The Akimatsuri Fall Festival, a day of Japanese cuisine, unique vendors, family fun, cultural performances, and ondo dancing, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 12 to 6 p.m. at East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center, 1203 W. Puente Ave., West Covina.
Entertainment Schedule
12:30 p.m.: Covina Kendo
1 p.m.: Kishin Daiko
1:30 p.m.: Special presentations
2 p.m.: “Ei Ja Nai Ka” by Kishin Daiko
3 p.m.: Ballroom dance
3:30 p.m.: Bushido Tanren Kenkyukai
4 p.m.: Eibu Kan Goju Ryu Karate-do
4:30 p.m.: Ogino Academy
5:15 p.m.: Ondo dancing
Food/Drinks
ESGVJCC chili rice and wonton
ESGVJCC water and soda
ESGVJCC Beer Garden
Roberto’s Hot Sauce
ESGVJCC Chef Sato
ESGVJCC Leisure Club
Moo Tea
ESGVJCC Gakuen
Raising Cane’s
Kona Ice
Retail and Activities
Kuniharu Yoshida (calligraphy)
Nayasan’s Succulents & Pottery
Chaos Phoniex’s Shop
KLuvCrafting
Handcrafted by C Porter
Designs by Setsumi
Ogino Academy (piano and soroban)
ESGVJCC temporary tattoos
ESGVJCC bounce house
Information
ESGVJCC info booth
JACom Credit Union
Electric vehicle info
Plug In America/National Drive Electric Month
KFAM
Global Energy Services
Forest Lawn
Costco
Sunrun
New York Life Insurance Co.
Jar Insurance Services
Co-hosted by the City of West Covina. Sponsored by Thomas Umemoto, Foothill Transit, and Japanese American Community Credit Union.
West Puente Avenue will be closed from North Hartley Street to the west driveway for the festival. The ESGVJCC parking lot will not be open for public parking, but street parking is available.
Info: www.esgvjcc.org