The average peak bloom date for this year is April 4th at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. This is something you most definitely do not want to miss. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual two-week event that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.
The National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. is the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that coordinates, produces, and supports creative and diverse activities promoting traditional and contemporary arts and culture, natural beauty and the environment, and community spirit and youth education.
This festival annually commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington. This was a gesture to honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan. It also celebrates the continued close relationship between the two cultures.
This year the festival will be held between March 27 and April 11. It will be the 98th celebration of the original gift. There is a full calendar of events that you will not want to miss.
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