Asian Culture Festival. Homestead, FL
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The Japan booth at the Asian Culture Festival |
Students taking Japanese language classes at Miami Palmetto High School helped write guests' names in Japanese |
Inside the Japan booth, there were travel and culture brochures, an origami table, and ikebana displays |
Volunteers and guests at the Japan booth |
Buddhist monks stopping by to have their names written in Japanese |
The origami table was a big hit with both guests and volunteers |
A Japanese language school student writing a guest's name in Japanese |
The highlight of the two-day festival was the wedding processional parade |
Ikebana International's Miami Chapter held multiple flower arranging demonstrations and classes |
A child learning how to do Japanese-style flower arranging |
Mohammed Shakir of Miami Dade County's Asian-American Advisory Board presents Deputy Consul General Sato with a certificate |
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Between numbers by the Fushu Daiko drumming group, Deputy Consul General Sato thanked everyone for their support following the previous year's major earthquake and tsunami |
Fushu Daiko's drumming demonstration was attended by hundreds of guests on both days of the festival |