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Annual Cherry Blossom Festival held at Cultured Pearl in Rehoboth
Sanaa McCloud, Myvan Truong and Dayna Thongvong work on their origami skills. DENY HOWETH PHOTOS
March 28, 2018
Ivy, left, and Violet Radziewicz give Pikachu a hug.
Palak Kaur is intent on perfecting her calligraphy.
Forest Allread helps Lark, left and Wolf with their calligraphy projects.
Yuro Nagashima (l-r) inspects a letter while Suzuka Esashi and Kate Goto look on.
Ayaka Ogasaware and Koharu Sugawara applaud as Jacob Tullis gets the Kendama game in one try.
Origami and calligraphy were popular activities.
Japanese anime and cherry blossoms overlook the koi pond during the street fair.
Scott Curry, left, and Hiro Sano serve tako yaki during the street fair.
Lori Roe dresses as Yukina for the cosplay fashion show.
The cosplay fashion show included characters from anime programs and characters created by students.
Thatcher Edelmann bounces around the ring.
Lathe, left, and Thatcher Edelmann battle it out in the sumo wrestling ring.
Lathe, left, and Thatcher Edelmann get serious in the ring.
Lathe, left, and Thatcher Edelmann battle for an audience in the sumo wrestling ring.
Myvan Truong is deep in concentration customizing an origami.
Lark and Wolf Allread enjoy the origami activity.
The Cultured Pearl Mall & Restaurant celebrated the 20th anniversary of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, March 16-19 in Rehoboth Beach. The event benefits the Cape Henlopen, Dover High Schools and Miyagi Student Exchange Program.
An indoor Japanese street fair, sake and sushi tastings, entertainment, cosplay fashion show and sumo wrestling were featured. Activities such as calligraphy and origami were taught by students from the Miyagi Student Exchange Program.
