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MG1 07-30-2010 08:15 PM
Powell Street Festival
 
FYI, this year's festival is back at Oppenheimer Park. Tomorrow and Sunday.

Man, that park has gone through some major changes over the years. Nothing like what it was when I lived in that area some 50 years ago.

El Bastardo 07-30-2010 08:21 PM
They've made some pretty big improvements to the park itself but they need to "clean up" the area

DanHibiki 07-30-2010 08:23 PM
I volunteered there a few years ago

Marioo1991 07-30-2010 09:46 PM
From what I remember years ago the food was pretty good

daica-viet 07-31-2010 12:00 AM
man thats like bum central there =\

MG1 07-31-2010 12:56 AM
http://www.powellstreetfestival.com/

bcrdukes 07-31-2010 01:00 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by daica-viet (Post 7050208)
man thats like bum central there =\
No, it isn't. The area has changed a lot (for the better.)

BlacknJean 07-31-2010 02:07 AM
do you guys know what this is about? seems like a japanese festival thingy

bcrdukes 07-31-2010 02:11 AM
Short answer: Yes, it is a "Japanese festival thingy."

Long answer:

The Powell Street Festival
Quote:
The Powell Street Festival is an annual celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage that features something for everyone: dance, music, film and video, visual arts, martial arts demos, amateur sumo tournament, craft vendors, traditional displays, and of course, tons of scrumptious Japanese food.

PSF is the largest event of its kind in Canada and the longest running community arts festival in the Lower Mainland. We provide a much-needed venue for emerging and established, professional and amateur, and traditional and contemporary artists in the Japanese Canadian and Asian Canadian communities.

racerman88 07-31-2010 11:17 AM
should be good

Groot 07-31-2010 06:52 PM
anyone try the spam sushi? rofl imo i dont think its worth 5 dollars.

seakrait 07-31-2010 07:03 PM
as i rode by, i saw a few cute girls in kimonos heading that way. i obviously overlooked the other people in attendance. :)

Senna4ever 07-31-2010 09:23 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by seakrait (Post 7050876)
as i rode by, i saw a few cute girls in kimonos heading that way. i obviously overlooked the other people in attendance. :)
Yukata, not Kimono.


The festival is pretty much the same old shit. It hasn't really changed much since the 1980's. I'd say it's worth checking out if you've never been though.

MG1 07-31-2010 10:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 7050994)
Yukata, not Kimono.


The festival is pretty much the same old shit. It hasn't really changed much since the 1980's. I'd say it's worth checking out if you've never been though.
I was bored within 10 minutes. I wish I had the time to take in the free shows at the Firehall. Wanted to take in the neighbourhood tour, but what the hell, it isn't like I don't know about the place.

Bon Festivals are much more interesting............


Oh, sumo wrestling tomorrow. Open to public to participate. LOL.


Someone report on the Takoyaki. Is it better than the ones from Night Market?

Inaii 07-31-2010 10:25 PM
I hope so :( Night Market's Takoyaki sucks this year. Mine was only half cooked.

MG1 07-31-2010 10:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kushy (Post 7050868)
anyone try the spam sushi? rofl imo i dont think its worth 5 dollars.
The food at the festival is a fundraiser for a lot of the Japanese Canadian organizations around the Vancouver area.

BTW, Spam sushi history can be traced back to Hawaii.

Vansterdam 08-01-2010 03:21 AM
spam sushi eh sounds like a thing i gotta try at least once :high:

wobuffet 08-01-2010 07:00 PM
i went yesterday... it was... ok.
wasn't that bad, but it wasn't the greatest either. night market is alot better.
here's 2 pics that i took.
seakrait, were these the girls you were talking about? they were pretty cute, but couldn't get a pic from the front.
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/3580/pic1e.jpg

and i just know someone's gonna sneak pedobear into this picture.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1378/pic2ee.jpg
enjoy

BlacknJean 08-01-2010 09:02 PM
half the girls in the yukata are hongers/whities.

i even saw a white girl wearing a fake private school uniform there.

/facepalm

dutch 08-01-2010 09:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BlacknJean (Post 7051934)
half the girls in the yukata are hongers/whities.

i even saw a white girl wearing a fake private school uniform there.

/facepalm

This is like complaining about anybody not white for wearing a cowboy hat.

wobuffet 08-01-2010 10:12 PM
the 3 girls i posted are true JDM cuz i heard them talking in japanese.
they're not those USDM ones that have JDM conversion.

Kaiten 08-01-2010 10:14 PM
Anybody catch the sumo today? It was quite entertaining.


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