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5 Best Things to Know About National Cherry Blossom Festival

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22 Mar 2019
 5 Best Things to Know About National Cherry Blossom Festival

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The National Cherry Blossom, a month long festival of exotic white and pink bloom marks the arrival of Spring in Washington DC. The festival defines nature’s beauty at its best. The entire Washington city welcomes the arrival of spring, by getting around the bedecked region adorned with a vibrant combination of white and pink flowers, which makes the season, the most beautiful part of the year.

The festive season sets the city bustling with crowd in Washington, D.C. so much that you need to make hotel reservations much in advance, if you are really looking forward to visit and make most of the season here. There are many ways to travel in Washington DC. during this amazing festival.

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It’s always good to know what is going on during the Cherry Blossoms festival. Here are some facts that you should know as you get a chance to be a part of this wonderful floral bloom festival.

Best Time to Visit the Cherry Blossoms

So you’re there! You definitely, would want to know about when can you get to capture the best of the mesmerising sights. Though anytime is good for the visit yet the best comes with morning time when the vibrancy of blooms intensifies to bring along some really spectacular sights for nice capture. You can also consider evening time for the visit as that’s when the bloom peaks. According to Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang initial peak bloom prediction for 2019,’peak bloom will fall sometime “between April 1 and 5, centered on the 3rd.”
Exactly Where Do the Flowers Bloom

As you make your way to the place, you may wonder about the exact location where you can enjoy the breath-taking sights. The perfect place for enjoying the nature’s ultimate beauty of cherry blossom trees walking alongside the shoreline of East Potomac Park towards Hains Point, as the floral blooms get pretty dense this side. You can click some really nice pictures standing close to the Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Apart from this, Cherry Blossom trees can be seen around the Washington Monument.
Time When the Bloom Peaks

The season starts right in the month of March and lasts till mid-April. During this period, all the 3000 Cherry Blossom trees get loaded with fresh pink and white flowers. Though the peak bloom period varies every year, yet it is usually close to the first week of April.
A Gift of Friendship

It is interesting to note that this is not a part of natural topiary arrangement, the trees were planted! It all started when on March 27, 1912, the Mayor of Tokyo City of Japan, Yukio Ozaki, gifted these cherry trees to the city of Washington D.C. simply as a token of growing friendship between Japan and the United States, hoping to share a constant amicable relationship for years to come.
The Cherry Blossom Parade

To celebrate the season, a high on energy, colourful National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is carried out. Displaying huge colorful helium balloons, marching bands, celebrity entertainers and performers walk and dance along the entire route enthusiastically, playing lot of jolly good music.

The festival is celebrated with over 200 international cultural performances and special events based on art exhibits, cuisine and sports. There’s something for everyone and that makes this gala season a great time for one and all!

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