2026 Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival
Tea Tasting with Tea Ceremony 2026
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Time: 5:15-6:15 pm (Session 1) - Get tickets here!
6:45-7:45 pm (Session 2) - Get tickets here!
Tickets: $25 (40 tickets available per session)
Location: The Buffalo History Museum
Join us for a special Japanese Tea Ceremony and Tea tasting. The evening will feature a Japanese Tea Ceremony along with an opportunity to taste three teas and learn about the background and preparation of each tea. The Tea Tasting will be hosted by Atsuko Nishida Mitchell, Certified Tea Ceremony Instructor and the Friends of the Japanese Garden.
Get tickets for Session 1 here
Get tickets for Session 2 here
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Time: 5:15-6:15 pm (Session 1) - Get tickets here!
6:45-7:45 pm (Session 2) - Get tickets here!
Tickets: $25 (40 tickets available per session)
Location: The Buffalo History Museum
Join us for a special Japanese Tea Ceremony and Tea tasting. The evening will feature a Japanese Tea Ceremony along with an opportunity to taste three teas and learn about the background and preparation of each tea. The Tea Tasting will be hosted by Atsuko Nishida Mitchell, Certified Tea Ceremony Instructor and the Friends of the Japanese Garden.
Get tickets for Session 1 here
Get tickets for Session 2 here
Saturday Events
Date: April 25
Time: 11 - 3pm
Celebrate inside The Buffalo History Museum and outside in the Japanese Garden with cultural displays and activities. Learn about bonsai, origami, folk dolls, and Kanazawa, our sister city in Japan at activity tables inside the Buffalo History Museum. Enjoy Music is Art’s 3 stages of live music in the Japanese Garden. Stroll in the garden and take a ride on the pink boats on Mirror Lake. Grab something to eat from the Food Trucks.
Food Trucks
Cereal Spot, Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s, Hiibachi Fried Rice, Mad Iron's, Sammies 'n Sweets, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, Yakisoba's Noodle & Teriyaki, World of Desserts
Activity Tables
Bonsai, origami, Japanese language, folk dolls and Kanazawa sister city activity tables
Pink boat rides on Mirror Lake
Take a ride around Mirror Lake and see the garden from a different angle.
Volunteers and Visitors in the Garden
McKinley High School Horticulture Students; sharing their knowledge about the trees, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, Music is Art's Instrument Zoo
Vendors for the Day
1. be love organic skincare, 2. Clay By Jaclyn, 3. Greenhouse Glass Studio, 4. Hazel Grove Studios, 5. Isaan Creations, 6. Iyasaka, 7. JGB SHIBUKI Taiko, 8. KAM’s Creations, 9. KatyDidArt/Katharynmarie, 10. Kitsu and the City, 11. KiyomiCutsKo, 12. Minerally Obsessed, 13. Over the Mooncakes, 14. Sapir Design, 15. SundryPottery, 16. Tearra Creative, 17. Teddymuffs Designs, 18. Three Thistle Designs, 19. Willa’s Woolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust, 2. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple, 3. Buffalo Sister Cities Coalition, 4. Gardens Buffalo Niagara, 5. Japan Culture Center 6. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Date: April 25
Time: 11 - 3pm
Celebrate inside The Buffalo History Museum and outside in the Japanese Garden with cultural displays and activities. Learn about bonsai, origami, folk dolls, and Kanazawa, our sister city in Japan at activity tables inside the Buffalo History Museum. Enjoy Music is Art’s 3 stages of live music in the Japanese Garden. Stroll in the garden and take a ride on the pink boats on Mirror Lake. Grab something to eat from the Food Trucks.
Food Trucks
Cereal Spot, Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s, Hiibachi Fried Rice, Mad Iron's, Sammies 'n Sweets, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, Yakisoba's Noodle & Teriyaki, World of Desserts
Activity Tables
Bonsai, origami, Japanese language, folk dolls and Kanazawa sister city activity tables
Pink boat rides on Mirror Lake
Take a ride around Mirror Lake and see the garden from a different angle.
Volunteers and Visitors in the Garden
McKinley High School Horticulture Students; sharing their knowledge about the trees, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, Music is Art's Instrument Zoo
Vendors for the Day
1. be love organic skincare, 2. Clay By Jaclyn, 3. Greenhouse Glass Studio, 4. Hazel Grove Studios, 5. Isaan Creations, 6. Iyasaka, 7. JGB SHIBUKI Taiko, 8. KAM’s Creations, 9. KatyDidArt/Katharynmarie, 10. Kitsu and the City, 11. KiyomiCutsKo, 12. Minerally Obsessed, 13. Over the Mooncakes, 14. Sapir Design, 15. SundryPottery, 16. Tearra Creative, 17. Teddymuffs Designs, 18. Three Thistle Designs, 19. Willa’s Woolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust, 2. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple, 3. Buffalo Sister Cities Coalition, 4. Gardens Buffalo Niagara, 5. Japan Culture Center 6. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
2026 Live Music by Music is Art
Sunday Events
Date: April 26
Time: 11 - 3pm
Celebrate inside The Buffalo History Museum and outside in the Japanese Garden with cultural displays and activities. Learn about bonsai, origami, folk dolls, and Kanazawa, our sister city in Japan at activity tables inside the Buffalo History Museum. Enjoy Music is Art’s 3 stages of live music in the Japanese Garden. Stroll in the garden and take a ride on the pink boats on Mirror Lake. Grab something to eat from the Food Trucks.
Buffalo Orienteering Club will be on site too.
Food Trucks
Cereal Spot, Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s, Hiibachi Fried Rice, Mad Iron's, Sammies 'n Sweets, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, Yakisoba's Noodle & Teriyaki, World of Desserts
Activity Tables
Bonsai, origami, Japanese language, folk dolls and Kanazawa sister city activity tables
Pink boat rides on Mirror Lake
Take a ride around Mirror Lake and see the garden from a different angle.
Volunteers and Visitors in the Garden
McKinley High School Horticulture Students; sharing their knowledge about the trees, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, Buffalo Orienteering Club, Music is Art's Instrument Zoo
Vendors for the Day
1. be love organic skincare, 2. Clay By Jaclyn, 3. Greenhouse Glass Studio, 4. Hazel Grove Studios, 5. Isaan Creations, 6. Iyasaka, 7. JGB SHIBUKI Taiko, 8. KAM’s Creations, 9. KatyDidArt/Katharynmarie, 10. Kitsu and the City, 11. KiyomiCutsKo, 12. Minerally Obsessed, 13. Over the Mooncakes, 14. Sapir Design, 15. SundryPottery, 16. Tearra Creative, 17. Teddymuffs Designs, 18. Three Thistle Designs, 19. Willa’s Woolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust, 2. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple, 3. Buffalo Sister Cities Coalition, 4. Gardens Buffalo Niagara, 5. Japan Culture Center 6. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Date: April 26
Time: 11 - 3pm
Celebrate inside The Buffalo History Museum and outside in the Japanese Garden with cultural displays and activities. Learn about bonsai, origami, folk dolls, and Kanazawa, our sister city in Japan at activity tables inside the Buffalo History Museum. Enjoy Music is Art’s 3 stages of live music in the Japanese Garden. Stroll in the garden and take a ride on the pink boats on Mirror Lake. Grab something to eat from the Food Trucks.
Buffalo Orienteering Club will be on site too.
Food Trucks
Cereal Spot, Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s, Hiibachi Fried Rice, Mad Iron's, Sammies 'n Sweets, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, Yakisoba's Noodle & Teriyaki, World of Desserts
Activity Tables
Bonsai, origami, Japanese language, folk dolls and Kanazawa sister city activity tables
Pink boat rides on Mirror Lake
Take a ride around Mirror Lake and see the garden from a different angle.
Volunteers and Visitors in the Garden
McKinley High School Horticulture Students; sharing their knowledge about the trees, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters, Buffalo Orienteering Club, Music is Art's Instrument Zoo
Vendors for the Day
1. be love organic skincare, 2. Clay By Jaclyn, 3. Greenhouse Glass Studio, 4. Hazel Grove Studios, 5. Isaan Creations, 6. Iyasaka, 7. JGB SHIBUKI Taiko, 8. KAM’s Creations, 9. KatyDidArt/Katharynmarie, 10. Kitsu and the City, 11. KiyomiCutsKo, 12. Minerally Obsessed, 13. Over the Mooncakes, 14. Sapir Design, 15. SundryPottery, 16. Tearra Creative, 17. Teddymuffs Designs, 18. Three Thistle Designs, 19. Willa’s Woolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Niagara River Land Trust, 2. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Buddhist Temple, 3. Buffalo Sister Cities Coalition, 4. Gardens Buffalo Niagara, 5. Japan Culture Center 6. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Live Music by Music is Art
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Pink Parade
Sunday, April 26, 3pm Annual Pink Parade to end the 13th Annual Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival! Join the Cherry Blossom Princess, musicians and merrymakers in a parade through the garden to close this year’s festival. Don’t forget to wear your pink! |
Where do I park?
On days of the Festival, please be prepared to use the free parking on the surrounding streets. Please read the City signs to confirm that your parking is legal. The police will ticket illegally parked vehicles.
Additionally, we enjoy a good relationship with our neighbors, so we ask that you park with consideration of the home owners in the neighborhood.
Please do not block any driveway.
if you have accessibility needs for accessing the festival,
please talk to the security guard at the top of the museum parking lot.
On days of the Festival, please be prepared to use the free parking on the surrounding streets. Please read the City signs to confirm that your parking is legal. The police will ticket illegally parked vehicles.
Additionally, we enjoy a good relationship with our neighbors, so we ask that you park with consideration of the home owners in the neighborhood.
Please do not block any driveway.
if you have accessibility needs for accessing the festival,
please talk to the security guard at the top of the museum parking lot.
ADDITIONAL PARKING in 2026
During Festival
During the Cherry Blossom Festival, April 25 & 26, there is free parking available in Lot R-14 on the Buffalo State Campus.
Located off Rockwell Drive (past the entrance for the Richard Olmsted Complex), this lot is free to use. The Cherry Blossom Festival is just a short walk from there.
Music
Music is a highlight of the festival.
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Boat Rides
Pink Boat Rides on Mirror Lake!
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Activities
Taiko Drums, Picnics and Parades, Oh my!
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