Dogwood trees sent to Tokyo from U.S.

Dogwood trees sent to Tokyo from U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Dogwood trees are loaded onto a truck in Washington on Oct. 22, 2012. A ceremony was held the same day at the National Arboretum in the U.S. capital to send 3,000 dogwood trees from the United States to Japan over a three-year period as a symbol of bilateral friendship for the next 100 years, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the donation of 3,000 cherry blossoms from Tokyo to Washington in 1912.

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