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My video of the Japan-US Cherry Blossom Centennial ceremony in Adachi Ward, Tokyo.39 views
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Dogwood flower from a tree given by America as a return gift for the cherry trees in 1912. (ハナミズキ). 38 views
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This is a small vase with soil and flower seeds.38 views
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The ceremony began at 10:30 am with music performed by local junior high school bands.37 views
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Takao Kurita of the Nihon Sakura Society presented letter to Adachi Mayor Kondo...36 views"We will now have a presentation of a seedling sent from a cherry tree along the Potomac River in Washington, DC last year in March. It is being raised by the Nihon Sakura Society who will make the presentation. Since the seedling is still small, a letter of intent will be presented instead and the sapling will be planted in this park later when it is large enough."
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Jun'ichiro Chidani principal of Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School, an agricultural high school. He helped to raise the dogwood sapling that will be planted today.36 views
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At this Koryu Kaikan hall in the park, they had an exhibition and slide show lectures.36 views
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Entrance to Adachi City Urban Agricultural Park (Toshi Nogyo Koen Park).15 views
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I visited one or two days before peak bloom, so they don't look as fluffy or full. The weather forecast was for cloudy or rainy skies after this day.12 views
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These Somei-Yoshino "America" cherry blossoms are right behind the park's Visitors' Center. The America trees stretch along Shin-Shibakawa River for a few hundred meters, one of the park's major cherry blossom clusters.11 views
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Adachi City Urban Agricultural Park is a riverside park at the corner of Arakawa River and Shin-Shibakawa River growing many varieties of cherry blossoms including those from Washington, DC planted here in 1981-82.10 views
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The most prominent cherry blossoms from Washington, DC are the Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms named "America." They bloom in late March along Shin-Shibakawa River.8 views
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This was one in full bloom.8 views
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"America" cherry blossom tree ID tag on a sakura tree.7 views
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms decorated the Shin-Shibakawa riverbank from here. They were in parallel with a riverside walking/cycling path on the left.7 views
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Hanami picnic under the America cherry blossoms. Feeling the Spirit of America.7 views
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"America" cherry trees in Adachi, Tokyo.6 views
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These were still one or two days before peak bloom.5 views
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About Adachi Ward's Japan-US Cherry Blossom connection and centennial in 2012.5 views
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. They are planted for a few hundred meters along Shin-Shibakawa River behind the Visitors Center. This was in late March.5 views
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ID tag for "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry tree from America at the park. It now has a QR code linking to a Japanese webpage explaining the species.5 views
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"America" cherry blossoms in full bloom.4 views
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A long cycling path goes along Shin-Shibakawa River and the America cherry blossoms.3 views
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This is the end of the "America" Somei-Yoshino cherry blossoms.2 views
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The park also has this Reagan Sakura cherry tree planted here in April 2012 to mark the centennial of Tokyo gifting cherry trees from Adachi Ward to the US in 1912.2 viewsThis tree came from the original "Reagan Sakura" cherry tree planted in Nov. 1982 from a sapling given to Japan by Nancy Reagan in 1981. The sapling came from the original cherry tree planted in Washington, DC's Tidal Basin by Mrs. Helen Taft, the wife of President Willian Taft, in 1912.
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. This was in late March.2 views
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"America" Somei-Yoshino cherry trees from America at the park when in bloom. This was in late March.2 views
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