Saturday Afternoon Event 2025
Pop-Up Tea Ceremony
on the Portico
Saturday, April 26, 3:30pm
in Case of Rain, in the Auditorium of the Buffalo History Museum
on the Portico
Saturday, April 26, 3:30pm
in Case of Rain, in the Auditorium of the Buffalo History Museum
Tea Tasting with Tea Ceremony 2025
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: Sold out: 5:15-6:15 pm (Session 1)
Sold out: 6:45-7:45 pm (Session 2)
Tickets: $20 (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.
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: Sold out: 5:15-6:15 pm (Session 1)
Sold out: 6:45-7:45 pm (Session 2)
Tickets: $20 (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.
2025 Schedule
Saturday Events 2025
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.
Food Trucks
Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s Food Trucks, Money Bags Dumplings, Pawlowski’s Pierogi, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, 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, Taoist Tai Chi Group (weather permitting)
Vendors for the Day
1. Blossom Designs New York 2. Blue Rochelle 3. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple 4. Buffalo Roots 5. Clay By Jaclyn 6. Elikathal 7. Greenhouse Glass Studio 8. Hazel Grove Studio 10. Katharynmarie/KatyDidArt 11. Kirsten’s Creations 12. Martinsville Soapworks 13. Sapir Design 14. Stitch Buffalo 15. Teddymuffs Designs 16. The Delightful Octopus 17. WillasWoolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Toy Library 2. FeedMore WNY 3. Japan Culture Center 4. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 5. The Tool Library 6. 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.
Food Trucks
Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s Food Trucks, Money Bags Dumplings, Pawlowski’s Pierogi, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, 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, Taoist Tai Chi Group (weather permitting)
Vendors for the Day
1. Blossom Designs New York 2. Blue Rochelle 3. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple 4. Buffalo Roots 5. Clay By Jaclyn 6. Elikathal 7. Greenhouse Glass Studio 8. Hazel Grove Studio 10. Katharynmarie/KatyDidArt 11. Kirsten’s Creations 12. Martinsville Soapworks 13. Sapir Design 14. Stitch Buffalo 15. Teddymuffs Designs 16. The Delightful Octopus 17. WillasWoolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Toy Library 2. FeedMore WNY 3. Japan Culture Center 4. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 5. The Tool Library 6. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Live Music by Music is Art
Sunday Events 2025
Date: April 27
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. JGB Shibuki, Buffalo's Taiko Group, is performing on Sunday.
Food Trucks
Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s Food Trucks, Money Bags Dumplings, Pawlowski’s Pierogi, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, 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, Taoist Tai Chi Group (weather permitting)
Vendors for the Day
1. Blossom Designs New York 2. Blue Rochelle 3. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple 4. Buffalo Roots 5. Clay By Jaclyn 6. Elikathal 7. Greenhouse Glass Studio 8. Hazel Grove Studio 9. JGB Shibuki (Taiko Group) 10. Katharynmarie/KatyDidArt 11. Kirsten’s Creations 12. Martinsville Soapworks 13. Sapir Design 14. Stitch Buffalo 15. Teddymuffs Designs 16. The Delightful Octopus 17. WillasWoolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Toy Library 2. Canisius University Anime Club 3. FeedMore WNY 4. Japan Culture Center 5. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 6. The Tool Library 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge 8. Buffalo Orienteering
Date: April 27
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. JGB Shibuki, Buffalo's Taiko Group, is performing on Sunday.
Food Trucks
Cheesy Chicks, Fat Bob’s Food Trucks, Money Bags Dumplings, Pawlowski’s Pierogi, Sun Cuisine, Tiny Thai, Udder Brothers ice cream bike, 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, Taoist Tai Chi Group (weather permitting)
Vendors for the Day
1. Blossom Designs New York 2. Blue Rochelle 3. Buffalo Ro-O-Zan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple 4. Buffalo Roots 5. Clay By Jaclyn 6. Elikathal 7. Greenhouse Glass Studio 8. Hazel Grove Studio 9. JGB Shibuki (Taiko Group) 10. Katharynmarie/KatyDidArt 11. Kirsten’s Creations 12. Martinsville Soapworks 13. Sapir Design 14. Stitch Buffalo 15. Teddymuffs Designs 16. The Delightful Octopus 17. WillasWoolies
Nonprofits for the Day
1. Buffalo Toy Library 2. Canisius University Anime Club 3. FeedMore WNY 4. Japan Culture Center 5. Spectrum Health & Human Services (Buffalo H.O.P.E. COMHPS and MAT Team) 6. The Tool Library 7. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge 8. Buffalo Orienteering
Live Music by Music is Art
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Pink Parade
Sunday, April 27, 3pm 2025 Annual Pink Parade to end the 11th 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! Pop-up Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony 2025
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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
During Festival
During the Cherry Blossom Festival, April 26 & 27, 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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