organization that hosts an annual convention for lovers of anime and manga. Talk to the otaku, the real fans of J-Pop culture. Meet the artists and have your picture drawn, Japanese anime style.
Rock with Mitsumassyu, a J-POP music group from Tokyo that is back for its third year at the Sakura Matsuri.
happyfunsmile performs an irresistible blend of okinawan pop, electric folk songs (ultraminyo), supersweet ballads (enka), festival rhythms and obon beats. Utilizing the sounds of the chindon, sanshin, accordion, saxophone, bass, percussion, and keys, happyfunsmile extols the virtues of o-pop and chindon to an ever-growing congregation!
The Collar Shirts (Break Dancers) hail from various parts of Japan. These young Japanese dancers were trained on the mean streets of New York in the international art of break dancing. Here to take DC and America by storm, the Collar Shirts performed most recently at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage for the Japan Culture/Hyper-culture event.
Watch the latest anime on the television multiplex at our J-Pop Stage.
Also, check out the J-Pop stores:
Oriental Gifts. Get your fill of Akihabara culture at Oriental Gifts, carrying anime, manga and anime memorabilia and products.
Ozuki Salon DC-based hairstylists specializing in uniquely Japanese hair styles, with imported Japanese shampoos, conditioners, and hair extensions for sale
Spicy Brown Get spicy with Spicy Brown’s Japanese inspired clothing designs
Taiga Bookstore Carrying a wide variety of books, comics and other imported Japanese paraphernalia
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