Cherry Blossoms

According to Sign On San Diego "Tokyo's Cherry Blossoms Officially in Bloom". In Japanese tradition it symbolize multiple things however, one definition is the "nature of life". "The annual rite of spring in Japan goes back hundreds of years and involves sitting under "sakura" trees and taking in the fluffy pink flowers, which drop off about a week after they appear.” Sign on San Diego, reports.

And luckily for U.S. the Cherry blossoms are available throughout the states. Almost a hundred years ago, the U.S. was gifted  3,000 Cherry Trees from the Japanese Government showing good will. The trees now line the Tidal Basin located in Washington D.C. The annual festival begins in mid-March to beginning April which is known as the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Although the festival is based out of D.C. there are other U.S. cities throughout the country such as the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Georgia; Cherry Blossom Festival of Southern California Little Tokyo District in Los Angeles, CA; and Cherry Blossom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, NY.

If you are interested in attending any of these events please use these links to gain additional information:

Washington D.C. - http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/
Philadelphia, PA -  http://jasgp.org/cherryblossomfestival/
Macon, GA -   http://www.cherryblossom.com/
Brooklyn  -  http://www.bbg.org/discover/cherries
Los Angeles -  http://cherryblossomfestivalsocal.org/

and to read the entire article from Sign On San Diego  go to this link- http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/27/tokyos-cherry-blossoms-officially-in-bloom/