Japan is giving the U.S. 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that will be ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the crumbling seawall around the capital Tidal Basin.
FILE - The Jefferson Memorial is visible as cherry trees enter peak bloom, March 20, 2024, in Washington. Japan ese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement as he makes an official visit to Washington. FILE - The Jefferson Memorial is visible as visitors to the Tidal Basin walk along an area as cherry trees bloom, March 20, 2024, in Washington. Japan ese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement as he makes an official visit to Washington.
In 1912, first lady Helen Herron Taft and Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River’s Tidal Basin. They wereThe trees blossom in brilliant pinks and reds each spring and draw more than 1 million visitors to Washington.
“I am confident that the cherry blossomlike bond of the Japan-U.S. alliance will continue to grow even thicker and stronger, in the Indo-Pacific and in all corners of the world,” Kishida said., the gnarled and hollow old cherry tree that stands on the Tidal Basin’s south bank. Stumpy frequently becomes submerged in flood waters from the Potomac and has become a social media phenom.
Biden said that he and his wife, Jill Biden, strolled the White House lawn on Tuesday evening with the prime minister and his wife, Yuko Kishida, to visit three cherry trees. One of them was planted by the first ladies last year and the other two are part of the new round of saplings. “Every spring, cherry blossoms bloom across this city, thanks to a gift from Japan of 3,000 cherry trees over a century ago,” Biden said. “People travel from all over our country and the world to see these magnificent blossoms.”
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