This Weekend: Annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo
It’s official: I’ve become a man who lives for the weekend. How else to explain the fact that I started making weekend plans last Monday?
This week’s pick: The Annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Little Tokyo. The main festivities take place at Japanese Village Plaza, which is a short walk from our place (Man! I love living downtown!). Highlights of the event include the Daion Taiko drummers, the sake barrel-breaking ceremony, a sashiko exhibit and demonstration (I don’t know what that is, but I’ll find out), and lots and lots of martial arts demonstrations. I’m sure my brother’s going to want to visit the Martial Arts History Museum exhibit, which actually looks pretty cool.
I’m guessing lunch at THE BEST RAMEN PLACE EVER is out of the question– that small joint has a crazy long wait list on regular days; this weekend is gonna be impossible. That’s fine, because you’ll always find a good sushi joint in that corner of town (Well, duh). I’m all kinds of good as long as I can get me some sake for lunch (It’ll be Saturday! I’ll drink alcohol at lunch if I want to! You’re not the boss of me!).
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Other things to try out this weekend:
- Leatherheads: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and John Krasinski try their hand at some good old fashioned screwball comedy. Early reviews have been mixed, but I am so gunning for The Office’s Jim to have a solid hit, I might check it out this weekend and contribute to the box office receipts.
- Fridays Off The 405: I’ve been promising myself I’d drag Riley across town for this monthly event, which takes place at The Getty Center in Westwood. Admission is free. Enjoy an awesome, awesome view of L.A., the musical stylings of King Britt, and more art than you can stick a shake at.
- The Brewery Art Walk: Somewhat closer to home is this biannual event, which features the work of over 100 artists who reside at The Brewery, right off the 5 Freeway. Admission is free. After you get your art on, be sure to stop by Barbara’s at The Brewery.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Fridays off the 405 is still happening? I thought that was soley a summer event! How is the sound set up these days- it was kinda muddy when I went 2 years ago. Too much reverb off the walls.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Hi AUG. I think the last Fridays Off The 405 was back in November. I didn’t make it there last weekend unfortunately, so I have no idea how the sound set up is nowadays. As soon as I find out, I’ll let you know!