The Japanese connection is big in the world wide illuminati...........Disneyland Tokyo Japan is one way i can tell.........................the cherry trees yet another..........bonzai lessons at the nat. arboreteum........in NE yet another..................ninjas and samauris is a common theme in American movies.............................culture, tv shows, etc...............Bruce Willis............in Pulp Fiction.......grabs a katana.........a samauri sword to rescue Marcelus Willis from the red necks.......

Cherry Trees

Tidal Basin

View towards Jefferson Memorial

One of the most magnificent sights of the Tidal Basin area occurs during the early weeks of April, when spring hits the eastern coast of the United States. That's when D.C.'s famous cherry trees - which line the Tidal Basin - are in bloom. This awesome sight, which prompts a huge festival each year, is the result of some three thousand cherry trees that were a gift to the U.S. from Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki in 1912. About one hundred of these original trees still stand.

During the National Cherry Blossom Festival, visitors can enjoy wonderful concerts and other cultural performances, hear lectures about the trees, enjoy art exhibitions, take a bike tour of the Tidal Basin area, and much more... all with a bit of a Japanese twist.