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BayAnime Meetup! Everyone is invited to this social event. Talk about all your favorite things over some good food and drink! Bring your friends and make some new ones! Please RSVP if you’ll be attending.

Meeting place: In front of Kinokuniya 2nd Floor, San Francisco Japantown
Last minute phone contact #s (in case you’re going to be late or decide last minute that you want to join us!): 650-380-7087, 415-997-8179

RSVPs are closed.

BayAnime Meetup! Everyone is invited to this social event. Talk about all your favorite things over some good food and drink! Bring your friends and make some new ones! Please RSVP if you’ll be attending.

Place: On the Bridge, San Francisco Japantown
Last minute phone contact (in case you’re going to be late or decide last minute that you want to join us!): 415-997-8179

RSVPs are closed.

All under one roof, come and enjoy the cinema, retail, art, and food at NEW PEOPLE. Get lost, meet new people, stop for a sip of coffee, and dream a dream. With the gallery on top and cinema down below, we’re sure that you’ll have a wonderful journey in-between, so take your time to savor it all.

The celebration will be accompanied by the J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2009, a pop culture-themed street fair that covers the grounds of Post Street from Webster to Buchanan to the Peace Plaza of Japantown, San Francisco. This year’s festival is hosted by NEW PEOPLE in cooperation with the Japantown Merchants Association, and centered around the grand opening of the NEW PEOPLE building. It all starts with the official tape cutting ceremony, and after the traditional Kagami-wari (breaking of the sake barrel), NEW PEOPLE will open its doors to the public for the very first time.

The grand opening finale is a glamorous red carpet premiere event of the Japanese hit movie 20th Century Boys at VIZ CINEMA, after a series of pop culture panels with a variety of guests from Tokyo and the local community, at the J-POP SUMMIT Stage co-presented by Yelp! in front of NEW PEOPLE.

Source: New People

The Buddhist Church of Oakland holds its annual Nikkoland Bazaar Saturday, June 20, 3-8pm, and Sunday, June 21, noon-7pm, at 825 Jackson Street, Oakland, CA, 2 blocks from Lake Merritt BART station, near Oakland’s Chinatown. Enjoy a variety of Japanese food, handicrafts, children’s games, silent auction, flower booth, bingo. Fun for all ages. FREE ADMISSION
call (510) 832-5988 for more details.

This post was submitted by Buddhist Church of Oakland.

Japantown
Post & Buchanan Streets
San Francisco

http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org

This vibrant two-day Asian American and Pacific Islanders celebration is held annually in San Francisco’s Japantown. Among its many events are arts and crafts, children’s activities, and a food bazaar. The popular festival is particularly well known as a venue for contemporary bands and ethnic and performing arts groups. From jazz to hip hop, from reggae to rock, catch one of the best free shows in town. This year’s line-up will be announced here as soon as it becomes available.

The Fair also is an important outreach tool serving the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities by providing valuable information about AIDS, senior care, children and youth programs, newcomer services, and more. And it continues to be a platform where Asian American and Pacific Islander community nonprofit organizations can build awareness and raise much needed funds.

Everyone is invited and Festival admission is free. Mark your calendar…and bring your friends and family!

Location: Mission Plaza Park, 103 Emmet Street, Santa Cruz

The fair is in its 23rd year and it brings together many aspects of Japanese culture. The fair is FREE and also features a free shuttle to extra parking and a free bike valet. New this year we also have a kids Japanese craft area.

Two things that make this fair an especially rare treat in the bay area.

You can gorge yourself on fresh mochi (sticky rice cakes) pounded before your eyes in the traditional method to live music, something rarely found at other fairs. Also unique are the colorful costumes and dances of the traditional Okinawan group Akebono kai.

Other performances include heart-stopping taiko by Watsonville taiko and San Francisco taiko dojo, as well as koto, minyou, and bon odori dance with audience participation. Also featured are tea ceremony, kimono, ikebana, bonsai, and aikido demos.

Food-wise you can try the usual fare like sushi and green tea ice cream, but also an awesome fried mochi (made by Watsonville taiko), yakitori, and even traditional Okinawan fare. New this year we will be featuring cream puffs from Beard Papa of Cupertino.

So come out and enjoy this family friendly FREE event in beautiful Santa Cruz!

website: http://www.jcfsc.org

Our first BayAnime dinner! Everyone is invited to this social event. Talk about all your favorite things over some good food and drink! Bring your friends and make some new ones! Please RSVP if you’ll be attending.

Place: On the Bridge, San Francisco Japantown
Last minute phone contact (in case you’re going to be late or decide last minute that you want to join us!): Chris/Stythys 415-717-8209

RSVPs are closed.

Location: in front of the Asian Art Museum on Larkin Street near McAllister
Website: http://www.asianfairsf.com