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By Aurora de Peralta Washington, D.C. – The Japan-America Society of Washington, DC held its 54th annual Sakura Matsuri Festival on April 12. Held each year as the climax of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Matsuri today is the nation’s largest one-day display of Japanese culture. This year, thousands of attendees from all ages and ethnicities crowded the six-block festival …

Photos by William Kim