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Day 1 of Cherry Blossom Festival!

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I have always wanted to see Washington D.C. during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, and this year I finally had the opportunity! The annual festival is to commemorate the gift of 3000 trees given by Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo, Japan to Washington D.C., which was an expression of friendship & closeness between our two countries. The Cherry Blossom Festival is a very crowded time in D.C., because people from all over the country come to see the flowers bloom. It is beautiful.

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Day 1 of Cherry Blossom Festival!

April 4, 2009

Sakura! My favorite flower!

I have been so excited for today! I have been living up in the northeastern USA for three years now, and this is the first year that I've had an opportunity to make the trip to Washington D.C. to see the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. I looked at the official website online, and chose to go on the weekend that is "peak bloom season". I am so glad that I came....it is beautiful here. D.C. is already beautiful with all the monuments, sculptures, and culture that is to be found in the city, but the blooming cherry blossoms definitely add a nice touch.

One thing though...it is CROWDED! Soooo many people are here! I was warned about this ahead of time by a friend that used to live in D.C., but I was still caught off-guard. It didn't stop us from seeing all the monuments and cherry trees, though. I had a fantastic (and exhausting) time!

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marksreynolds says:

I wish I had known you were in DC! We could have met up since we were there the same day :) It was my first time seeing the Cherry Trees at this time of year. To bad it was so windy that day, but it was still beautiful!!!

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