The past month was The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. This years festival ran from March 20 to April 14. People from all over the world visit Washington DC to see the cherry trees and to celebrate the friendship between the United States and Japan.

Sakura was especially happy since she was hatched with sakura petals. “Sakura” is Japanese for Cherry Blossom. There are so many types of cherry trees at the Tidal Basin. There are approximately 3750 cherry trees total! You can check out the history of the gift of the cherry trees here.

The last week of the festival usually has the largest events. The peak of the cherry blossom season was Wednesday and Saturday was the parade followed by the Sakura Matsuri/street festival. We sold all day long at the Matsuri and adopted out a lot of Super Takos. We saw a lot of old friends and made lots of new ones. Sunday we went to the Tidal Basin.

There were lots of things to do. We spent most of our time near the paddle boats just walking around and visiting everything. Here is Sakura and Hunter with “Paddles” the beaver. He is in charge of reminding guest to not pull down and pick the cherry blossoms. He is very protective of his trees. If we pull down all of the blossoms and branches they may not grow back. You could even damage the trees by accident.

Sakura was just having fun hanging around. It was a very bright and sunny day so the shade felt really nice.

We made it all the way around the tidal basin. We could even see the Thomas Jefferson Memorial from the other side of the Tidal Basin. Even though we didn’t go during full peak, it was beautiful.

Sakura is on a trip back to Japan to celebrate Golden Week that is coming up shortly. She’ll be having lots of Sakura flavored items including Kit-Kats and Ice Cream. I do wish we had some of that over here. Maybe I can get her to send me some.

The adoption center now has a real store front!! You can find it here. Hurray for Add To Cart and Paypal. Remember all Takos are handmade so it does take a few days to make your new Super Tako. If you need more information please check out the FAQ section. I will be attending Magfest next week but will still be answering emails. You will see the cart in the top ride sidebar if you want to keep track of how many Takos you are adopting. Then it is as simple as checking out with Paypal. If you should have ANY issues with the new store front please send me an email through the FAQ/Contact page immediately so I can fix the issue. Thanks

Hunter, John, and I arrived in Los Angeles, California yesterday. We have been holding onto a few Super Tako eggs that we haven’t been able to hatch. We were hoping something would set them off so we could get a new Tako in time for Comikaze. We were right. One of our Tako Eggs hatched!!!

We were setting up in the Los Angeles Convention center. Everything was a mess on the table and we were just trying to get our adoption center together. I dropped one of the eggs on the floor. I was really worried I broke the little egg. (That would have been sad). When I picked the egg up, it was glowing. It had a weird golden swirl that was inside of the egg. We kept the hatching egg safe since he or she seemed to be taking their time to transform. We finished up for the day and went back to our hotel.

At 1am Sept 15th 2012 Kaze was born! He’s a cute little guy who is into comic books, board games, and science. His favorite things to eat are shwarma and avocados! I guess California is really the place for him. Kaze’s name means wind. He was running around the hotel room looking out the window trying to find the convention center. It’s a good thing our hotel is close to the convention center!

We arrived early today at the convention center to give Kaze the tour of the place. It’s absolutely amazing. He even found some other plushie transportation. We had to give that back though. It was fun while it lasted.

I will have just enough time to get 15 Kazes finished before the convention doors open today. Please make sure, if you want to adopt one, that you get to my tables, 439 and 538, as soon as possible. You can find us on the floor map at Kat’s Anime Hats tables. With the limited number, they are bound to go quickly. I will also have all of the other Takos available for adoption. Kaze’s adoption will be $30 and will come with all of the paperwork. All other Super Tako Adoptions will be $25.

Remember, all plushie adoptions help support the Super Takos adoption center so we can help everyone have a Tako friend. We have many different Takos that will match your personality. You can even adopt one for a friend! You will get your Super Tako plushie, adoption paper, birth certificate, and background story on your Super Tako! Each plushie represents your support for the Super Tako of your choice! This will help me, Nurse Kat, feed and take care of the Takos. I always love when we get a new Tako!!! I hope to see you at the convention today.

-Nurse Kat