2023 Hanamatsuri Festival Event at Vista Temple (Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Produce, Marketplace Crafts..)NEW

Hanamatsuri Cultural Festival Event at Vista Temple. Experience Japanese culture through activities such as Taiko performances, trying homemade food, shopping for local produce and visiting the Marketplace, and also learn about Shin Buddhism and meditation.

Festival Event Date
Apr 22, 2023

Event Time
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Participate in Japanese cultural activities & entertainment
- Watch a Judo demonstration
- Try your hand at suminagashi paper marbling
- Practice your Japanese with our Japanese Language School
- Enjoy Japanese dancing
- Win prizes at the game booth

Catch a Taiko performance
Come listen to the Vista Buddhist Temple Shokenji Taiko drum group perform some their greatest hits!

Try fresh, homemade Japanese food
- Chirashi
- Spam Musubi
- Inari sushi
- Beef teriyaki
- Japanese curry
- Vista Buddhist Temple's Specialty Manju
- Strawberry shortcake

Shop local produce, plants & flowers
A variety of local produce, flowers, and plants will be available for purchase

Stop by the Marketplace for Japanese handmade crafts
Stop by the Marketplace where a variety of hand made crafts and small goods, including bags, teacups, and Vista Buddhist Temple swag, will be available for purchase during the gathering.

Learn about Shin Buddhism and meditation
Vista Buddhist Temple's Minister's Assistants will be sharing a Buddhist dharma message. Stop by the temple to pour sweet tea over the statue of the baby Buddha, which represents the gentle rain that fell in Lumbini Garden when Siddhartha was born.

Event Location
Vista Buddhist Temple, 150 Cedar Rd # B, Vista, CA 92083, USA