Cherry Blossom Festival 2010
It was the perfect day to go into the city to check out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival of Philadelphia. We were excited to see all the great entertainment they had to offer. We were voting for the Prettiest Pet in Pink Contest, folding origami, listening to the performers, watching taiko drumming and learning about traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony.
So what is the whole purpose of this event? Why does it take place in the first place? According to the website it states that the festival is an "initiative to encourage a better understanding of the cultural, social and educational customs of Japan and the United States." The festival also "benefits the JASGP Community Tree Planting Project, which seeks to beautify the Philadelphia landscape by annually planting and maintaining cherry trees in Philadelphia parks." By 2007, the JASGP finished planting 1,000 cherry trees to supplement the 1,600 flowering trees donated by Japanese government as a gesture of friendship in 1926. To learn more about the Cherry Blossom Festival visit the official website.
1 comments:
hey! i was there~ i'm surprised i didn't run into you guys~
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