Cherry Blossom Festival 2024 Dc. Draws more than a million visitors from all over the world. The national cherry blossom festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from mayor yukio ozaki of tokyo to the city of washington, dc, and celebrates the enduring friendship between the people of the united states and japan.

The national cherry blossom festival in d.c. Nothing signifies the arrival of spring in the nation’s capital quite like the blooming of the cherry blossom trees and the national cherry blossom festival to celebrate the occasion.