Cherry blossom arrangements made to welcome soccer fans

NIIGATA, Japan - Flower arrangements of out-of-season cherry blossoms are on display at a hotel lobby in Niigata on May 29 to welcome foreign soccer fans coming for the World Cup finals. A citizens group created the flower arrangements, using unopened someiyoshino blossoms (Prunus yedoensis) that had been preserved in snow, and displayed them at the hotel where FIFA staff are to stay. (World Cup 2002)

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