March 20th - April 13th
| Company: | National Cherry Blossom Festival |
| Telephone: | (877) 44- BLOOM |
| Web site: | http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org |
Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The gift and annual celebration honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan and the continued close relationship between the two countries.The National Cherry Blossom Festival has grown from modest beginnings into the nation's greatest springtime celebration. Today, more than 1.5 million people visit Washington, DC each year to admire the blossoming cherry trees and participate in diverse programming that heralds spring in the nation's capital.
