Note that NPS may update the forecast due to weather. NPS has predicted peak bloom for the cherry blossoms from March 22-25. And one last reminder: please wear a mask and maintain social distancing during your travels.Ĭheck the National Park Service's website for the latest information regarding health and safety protocols. For new visitors to DC: driving is not the preferred method of transportation in and around the city, as parking spaces are hard to come by in the District. Taking a bike ride to the blossoms and coasting alongside the beautiful trees is another route that locals and visitors love. The blooming cherry trees offer a spectacular view of the Washington Monument overlooking the Tidal Basin.ĭestination DC, the city's tourism agency, predicts the US capital will attract 20 million visitors this year.DC’s Metrorail, Metrobus and DC Circulator are the most convenient options for reaching the city’s blossom sites during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The Jefferson Memorial is seen from the banks of the Tidal Basin –– a location most associated with DC's Cherry Blossom Festival that takes place each spring. Hundreds of cherry trees are lined at the edges of the Tidal Basin, embellishing in pink and white the settings around Jefferson Memorial and Martin Luther King Jr Memorial. One of the best sites to witness peak bloom is the Tidal Basin in Washington DC, offering striking scenes to photo enthusiasts and for social media sharing. Visitors are flooding the cherry blossom festival after the US held somber events in the past two years. Washington Monument juts out from behind the pink-and-white riot of colours.īlossom Kite Festival is a decades-old tradition encouraging participants of all ages to fly kites among the cherry blossom trees. "Two varieties, the Yoshino and Kwanzan, are now the most common cherry tree type in DC," according to National Park Service. "The initial gift of 3,020 trees was represented by 12 different varieties," US park authorities say. The 2022 Festival is the 110th anniversary of the gift of trees from the mayor of Tokyo to Washington DC. National Cherry Blossom Festival which runs from March 20 to April 17 is a four-week event to celebrate the spring season. The festival features four weeks of cultural exhibitions, events, performances, and educational programmes across all of DC's eight wards and beyond. With the Covid pandemic on the decline and curbs largely lifted, visitors are flooding the festival after two years of sombre events amid several waves of Covid that killed more than a million people. "The peak bloom date is defined as the day when 70 percent of the Yoshino Cherry blossoms are open." Two varieties, the Yoshino and Kwanzan, are now the most common type in Washington DC," according to the National Park Service. "The initial gift of 3,020 trees was represented by 12 different varieties. The festival also marks 110 years since the mayor of Tokyo gifted some 3,000 cherry trees to the US, adorning the city with pink and white blooms. The beauty of flowering cherry trees is celebrated with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which runs from March 20 to April 17. Most line the banks of the Tidal Basin, creating a striking landscape around the famous Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument and Martin Luther King Jr Memorial.
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The US marks 110 years since Japan gifted the fruit trees, with thousands of people rushing to Washington DC to celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival.ĭubbed one of the world's "greatest celebrations of spring," thousands of visitors have been converging every day in the US capital, Washington DC, to witness cherry blossoms in full bloom.
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