The Grand Parade
Sunday, Aug 14
Starts at 4pm
Little Tokyo
Free
The Grand parade and festival weekend start off Little Tokyo's Nisei Week activities. The parade brings together the community to sit along Little Tokyo's streets as the the different organizations and groups that make up the area stroll through. Local politicians, beauty contestants and floats for local businesses make it the parade you've seen go by on TV or in movies in real life. It's so quaint and simple that you just have to remember to relax. It's all build up for the Nebuta float (warrior float) that lights up at night and has dancers moving around it to brighten anyone's warrior spirit.
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| Nebuta float |
Be sure to check parking info and road closures, Little Tokyo is already a mess with Metro construction and the parking lots like to charge unfair prices of $15 and up on the weekend.
Both weekends booths will be up with random festivies.
The first weekend you have multiple events including:
Saturday, August 13
11 a.m.–5 p.m.
JACCC Plaza
Free
Free PMX & Infotakus Tanabata Festival Cosplay Contest 2016
Saturday, August 13
4pm-5pm
Natsumatsuri Family Festival
Saturday, August 13, 2016
11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Japanese American National Museum
Free
Get into JANM free with family activities all day.
The second weekend you have:
Rubik's Cube Open and
