The trees were gifted by the Sakura Cherry Tree Project last November, a project supported by the Embassy of Japan in the UK as part of a project to donated over 7,500 sakura trees nationwide.

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

The trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the UK last November as part of a project to donated over 7,500 sakura trees nationwide. The Sakura Project celebrates Anglo-Japanese relations.