![]() ![]() Visit the festival site for the latest updates and a full schedule of events. This year, the celebration-slated for March 20 to April 11-will include a mixture of in-person and online offerings. Tokyo’s mayor, Yukio Ozaki, gifted 3,020 cherry blossoms to the capital as a symbol of friendship between the United States and Japan. The festival commemorates the cherry trees’ 1912 arrival in D.C. The floral explosion and accompanying National Cherry Blossom Festival draw more than a million visitors to the city each year. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, visitors may only be able to see the blooms virtually, but as National Park Service spokesperson Mike Litterst tells Washingtonian’s Andrew Beaujon, officials are evaluating “what, if any, opportunities will be available to view the blossoms in person at the Tidal Basin.” This year, reports the NPS, peak bloom-when more than 70 percent of Yoshino cherry trees, the most common species in the area, open their buds-is projected to take place between April 2 and 5. Because this picturesque period lasts, on average, just four to seven days, the spectacle is a much-anticipated annual event, with local horticulturalists and cherry blossom enthusiasts alike predicting the timing of peak bloom ahead of the National Park Service’s (NPS) official announcement. Every spring, the 3,800 cherry trees along Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin burst into a symphony of pink-and-white blossoms. ![]()
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