Location: National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall, 1145 17th St.
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Cost: Free The Grand Sushi and Sake Tasting Sushi made by chefs from Japan and area Japanese restaurants.Location: Hotel Gallery at Mandarin Oriental, 1330 Maryland Ave.Date: Tuesday, April 4 – Thursday, April 6.Cost: Free Traditional Japanese Kimono Exhibit & Lecture Co-authors Ann Marie Moeller and Paul MacLardy lecture about upcoming book "Reading Kimono.".Date: Tuesday, March 4 – Thursday, March 6 Cost: Free Concerts at Union Station Cultural performances and demonstrations.Location: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and C St.Date: Monday, April 3 – Friday, April 7.Cost: Free Cherry Blossom Postage and Souvenir Card Exhibit Cherry Blossom postage stamps and original materials related to the artists and their designs.Sackler Gallery Screens, woodblock prints, paintings and ceramics on view. Cost: $30, adult $20, child $10 Tuesday – Thursday Japanese Art Exhibitions at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M.NW, between Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues Location: Bike the Sites kiosk at the Old Post Office Pavilion's rear plaza, 12th St.Cost: $49 per person Bike the Blossoms Cherry blossom bike tour that goes beyond the Tidal Basin.Location: Visitor Center at FDR Memorial.Cost: Free Cherry Blossom Photo Safari Photo excursions around the Tidal Basin.Cost: Free Beyond the Tidal Basin: Introducing Other Great Flowering Cherry Trees Self-guided tour of specimens of weeping cherries and acres of flowering cherry research fields.Cost: $50 per person Tidal Basin Stage Cultural Performances Music, dancing, singing and martial arts demonstrations.Cost: $10, adult $5, child Cherry Blossom High Tea on the Potomac Full-service, seated high tea.Location: Washington Marina, 1300 Maine Ave.Cost: $10, adult $5, child Cherry Blossoms From The River Tour View 500 cherry trees from the Potomac.Location: Smithsonian Metro Station – Independence Ave.For updated festival information, go to The Blossom Secrets Stroll Hear stories and secrets about the blossoms during this walk. Japan gave 12 varieties of cherry trees to the United States in 1912 as a symbol of peace between the nations.īlooming Period Forecast: March 24-April 5 Peak Bloom: March 26-28 For more information, go to: Cherry Blossom Festival: March 25 - April 9 MARCH APRIL S M T W T F S 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FOLD OUT FOLD IN FOLD OUT Second Week: April 3-7 Kickoff Events Today* Ongoing Events: Today - April 9 *Event times and locations are subject to change. From today through Tuesday, 70 percent of the Yoshino blossoms are forecast to be open. The festival is starting just in time for the peak bloom dates of the 3,700 trees that ring the Mall and Tidal Basin. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival began yesterday and will continue through April 9.
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