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It took two attempts to bring the first gift of cherry trees to the United States from Japan. The first shipment of 2,000 trees in …
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All the Japanese Americans I know have all sorts of ways to show their cultural roots. It may not be evident when you meet them, …
Each time I’ve tried to write about hanami in Seattle, there’s something that makes me hesitate. Maybe I’m thinking about it too much through the …
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The cherry blossom, known as sakura, is the national flower of Japan. Different from the fruit-bearing trees found in other countries, these flowering trees are …
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