Hours
Saturday - April 5th 10:30 am - 6:30 pm
Opening Ceremonies - 10:30 a.m.
Teacher Awards - 12:30 pm
Kimono Fashion Show - 3:00 pm
Sunday - April 6th 10:30 - 5:00 pm
Runway Fashion Show - 3:00 pm
NOTE: The festival is held the first weekend of April EVERY
year and will take place in rain or shine.
Location Information
The festival will be on the streets of the Little Tokyo District
of downtown Los Angeles on San Pedro Street between 1st and
3rd Street
Getting There
FROM THE NORTH
5 South to 110 South, Exit 4th Street (one way), Left on San
Pedro
FROM THE EAST
10 West to 101 North, Exit Alameda and turn Left, Right on
First, Left on San Pedro
FROM THE WEST
1) 10 East to 110 North, Exit 4th Street (one-way), Left on
San Pedro
2) 101 South, Exit Los Angeles and turn Right, Left on 1st,
Right on San Pedro
FROM THE SOUTH
1) 110 North, Exit 4th Street (one way), Left on San Pedro
2) 5 North to 101 North, Exit 4th Street and turn Left, Right
on San Pedro
Click here to see a map of the location and get driving directions.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Avoid parking challenges, GO METRO www.metro.net
Anyone who takes the Metro Train or Bus to the festival and turns in their ticket at the information booth at the Festival on the corner of 2nd & San Pedro will receive a signed poster of Koi, Blue Gate or Courtyard by Actress/Artist Kellye Nakahara Wallett [best known for her role as Nurse Kellye in the television series M*A*S*H).
The Weekend Dash runs from Union Station every 20 minutes to Little Tokyo District.
DASH DD operates on Saturdays and Sundays, 10 AM till 5 PM,
with buses every 20 minutes. DASH DD serves both the 7th Street
Metro station (Red Line and Blue Line) and Union Station [southbound
stop at the SW corner of Alameda/Chavez] and stops at 3rd/San
Pedro as well as at 1st/Los Angeles. A map of the weekend
DASH routes is viewable at www.ladottransit.com.
Staying in Little Tokyo
For information on lodging and other points of interest
in the area, please visit the
Little Tokyo Business Association website.
Parking Near Little Tokyo
Parking Lots are independently owned and operated. Rates
are set individually. Parking lots adjacent to festival and
in surrounding vicinity in Little Tokyo.
* Joe’s 414 Auto Parks, Commercial Street/Alameda
Street
* JANM/ MOCA Parking, Alameda Street (just south of 1st Street)
and 1st Street/ Central Avenue
* Japanese Village Plaza Parking, Central Avenue
* Central Parking System, 328 East 1st Street (Miyako Hotel)
* Central Parking System, 2nd Street (Weller Court)
* Honda Plaza Parking 2nd, Street/ Central Avenue (southeast
corner)
* Select Parking, Onizuka Street/ 1st Street
* Athena Parking, 242 South Los Angeles Street
* Paragon Parking, Inc. Banco Lot, 340 South Spring Street
* Prestige Parking, 260 South Main Street
* Joe’s 246 Auto Parks, 246 2nd Street
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