Cherry Blossom Festival may refer to:
- National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
- The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
- Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, a spring celebration
- The annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey
- The annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, CA (Japan town)
- International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, GA
- Hanami, a traditional Japanese custom of celebrating the beauty of flowers, especially cherry blossoms
- An annual festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York
Famous quotes containing the words cherry, blossom and/or festival:
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“how seasonably
leaf and blossom uncurl
and living things arrange their death,
while someone from afar off
blows birthday candles for the world.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)
“Marry, I cannot show it in rhyme, I have tried; I can find no rhyme to lady but babyMan innocent rhyme; for scorn, hornMa hard rhyme; for school, foolMa babbling rhyme; very ominous endings. No, I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo in festival terms.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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