May is AAPI Heritage Month. But festivities kicked off early Saturday in San Francisco’s Japantown.
With a pop-up event of music, dance and cultural performances with a promise street fair events coming up this summer.
“I think it’s amazing,” said Oakland resident Peter Tubig. “I was able to learn about the different dances traditions. I think it’s been really good.”
Organizers hope the events will get people back out in the neighborhoods in San Francisco on the other side of the pandemic.
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed attended the event on Saturday.
“We talk about San Francisco as a being a global city and place of diversity and that is maintained by culture and it’s maintained by the history,” she said.
A robust month of programming is expected in the city.
“I think we are hoping there is something for everyone for different generations,” said Claudine Cheng with the APA Heritage Foundation
