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The Cherry Blossom Trees

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Back row - left to right  Congressman Adam Schiff, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, Bill Fickling III, East West Federation, Council member Steve Haderlein  Front row left to right  Michael Motoyasu, Ryoma; Actress/Watercolor artist Kellye Nakahara Wallett; Assemblyperson Carol Liu; Wendy Fujihara Anderson, RYOMA; Pasadena City Manager Cynthia Kurtz; Tomoko Kamiya, East West Federation    Photo by Joe Quan
Photo by Joe Quan

Cherry Tree Dedication Ceremony: November 2, 2002

Attending the ceremonies were Mayor Bill Bogaard, City Manager Cynthia Kurtz, Congressman Adam Schiff, Assemblyperson Carol Liu and City Council Member Steve Haderlein as well as Bill Fickling III, Tomoko Kamiya and Hideki Yoshida all representing East West Federation of Japan. To see 74 of the cherry trees we donated planted in their new home was wonderful!! Thanks to Bob Estrin for supplying sound system and Bob Maruyama, Pasadena Coffee Company on Walnut for the coffee!


First photos of the blossoming cherry trees in Victory Park taken by Festival Committee member Joan Takayama-Ogawa on Saturday February 15, 2003

Where are the Cherry Trees?

70-75 trees - Victory Park
10 trees - San Rafael Park
75 trees - Sierra Madre Blvd. Median Island

Future Plantings of the Cherry Trees:

20 trees - Highland Avenue
10 trees - San Rafael Park
60 trees - Sierra Madre Blvd. Median Island
20 trees - Victory Park