Monday, April 7
Mallway Park, Arlington Avenue

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Members of the Upper Arlington Community Relations Committee and Asian American Community Services (AACS) hosted the Third Annual Cherry Blossom Celebration in Mallway Park. Upper Arlington’s celebration of the Veterans Plaza grove of cherry trees is part of a broader series of activities scheduled across Central Ohio that celebrate spring, new beginnings and friendships.

Greater Columbus Cherry Blossom Festival
March 24-April 25
The Fourth Annual Greater Columbus Cherry Blossom Festival brings together a series of activities that reflect more than 100 years of friendship between the U.S. and Japan. The festival is centered around approximately 100 cherry trees planted at Franklin Park in Columbus, whose presence are rooted in the traditions and celebrations established in 1912 when the Mayor of Tokyo, Japan donated 3,000 cherry trees to Washington, DC and then President, William Howard Taft who hailed from Ohio.

From March 24-April 25, a series of celebrations have been scheduled throughout the region, including:

• Bexley Cherry Blossom Walk & Ride Kick-off Event on March 29
• JSO Spring Festival on March 30 at the OSU Ohio Union
• IVO Cultural Event on April 4 at Whetstone Library
• Worthington Cherry Blossom & Sister City Celebration on April 5 at the Old Worthington Library
• Community Day at Franklin Park Conservatory on Sunday, April 6
• UA’s CRC Cherry Blossom Celebration on April 7 at Mallway Park
• Ikebana Display on April 12 at the Yokoso Center on Old Henderson Road
• IVO’s 4th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Main Event on April 14 at the Columbus Main Library

Cherry Blossom Festival Passports are available detailing all scheduled activities. Head to as many of the scheduled events and locations as possible to receive passport stamps, take selfies at various locations, then submit your completed passport and photos to be entered into a prize drawing.

Click here for details of the various activities and to download your Cherry Blossom Festival Passport.