Easter came early this year, so Sakura-Con was March 29th through 31st at the Washington State Convention Center here in Seattle. And despite being early, it was still the perfect spring weekend for the aptly named convention — the skies were clear, the weather was mild, and everything was blooming! I guess it’s nice for out-of-town visitors to miss all the overcast days and persistent drizzling. Most people don’t like that kind of weather, apparently??

Sakura-Con’s program.

Last year at Sakura-Con, I helped my friend Kiiyame with her table all weekend and had a few pieces in the Art Show, but I didn’t have an Artist Alley table of my own. I made sure I got a table for this year though, and I was extra excited for the con because after ECCC, it was a show back in my ‘home’ subculture. And besides, Kara, Sloan, and Tori were all staying with me for the weekend. Yay! Friends visiting! Yay! Conventions are literally my only social life! 8D

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There were a ton of anime conventions over Easter weekend, including Anime Boston, Anime Matsuri, MTAC, and — the one I attended — Sakura-Con here in Seattle, in the same venue as ECCC just last week. And man, Sakura-Con is an aptly named convention. It was a gorgeous weekend, even if we didn’t spend that much time outside. The weather was perfect and everything has been blooming for a few weeks now~.

These aren't actually sakura, but it's close enough!

I, once again (!), did not have an Artist Alley table, but Kiiyame (White Oblivion) did, and she was staying with me for the duration of the con, plus an extra day before and after. As her official table lackey, I would still have a Exhibitor/Artist Alley badge, so hurray for not having to stand in the pre-registration badge pick-up line, which reportedly took three hours to get through on Friday. I also did have space in the Art Show, and it was my first art show, so I was pretty curious as to how that would go. Many exciting* things in this 8,628 word report!

*Excitement not guaranteed.

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