Cherry Blossom Festival

On Saturday, I went with my friends down to the bay area. If you don't know, around this time of the year is when people in Japan go look at Sakura (also known as Cherry Blossom) and have many festivals. Currently the Japan Town in San Francisco is having a Cherry Blossom Event. The event will be held one more week from April 20 to 21.

I did not take a lot of photos... except for foods. I'll be showing you guys what I ate :3

So there are many food booths, though some of the lines are pretty ridiculous. Also there were not a lot and they were all in this tiny area (right behind the bridge that the building with all the restaurants with the bookstore Kinokuniya).

My friends and I got curry rice, sukiyaki rice bowl ($6.5), and unagi rice bowl ($7.5). Since I was did not eat in the morning, I thought the rice bowl was pretty good and literally scarfed it down. 

We were in line waiting for the takoyaki while eating our lunch. The takoyaki were $3 for 5, $6 for 10, and $9 for 15. To be honest, it wasn't that good. I think the takoyaki store inside the building (or the mall) taste a lot better.

Also the takoyaki inside didn't actually have "tako" (or octopus). It was a piece of meat and the takoyaki itself were under cook. I don't blame them since there were a lot of people there but it was indeed disappointing.

We basically roamed around the mall, going to every shop and fan girling all the anime things we see. I also went to the 'Pika Pika' store to take purikura photos with my friends. The photos sadly were too bright and did not turn out well when I scanned it.

I found some interesting Hello Kitty plushes in the Sanrio store. I believe this is a new series though it is super adorable! I think my most favorite one is probably the onigiri Hello Kitty.

Before leaving Japan Town, I got the 'Happy Face' Crepe from Belly Good Cafe & Crepes. I love the animal designs! It's just so adorable >.< They also make other animals and I have seen ones with owls too!

For dinner, we headed to Berkeley and ate at a ramen place called Cal Ramen. It wasn't bad but at the same time it wasn't as good as I thought it would be. I mean it's worth trying out if your place is lacking good ramen place. I got the 'Katsu Ramen' though the photo did not turn out nicely. Here's my friend's 'Spicy Pork Ramen'. I think it's more photo worthy :)

ADDRESS:

Cherry Blossom Festival

Japan Town in San Francisco

Belly Good Cafe & Crepes

1737 Post St #393

San Francisco, CA 94115

*it's inside the mall in Japan Town*

Number: (415) 346-8383

Cal Ramen

2503 Hearst Ave
(between Euclid Ave & Le Roy Ave) 
Berkeley, CA 94709

Number: (510) 842-1221