Sakura Matsuri 2015 (Japanese Street Festival)

Hey DrunkenAnt~ here
after the 2015 Sakura Matsuri

Took place on the 11th of April this year and I can say I was exited to go again.
I been going to the Sakura Matsuri since 2008
Way before I started blogging, chronically watching anime, and hoarding anime figures. 

Tickets this year are the same as last~

$10 @ Door
$10 Online
$08 Early Bird Online

Link of Last years Blog


The group and I took the Metro to the Festival.
Metro is the best way to to travel during this time as they shut down many of the roads making it almost impossible to drive.
I heard from one women it took her Three hours to get to the Festival by car last year.
She admitted to her mistake. She may of been exaggerating but I can feel its would be a pain to drive.

Best Metro Train station to get off at "Metro Center" off the Red Line or
"Federal Triangle" off Blue/Orange Line
It all depends were your coming from.

It may just be me but it was very crowed and
jam packed with people this year.
That may be a plus for others but it made it hard to get to one place to another with my group of five with out losing someone. Difficulty  Looking at booths and long lines come with large crowds too.

I didn't get many photos of Cosplay this year due to the large crowed. The crowed made it hard to spot Cosplay and if i did spot one it was hard to get their attention or hard to "chase" just for a photo.

Wow~ Look at all the people

So it made me wonder why they had this Torii Gate were it is in this photo.

Wiki says:
"Torii Gates symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred.
The presence of a Torii at the entrance is usually the simplest way to identify shrines. "

So why does this one lead in to the chain link fence ?

Sakura Matsuri 2013

I liked it in this orientation back in 2013

So I end up playing this "Jeopardy"
I guess someone owns the name "Jeopardy"
So its called "JetPardy" today

Had to get 700 points within four questions
to get a "Big" prize and anything lower you get the things seen on the table
and some candy if you have a really low score.

I went for "Japanese Words 400" to start

"Japanese word meaning death from overwork"

Highlight for Answer: [ Karoshi]

I got this one wrong... I remember reading about it somewhere but could not remember the word.

Next I went for "Pop Culture 400"

"What Pop Metal Fusion band formed in 2010"

Highlight for Answer: [ Babymetal]

I got this one right~ I yelled out the answer before the host
finished the question so~
The question up there is some what of a guess.
I remember hearing "Pop Metal Fusion."

Next I went for "Pop Culture 300"

A farming simulator that started on the Nintendo home gaming system and is now any many other platforms. 

Highlight for Answer: [ Harvest Moon]  [Bokujō Monogatari]

I was also asked if i knew the Japanese name of the game and I didn't...
But still got the points~
I had to think about the answer for this for a bit but I knew it~

As of now I have the 700 points needed for the "Big Prize"
The host said to keep going as I had one more question

 So Finally I went for "Food 400"

"What European country introduced fried food to Japan? Like Tempura"

Highlight for Answer: [ Portugal]

I had no clue.... I took a crazy guess on Germany
and I was super wrong..

So with 700 Points the Host brought out a ten gallon bucket full of things.
Things like CDs, posters, calenders, and other Nic-Nacs

I decided to get the English-Japanese
"Talking Business in Japanese" Phrases Book

So looking at this you may wonder what is going on in this photo,
It happens to be a game involving chopsticks.

You are given 90 seconds to transfer as many of the items in the bowl to the other bowl on the opposite end of the table.

Cotton Ball ~ 1 Point
Eraser ~ 2 Points
Bean ~ 5 Points

Looks like the beans were 3 points than changed to 5
but from what I remember from the other years its supposes to be 5 points

Go for them Beans~ !

To me its surprisingly fun~

Other than that I didn't really do anything else
I didn't buy any thing or get any food
Just looked around a bit than went home~

Make sure to check out all the photos on the Desu Chronicles Facebook Page: Link

Many Thanks~ See you next time

Katsucon 2015

Hey DrunkenAnt here~
Katsucon was about a mouth+ ago and I can remember the freezing temperatures of that weekend.
The forecast called snow on that Saturday, and it snowed only a dusting but with the added winds of being at the harbor it was a nightmare to be outdoors.

The Desu Chronicles group went out in this nightmare cold and snow to eat out at the restaurants in the harbor.

I left Friday around noon time to pick up the others ~ in my "Soccer Mom" Van ~
Did the self parking in the garage :3
After we checked in the room we went to Registration/ Pre-Registration area.
It was about 1:30pm or so and there was a line for the badges pick up room ...
So you had to stand in line to stand in another line
I didn't Pre-Register
We stood in the line for an hour and a half and didn't even get a quarter up the line.
We gave up on the line and went for dinner.


After dinner we went back to the Registration Line and lucky it was so short it only took 15 minutes to get our badges. It was as smart idea to skip the long line and go eat ~
I heard from people in the elevator that they stood in line for five hours just to get their badges... 

After that we just walked around looking for Cosplays to take photos of~

(Link of Day One Hall Cosplay Photos)

Wish I got more photos but,
It was a good day~
Now that I think about it I didn't think I even needed a badge...
Other than one for the collection I didn't truly need it
Spend 70 or so dollars to just buy a few things in the Dealers room.
I don't really go to panels or do anything else.

 Day two I had a Photoshoot with Doki Donut Cosplay and Melody Monogatari Cosplay
as RPG Mikuri and Haruhi

You can see all the photos from the shoot Here


Right after the shoot their was a Love Love Cosplay Gathering~
I'm a big Love Live fan and was looking forward to it

You can see all the photos from the shoot Here

And Day Two Hall Shoots are Here~

Last day of the Convention was mostly spent packing your things and getting down the elevator from the 18th floor. After all of our things were in the Van we wet to eat and than just hung out looking out for Cosplay to take photos of.

Link of Day Three Hall Cosplay Shots Here

It was a good Convention and we all had a good time.
Next event I'm looking forwards to is the DC Sakura Matsuri.
Takes place April 11
Info at this http://www.sakuramatsuri.org/