Don’t miss the high-energy ending to this parade with the Taru Mikoshi. This parade was a good mix of the traditional and some, but not too much, of the usual “standard parade stuff” (such as politicians, marching bands, etc.).
Although the official parade route starts at Civic Center, many important elements of the parade enter later on and don’t follow the entire route, so in this video we’re watching the parade from the edge of Japantown (Nihonmachi 日本町). It was a very warm and sunny afternoon.
Here is an index of the parade participants as best I know. There are a few I couldn’t identify, so if you know who they are, please let me know.
00:44 VFW Golden Gate Nisei Memorial Post No. 9879
00:55 San Francisco Mounted Police
01:02 Pooper scooper patrol
01:36 Boy Scouts Troop 12
01:49 Cub Scouts Pack 12
01:59 San Francisco Police
02:04 ABC Preschool
02:24 Oakland-Fukuoka Sister City Association
02:30 Mr. & Mrs. Hiroshi Tomita, President, Northern CA Japanese Chamber of Commerce
02:37 Masato Watanabe, Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco
02:47 Cherry Blossom Queen Program
02:55 Nihonmachi Little Friends Childcare
03:14 George Washington High School Japanese National Honor Society
03:21 “Jesus Christ Loves You” sign guy (he’s everywhere)
03:25 Michiya Hanayagi Dance Studio
03:58 Senator Mark Leno, California Senate District 11
04:04 Rosa Parks Elementary School Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP)
04:19 Mr & Mrs. Seiichi Tanaka, Grand Marshal
04:41 Japanese Queen Scholarship Organization of Washington Court
05:06 Philip Y. Ting, Assemblymember 19th District
05:12 Edwin M. Lee, Mayor of San Francisco
05:28 Awakko-Ren from El Cerrito and Tokushima-Ren from Los Angeles (combined), dancing the Awa-Odori, a 400-year-old folk dance from Tokushima
07:53 Abraham Lincoln High School Girls Drill Team
08:07 San Francisco Fire Department
08:25 Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender
08:32 Konkokyo Church (Cub Scouts)
09:08 Dogs (unknown group)
09:16 David Chiu, San Francisco Supervisor, District 3
09:30 Girl Scouts
09:38 Cub Scouts Pack 29, Buddhist Church
09:46 Boy Scouts Troop 29
10:42 Nippon Minyo Buyo Renmei
11:07 Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Sheriff
11:12 EVA Racing
11:26 West Coast Itasha
11:34 California Cosplayers’ Community
12:35 London Breed, San Francisco Supervisor, District 5
12:41 Hawaiian Queens
13:05 Clarendon Alternative Elementary School Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program (JBBP)
13:21 Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
13:33 Mayo Amagai (classical singer from Kawasaki City, Japan)
13:45 Ryuji Tachibana (singer from Tokyo & Aomori, Japan)
14:30 San Francisco Okinawa Kenjin-Kai
15:56 Sachiko Suzuki – Tokyo Metropolitan Machida City’s “Recreational Dance Group”
16:15 Jose Cisneros, San Francisco Treasurer
16:23 SF Kenjitsu Dojo / SF Japanese Sword Society
16:43 Soulit (musical group from Tokyo)
17:03 Emily Murase, Board of Education
17:09 Eric Mar, San Francisco Supervisor, District 1
17:14 George Washington High School Eagle Marching Band
17:22 B a hero (Hepatitis B Foundation)
17:32 Soko Yosakoi Buren
17:43 2014 Cherry Blossom Queen and Court
17:55 Rissho Kosei-kai
18:18 Miss National Asia Pageant
18:30 SF Taiko Dojo
19:07 Unknown groups carrying Mikoshi
21:02 Unknown
21:12 San Francisco Taru Mikoshi Ren (remainder of video)
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Don't miss the high-energy ending to this parade with the Taru Mikoshi. This parade seemed a good mix of the traditional and some, but not too much, of the usual "standard parade stuff" (such as politicians, marching bands, etc.).
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At 11:26 is West Coast Itasha
_"They should have mentioned that
Dude I was just at the Cherry Blossom Japanese Fest not to long ago myself. It was hecka awesome and my first festival since I've moved back to the West Coast 🙂
Love watching the mikoshi action you got it!
moonpie!
やっぱり男は褌だな～
good job with the girls at 19:51. Very coordinated.
Outstanding job editing, thanks for sharing!!