After a two-year hiatus, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival, a celebration of the joy of soy, returns Saturday, July 2, from 11am - 5pm, to San Francisco's Japantown.
For the first time since 2015, the festival returns to San Francisco Japantown's Peace Plaza, Post at Buchanan streets.
The festival will feature Soy and Tofu vendors:
* Kikkoman
* Morinaga Nutritional Foods
* Hodo Soy
* Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce
* Nichi Bei Café
* Pine United Methodist Church Wafu Dogs
* SoyPresso soy milk and soy milk cake
* Tong Sui coconut puddings and fresh fruit sago ... and more
In addition to free soy and tofu samples, food vendors, live performances and artisan vendors, there will be audience participation games and children's activities.
There will also be a raffle for two round-trip tickets to Japan, courtesy of Japan Airlines.
There will be live performances by:
* Sacramento Taiko Dan
* Larissa Lam and Only Won
* The Gee Yung Dragon and Lion Dance Association
* The Wesley Ukulele Band
* The Nikkei Choral Ensemble of UC Berkeley
* Flora Hui
The festival's popular mascot, Cutie Tofutti, will make special appearances. NBC Bay Area Weekday Traffic Anchor Mike Inouye will emcee the event.
Admission is free.
Proceeds will benefit the Nichi Bei Foundation, publishers of the nonprofit Japanese American community newspaper, the Nichi Bei Weekly. Partial proceeds benefit the Nikkei Community Internship program, administered by the Japanese Community Youth Council.
This year's Presenting Sponsor is the Japan Center Malls East and West.
After a two-year hiatus, the Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival, a celebration of the joy of soy, returns Saturday, July 2, from 11am - 5pm, to San Francisco's Japantown.
For the first time since 2015, the festival returns to San Francisco Japantown's Peace Plaza, Post at Buchanan streets.
The festival will feature Soy and Tofu vendors:
* Kikkoman
* Morinaga Nutritional Foods
* Hodo Soy
* Bachan's Japanese Barbecue Sauce
* Nichi Bei Café
* Pine United Methodist Church Wafu Dogs
* SoyPresso soy milk and soy milk cake
* Tong Sui coconut puddings and fresh fruit sago ... and more
In addition to free soy and tofu samples, food vendors, live performances and artisan vendors, there will be audience participation games and children's activities.
There will also be a raffle for two round-trip tickets to Japan, courtesy of Japan Airlines.
There will be live performances by:
* Sacramento Taiko Dan
* Larissa Lam and Only Won
* The Gee Yung Dragon and Lion Dance Association
* The Wesley Ukulele Band
* The Nikkei Choral Ensemble of UC Berkeley
* Flora Hui
The festival's popular mascot, Cutie Tofutti, will make special appearances. NBC Bay Area Weekday Traffic Anchor Mike Inouye will emcee the event.
Admission is free.
Proceeds will benefit the Nichi Bei Foundation, publishers of the nonprofit Japanese American community newspaper, the Nichi Bei Weekly. Partial proceeds benefit the Nikkei Community Internship program, administered by the Japanese Community Youth Council.
This year's Presenting Sponsor is the Japan Center Malls East and West.
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