Orlando Japan Festival is back this weekend at Kissimmee Lakefront Park

Kissimmee’s Lakefront Park will feel like Japan this Sunday, because for one day each year, Orlando gets a feast of authentic Japanese culture at the Orlando Japan Festival, courtesy of the Japan Association of Orlando.

This year’s festival will open with a Taiko drumming performance, “One Hundred Drummers,” and will also feature Japanese music, dancing, a cosplay contest and arts, as well as decorations, food and beverages — takoyaki (octopus balls), Ramune soda and taiyaki (fish-shaped cakes).

Worth the trek to Kissimmee.

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This article appears in Nov 8-14, 2023.