The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

The 39th annual Sakura Festival is focused on bringing a taste of Japan and its culture to Tuscaloosa this weekend. This year ...

The two-day festival saw record crowds of more than 40,000 people last year, all celebrating the beauty of the Japanese Sakura ... matcha whisking, origami making, and much more.