National Cherry Blossom Festival
The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. The three-week festival begins around the middle of March with a Family Day at the National Building Museum and an official opening ceremony in the Warner Theater. An array of activities and cultural events takes place on the following days. The Blossom Kite Festival usually takes place during the festival's first or second weekend. Every day there is a sushi/sake celebration, classes about cherry blossoms, and a bike tour of the Tidal Basin. The following images were captured around the Tidal Basin in 2019 with a Canon AE-1 Program (Osawa MC f/28mm 2.8) and Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400.
