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Nihon Matsuri Japan Festival Staff Pick
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Before Utah was even a state, Japanese immigrants and their descendants lived in a section of downtown Salt Lake City known as Japantown. The community thrived from 1884 until 1966, when the core section of the neighborhood was demolished to make way for the Salt Palace. The Japanese Church of Christ and the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple are all that remain of the area. Nihon Matsuri is an annual festival aimed at promoting Japanese and Japanese-American culture in Utah, as well as giving younger generations the opportunity to explore that ancestral culture. The public is invited to take part in this unique festival that features calligraphy, martial arts, a cosplay fashion show, ikebana flower arranging, doll making, bonsai classes, an anime-costume contest, historic photos, plentiful Japanese food and more. For this 10th anniversary, festivities will also include singing from the One Voice Children's Choir (pictured) and live odori dance and taiko-drumming performances. (Gavin Sheehan) Japantown Street between 200 West and 300 West, April 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
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