The 35th Annual Powell Street Festival

On Saturday July 30 and Sunday 31, The Powell Street Festival, Canada’s largest festival celebrating the Japanese-Canadian community, took place at Oppenheimer Park. The festival attracted a large number of people, who enjoyed various Japanese cultural and sports events as well as traditional Japanese food.

The Consulate-General of Japan and JETAABC were among the many Japanese groups that provided Japan related information to the people celebrating the festival.

Consul General Ito

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson

Nina Inaoka Lee, President of Powell Street Festival Society

Scene of festival

Consulate-General of Japan booth

JETAABC booth

Performance by First Nations and Japanese Taiko Drumming

Yosakoi Soran group

Mikoshi (a portable shrine)

People surround the Mikoshi