Izumi Kurokawa of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, created the winning design for the 41st annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival’s poster contest.

Kurokawa will be awarded a $500 grand prize, and her design will be used in posters, souvenir T-shirts and commemorative booklet covers to help promote Northern California’s largest Japanese American community festival.

More than two dozen entries were reviewed by a panel of graphic designers, community volunteers and committee members. The contest was open to the public. Artists were asked to reflect the spirit of the matsuri (festival) season, emphasizing the festival’s 41st anniversary theme of “Kansha” (appreciation).

For more information about the festival, which will be held in San Francisco Japantown, visit www.nccbf.org.

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