The National Cherry Blossom Festival is set for March twenty-seventh through April fourth.
VOA: special.2010.03.16
Forthe annual cherryblossomfestival, one community presents its float each year, but forthe Great Festival at Kamine Shrine, the four communities compete to see whose puppeteers are the most skilled and which can provide the best hospitality to the local deity.
In the US, the National CherryBlossomFestival kicked off last week in Washington DC with a fundraising walk and vigil forthe victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.