Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival

The only two-day-long festival held in the City Cupertino, the annual Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival was first held in 1983. This year, the festival will be held on April 29-30, 2023. www.CupertinoCBF.org

This festival is organized by the Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister Cities non-profit organization to honor Cupertino’s sister city – Toyokawa, Japan by sharing Japanese traditional and modern culture with the community. Performers, exhibitors, vendors, and clubs come from all over the Bay area and as far away as Los Angeles gather together for a culturally rich and varied event.

The festival is held throughout Cupertino’s Memorial Park, in the Quinlan Center and in the Senior Center. The festival features:

There Arts and crafts sales throughout the park Japanese arts and cultural displays Delicious Japanese food Japanese beer and sake Children’s activities and hands-on projects Live entertainment on two performance stages and Interesting Japanese cultural demonstrations

is something for everyone, of all ages, to enjoy.

Admission is free, entertainment is free, and there is also free parking in Lots A&B of De Anza College.

In addition to offering an impressively wide variety of Japanese arts, food and culture, the festival enjoys the participation of many other organizations that contribute to the community at large. The festival offers an opportunity for general Arts and crafts, Civic, Non-profit, and Commercial businesses to host booths throughout Memorial park. www.festivalproductions2.com

Cupertino and Toyokawa became sister cities in 1978. Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister Cities conducts an annual student exchange between 7th and 8th grade students attending the Cupertino Union School District and students in its sister city of Toyokawa, Japan. A student art exchange is held each year, with Cupertino student art displayed at Toyokawa‘s Art Museum and Toyokawa student art displayed at the Cherry Blossom Festival before being sent for display at CUSD middle schools and district office. Every five years, there is an adult cultural exchange. An annual bell-ringing for peace event began in 2019 in observance of the anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Toyokawa during WWII as a renewal of the sister city relationship and shared wish for everlasting peace between the U.S. and Japan. www.CupertinoToyokawa.org

A feature not to miss at the 2023 is the display of a “Year of the Rabbit” sculpture that will be sent to Toyokawa as a 40th anniversary gift to the City of Toyokawa later this year.

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Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival

April 29-30, 2023, 10am-5:30 pm Cupertino’s Memorial Park, Quinlan & Senior Center cupertinocherryblossomfestival.org