Kite Festival

This past weekend was the kick-off of the infamous Cherry Blossom Festival. I went down to the mall with a friend to check out the Smithsonian Kite Festival. It was a great day to fly a kite, so there were tons of people out:
Kites over EPA:
Some of my favorite kites we saw:
This one is hard to see...but there's a long green snake in front of the trees:
We also went to the opening ceremonies at the National Building Museum:
Outside, we caught a drum performance by Nen Daiko: