{"id":50801,"date":"2015-04-26T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T12:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50801"},"modified":"2015-04-24T13:51:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:51:44","slug":"sakura-matsuri-celebrating-japanese-culture-at-bbg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=50801","title":{"rendered":"Sakura Matsuri: Celebrating Japanese Culture at BBG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>04\/25\/2015 10am-6pm<br \/>\nBrooklyn Botanic Garden<br \/>\n990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SAKURA2015neweventpage940by340.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[50801]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50796\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/SAKURA2015neweventpage940by340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA weekend celebrating traditional and contemporary Japanese culture<\/p>\n<p>Taiko Drumming \u2022 Cosplay Fashion Show \u2022 Tea Ceremonies \u2022 Kabuki Dance \u2022 Samurai Sword Fighting \u2022 Manga Drawing \u2022 Vintage Kimonos \u2022 Bonsai<br \/>\nKids\u2019 Workshops \u2022 Wagashi Sweets \u2022 BBG Parasol Society and More!<\/p>\n<p>BBG\u2019s legendary cherry blossom festival, Sakura Matsuri\u2014NYC\u2019s rite of spring and the nation\u2019s largest event in a public garden, is a thrilling tribute to the Garden\u2019s astonishing spring botanical display. It features over 60 performances, demonstrations, and exhibits that highlight the best of traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbg.org\/visit\/event\/sakura_matsuri_2015\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bbg.org\/visit\/event\/sakura_matsuri_2015<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04\/25\/2015 10am-6pm Brooklyn Botanic Garden 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52384,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50801\/revisions\/52384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}