Those trees joined nearly 900 cherry blossom trees already on the grounds. The arboreal birthday effort comes through a $135,000 grant by the Philadelphia ... Elementary School in Mill Creek.

Broad Street. The Cherry Blossom Festival started in 1998 and recognizes the 1,600 cherry trees that the Japanese government donated to Philadelphia in 1926. "Sakura," the Japanese word for cherry ...

In celebration of this annual occasion, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP) is pleased to announce that the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival will take place on Saturday ...