"Kite Day" celebrates "Children's Day" in Japan.
(Izumi, Japan is Bloomington, MN's sister city.)

Kites to be available to people who come without one.

Prizes given for:

Best homemade kite

Best aeronautic kite

Best authentic Japanese kite

Live music by CODA and St. Olaf Taiko drummers
Kite flying exhibition by Minnesota Kite Society

Co-sponsored by City of Bloomington

http://www.bloomington-izumi.org/

Here is a link to some pictures from the 2009 Kite Day on the Bloomington Sister City website.

Here are some pictures from the Bloomington Sister City fly on Saturday, May 1, 2010.