{"id":63244,"date":"2016-05-01T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63244"},"modified":"2016-04-19T20:54:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:54:33","slug":"sakura-matsuri-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63244","title":{"rendered":"Sakura Matsuri 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 01  10am to 06pm<br \/>\nBrooklyn Botanic Garden<br \/>\n990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11225<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sakura-matsuri.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[63244]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sakura-matsuri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"347\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis year marks the 35th anniversary of Sakura Matsuri, BBG\u2019s annual cherry blossom festival. Known as New York City\u2019s rite of spring, the weekend offers over 60 events and performances that celebrate traditional and contemporary Japanese culture.<br \/>\nSome of the performances include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cobu: Taiko and tap with an urban twist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Taiko Masala: Traditional taiko drumming and martial arts, Brooklyn-style<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> The Seventh Annual Sakura Matsuri Cosplay Fashion Show with Original Music by Taiko Masala: The East Coast\u2019s premier outdoor showcase of cosplay\u2019s finest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Book Signings<\/li>\n<li> Art demonstrations and workshops<\/li>\n<li> Tea ceremony workshops<\/li>\n<li> Shogi and Go game play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activities include:<\/p>\n<p>Plus there will be shops and tents selling cosplay items, books, accessories, vintage kimonos, wall scrolls and more!<\/p>\n<p>For tickets and a schedule of events visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbg.org\/visit\/event\/sakura_matsuri_2016_sunday_events\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bbg.org<\/a><br \/>\n(Children under 12 enter free; senior and student discounts apply; members enter free)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, May 01 10am to 06pm Brooklyn Botanic Garden 990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11225<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63244","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=63244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63246,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63244\/revisions\/63246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}