April 8 | Socal's Biggest Japanese Spring Festival Is Coming To Santa Anita Park

Welcome Spring with Japanese traditions and food! The 23rd Annual Tokyo City Cup and Japan Family Day is happening at Santa Anita Park on April 8, 2018. The $100,000 Stakes Race celebrates the relationship (since 1995!) between Santa Anita Park and Tokyo City Keiba (TCK)’s Oi Racetrack. It's an event that is fun for everyone with activities that help introduce Japanese culture and traditions and unique Japanese food like takoyaki (my fave!) and okonomiyaki! And since it's at the Santa Anita Park, there will be some horse racing too! It's a sight to see!

Totally an event I recommend for anyone that is into Japanese culture or just wanna find out more about it!

There is also an estimated 15,000 + attendees. Now that's a party.

BATTLE FOR THE TOKYO CITY CUP
The Tokyo City Cup, won last year by HARD ACES, is the sole graded stakes race named for a major city outside of the United States. Free Tokyo City Cup T-shirt and Japanese towel for the first 1,000 patrons and more gifts for fans who complete a survey at our drawing tables are available. The Tokyo City Cup Game will be held and an awesome prize will be given to winner.

CULTURAL EXHIBITIONS

• Karate (Japanese martial arts)
• Sado (tea ceremony)
• Shodo (calligraphy)
• Kendo (Japanese swordsmanship)
• Origami (paper folding)
• Anime and stage shows like Min-yo (Japanese folk song)
• Sumo (Japanese-style wrestling)
• Ryukyu Buyo (Okinawa traditional dance)
• Tsugaru Shamisen (Three-stringed Japanese guitar)
• Taiko (a special Japanese drum performance)
• You can take photos with ladies in beautiful Kimonos
• Tea Ceremony
• Flower Arrangement
• Calligraphy
• and more!

MORE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS

• Face Painting
• Pony Rides
• Carnival Games
• and more!

VISIT JAPAN

The Visit Japan travel company will also be there to answer any questions you have about traveling to Japan. 

Prep for our opening going on! Here's an example of one of our menu🙌 Choice of 4 flavor plate. You get to choose 4 flavors of your choice out of the 7 different flavors we have.👍👍👍 The 7 flavors we offer are Original, Jalapeño, Ponzu, Wasabi, Mentaiko, Goma, Parmesean Truffle. #takoyakitanota #takoyaki #octopus #mayo #ponzu #jalapeno #mentaiko #sesame #bonito #oishii #japanese #japanesefood #foodie #foodevent #japanvillage #losangeles #california #socal #626nightmarket #grub #food #downtownlosangeles #dtla #littletokyo

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FOOD FOOD FOOD!

• Sushi
• Curry
• Okonomiyaki (Japanese-Style Pizza)
• Japanese Tea
• Japanese BBQ
• Onigiri (Rice Ball)
• Japanese Bakery and Pastries
• Japanese Beer

FOOD VENDORS INCLUDE:

• Otafuku Foods
• Kobe Wagyu Freaks
• Ninja Rice Burger
• Sangaria
• Takoyaki Tanota
• Curry House
• Tokyo Doggie Style
• Okamoto Kitchen
• Sushi Boy
• Yamazaki
• Hakutsuru Sake

ADMISSION:

• Children 17 and under - Free
• General Admission - $5
• Free Admission Coupon for everyone
• click here and print it out!

FREE T-SHIRT

Want a free event t-shirt? Easy peasy! Just click here for the free t-shirt coupon. All you have to do is go to the track to pick it up. It's while supplies last though so get there early! 

ADDRESS 

Santa Anita Park
285 Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007

Click here for more directions assistance.


EVENT SCHEDULE
Click here for the event schedule!


OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.tokyocitycup.com/


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