Nikkei Matsuri

Yesterday, I skipped the Cinco De Mayo celebration and opted for the 26th Annual Nikkei Matsuri in San Jose's Japantown. It was overcast, but only sprinkled once, which was fortunate since I forgot to bring a cap or umbrella. I was really with it.

This festival had many art and crafts booths, bonsai and flower displays and performances on indoor and outdoor stages. There was a food court where I tried a little spam musubi, which I'll describe as fried spam between two layers of rice wrapped in seaweed. I had never experienced spam quite that way before.

When I got there, the farmers' market was just closing. Japantown has one every Sunday morning, rain or shine. The crowd during lunch was huge. It shrank for a little while, but then grew again for the festival's finale, another great performance by San Jose Taiko.