Washington DC's annual cherry blossom festival is in full swing. The roughly 3,800 cherry trees were gifted by the mayor of Tokyo in 1912. This year, the cherry blossoms reached their peak more ...

By then, Scidmore was a celebrity in diplomatic circles and enjoyed strong support from high-profile Japanese friends ... 1912) Washington's cherry trees are now a famous symbol of the ...

Japan gifted 3,000 cherry trees to Washington DC in 1912 as a symbol of friendship ... event's cultural feel using ongoing exchanges and contributions. The DC Cherry Blossom Festival offers Japanese ...

Washington DC’s beloved cherry tree Stumpy is set to be chopped down. As part of a multiyear restoration to replace the crumbling seawall around the Tidal Basin, an area surrounding the Jefferson ...

Though the 3,000-plus cherry blossom trees ... The DC Circulator offers six routes throughout the city, including one that travels the perimeter of the National Mall, with stops at the Washington ...

Sackler Gallery Cherry Blossoms at Mukōjima 向島桜 Smithsonian Archives - History Div Postcard of Japanese Cherry Blossoms on Riverside Drive Smithsonian Archives - History Div Postcard of Washington ...

Weather conditions mean the trees are looking spectacular two weeks earlier than usual Japanese cherry blossom trees at a Gloucestershire park have flowered two weeks earlier than usual ...

WASHINGTON--Stepping gingerly over the lawn in their spiky heels, first lady Jill Biden and Yuko Kishida, the wife of Japan’s prime minister, planted a cherry tree at the White House on Monday ...

The National Park Service's restoration project will reconstruct a protective seawall and plant 274 new cherry ... by Japanese artist Kōkichi Tsunoi of the varieties of trees presented to the ...