new york city: brooklyn cherry blossom festival 2012

[mrnyc]

the sakura matsuri or cherry blossom festival is held annually in the brooklyn botanic gardens. because of the warm weather, the cherry blossoms came and went before the festival this year, so not much hanami or flower viewing, but still it was a fun time as always -- enjoy!

http://www.bbg.org/discover/cherries/


pardon the blurry cell pics inside the tent -- it was crowded in there!





brooklyn’s ichiban pimp, borough president marty markowitz & the japanese ambassador to the usa













o-dori flower hat dancers











vat is goings on here?













hanagasa odori: flower hat dance procession



















*** kanpai! ***