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Article: SLICE OF JAPANESE CULTURE BLOOMING CHERRY TREES, FRIENDSHIP CELEBRATED.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 26, 2006
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Byline: Eric Leach Staff Writer
SIMI VALLEY - Cherry trees started blooming at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum just in time for the debut Friday of the library's Cherry Blossom Festival, a celebration of friendship and Japanese culture.
The trees, donated with the help of a local Japanese-American group, symbolize harmony with nature and people, and should remain blooming at the library for weeks.
The Rev. Alfred Tsuyuki, head minister of Konko Church of Los Angeles, was asked to conduct a traditional Shinto rite at the festival, and said Reagan's friendship represented a turning point in Japanese-American relations.
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