分类： Canada

Natsu Matsuri & Obon 夏祭りと盆踊り

What do you get when you combine several community organizations, a beautiful location, hundreds of dancers and a sunny summer that fades into a balmy evening? You get the Natsu Matsuri and Obon Festival at the JCCC. Thousands of visitors enjoy a lively festival atmosphere with games, great food, and spectacular performances. The festival is a particularly special one because of the co-operative effort of the many community organizations involved in making the event a huge success.

Date: second Saturday in July





Toronto Dyke March and more on Pride Saturday

Toronto proudly hosts one of the largest Pride Festivals in the world. Pride Saturday is one of the busiest day of Toronto’s Pride Festival, second only to Pride Sunday when the Pride Parade is held. The Toronto Dyke March is held on Pride Saturday. Saturday is much less crowded than Sunday, so it’s the best time to check out the street fair and those free shows at several stages around Church Wellesley Village.


Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Streetfair


Pride Toronto Streetfair is not just a place to grab some food or intriguing products, it’s also a place to people-watch and take selfies.

Not only Canadian Armed Forces come to recruit at the Pride, Canada’s secret agency CSIS does the same.
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Toronto Centre Island Trip and Toronto Dragon Boat Festival

Toronto Dragon Boat Festival is an annual event held on the quiet, relaxing, beautiful Toronto Islands which are just a short ferry ride away from the city’s downtown core.

The Toronto mainland dock is near the base of Bay Street, south of Queens Quay. You can get there by subway to Union Station and get on a southbound streetcar, either the 509 or 510.

There is a central dock on the Toronto mainland from which three ferry routes serve the islands. One goes to Hanlan’s Point, one goes to Centre Island and the third goes to Ward’s Island. You can walk between the three docks on the islands. So you can’t really take the wrong ferry.

Ferry between Toronto and Centre Islands

You may also take a ferry taxi to the islands and this is your only option when ferry workers are on strike.
Toronto Skyline and Water Taxi
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2008 TAIWANfest in Toronto

2008 TaiwanFest was held at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto this weekend. Major sponsors include China Airlines and the goverment of Republic of China.

The President of Republic of China – Ma Ying-jeou seems very happy to see such an event in Canada to “Promote Taiwanese Culture”.

Taiwan Uncensored

The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy sponsored an exhibition called “Taiwan Uncensored” to “present a true picture of the island”.
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