The Sakura Matsuri Festival is the largest one-day celebration of Japanese culture in the United States, and in April 2022 it was hosted in conjunction with the Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival. Cultural festivals are always a spectacle in Washington DC, and Sakura Matsuri was no exception. This yearโs festival attracted not only the culturally curious, but also a plethora of anime fans, members of the local Asian community, as well as other tourists in town for the Cherry Blossom festival.
The result was an impressively diverse and vibrant crowd, and consequently some great street photos:
The festival took place on Pennsylvania Avenue, and featured food, performers, artists, comic book stands, and other merchant stands. Overlooking it all was the US Capital:
Some of the most prevalent costumes were from the recent hit anime franchise Demon Slayer: