Yesterday I went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in SF's japantown. Two words. Effing HOT. Literally. It was about 85+ degrees. In the middle of April. What the heck is up with that?

This was the first time I actually stayed throughout the whole day and watched the parade. Oh look! I think I see a Hello Kitty van! Props to those who stayed under those furry costumes for the whole time.

The number of cosplayers who were at the festival overwhelmed me. Plenty of punks and goths surrounding the place too. I think I saw about 50 ninjas and 24 captains from Bleach. Oh yeah! And a Jesus cosplayer. XD I have him on footage.
The cosplay contest was amazing as always. My favorites included a Ciel and Slifer the Sky Dragon. ^^ Those people who always win first place also won this year too. I think I saw them somewhere on this site.

Much to my surprise, the Kinokuniya bookstore wasn't that crowded. I was able to go downstairs to the manga section easily. I had a great experience with one of the employees. When I asked her if there were any Axis Powers Hetalia mangas in stock, she immediately said "we're all out". She didn't even bother to look. I guess that a lot of ppl ask for them often. Anyways I just special ordered them. They should be coming in about 10 days.

Good news! Throughout the whole weekend, almost all of the stores in the mall had sales. Too bad I didn't buy anything. Just crepes, tapioca drinks, and udon. Lots of udon.

Probably the most visited stand was the takoyaki stand. We couldn't even get anything from there. The line was HUUUUGE. Like humungo-gigantico. All for meat on a stick.

Alrighty. It's still about 80+ degrees here. uuuugh.

K. Chao.