Students crafted paper cranes, frogs, and more at the origami station.

The the fruit sandwiches and Spam musabi offered here did not last long, as the students quickly purchased it to support the Oakland Children’s Hospital.

Japanese class students cook Spam slices for Spam musubi, a traditional Japanese food with a Hawaiian twist.

While musabi can be filled with all kinds of protein, like chicken or salmon, the Japanese class chose Spam as the filling.

Briahna Ma (’27), Anya Wang (’26), and Kiyomi (Kiki) Yasui (’26) prepare Spam musubi before the festival.

Reese Zhou (’26), Yucheng Zheng (’26), Andy Wang (’26), and Cathy Gao (’25) assemble spam musubi before the festival.

Japanese class students prepare bonito flake onigiri, a traditional Japanese rice ball, before the festival.

Onigiri is an extremely popular snack in Japan. Even though Amador is an ocean away from Japan, it was popular here too as it sold out before lunch.

Japanese class students and parent volunteers both pitched in to prepare the food at the festival.

Natasha So (’26), Isabelle (’24) and parent volunteers smile as they prepare onigiri before the festival.

Japanese class students playtest Super Smash Bros Ultimate while the music team curates the perfect Japanese music playlist for the festival.

With a wide variety of traditional Japanese treats, like shaved ice and caramel apples, visitors were spoiled for choice.