Why the US have a lot of cherry blossom?
Japan’s attack on the base marked the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth in September 1905. The US government engineered that treaty, so Mizuno had a strong sense of gratitude toward the United States.
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He[mayor of Tokyo, Ozaki Yukio (1858–1954, Tokyo mayor 1903–12] promptly secured a budget to prepare and ship 2,000 cherry saplings to Washington DC. The shipment left in January 1910, but insect pests and disease afflicted most of the saplings during the long sea voyage.
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Tokyo’s second cherry-tree shipment, this one comprising 3,020 saplings of 12 varieties, left the port of Yokohama in February 1912. The careful preparations and precautions proved effective, and the shipment arrived safe and sound. Neither insects nor disease had damaged a single sapling. (from http://www.nippon.com/en/features/c02002/)
The cherry flowers in the US is the symbol of alliance between Japan and the US. Then, it brings one question what the symbol of that between Korea and the US is? I wonder the answer of the right side in Korea...
Anyway, below are pics from friends
* Pics from Kyoto
Shijo-dori.
Kamo-gawa.
* pic from Branch Brook Park
https://www.google.com/maps/place/%EB%B8%8C%EB%9E%9C%EC%B9%98+%EB%B8%8C%EB%A3%A9+%EA%B3%B5%EC%9B%90/@40.7612459,-74.1822747,15.56z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x89c25491d00b5073:0xcd870898964045ff!2z67iM656c7LmYIOu4jOujqSDqs7Xsm5A!8m2!3d40.7594562!4d-74.181168!3m4!1s0x89c25491d00b5073:0xcd870898964045ff!8m2!3d40.7594562!4d-74.181168
I found the Korean Friendship Bell in California.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Bell_of_Friendship
Also, we are seeing Korean products everyday, which I think shows the good economic relationship between Korea and America.
Thanks, Aki. The bell is very interesting because this was made by the effort of Philip Ahn who is the son of the famous feature, worked for the Korean independence mainly in the US.
DeleteAs concerned about the economic relationship between the US and Korea, no Koreans deny the economic development enormously supported by the US but it has character like two sides of the coin or more than this, it's not easy for me to think this solely in the meaning of friendship.
Due to your comment, I get to think of collecting the symbols and evidences showing the relationship between and among countries. This could be interesting works regardless of good or bad relationship.