Utah State Capitol Japanese Blossoming Cherry Trees WWII

Utah State Capitol Building 2018

On the road of life we have so many opportunities to change our paths to good or evil.
This was a beautiful day up at the capitol we walked around it completely there is an amazing path that circles the capitol.
Pictures by: Cody Steffensen (ME).

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“From the web: https://utahstatecapitol.utah.gov Below

Every year, the seasonal shift from winter to spring is especially noticeable with the blossoming of 433 Yoshino cherry trees that line the .7 mile Memorial Walkway encircling Capitol Hill.

As a symbol of friendship and reconciliation following World War II, the cherry trees were sent by the Japanese to Utah. To honor that friendship, they were placed around the Utah State Capitol. Many other states and the nation’s Capital also boast Japanese blossoming cherry trees in the spring.

In Japan, blossoming cherry trees, with their rapidly appearing flowers that die within weeks, symbolize the impermanence of life, or as Anthropologist Ohnuki-Tierney writes, “the cycle of life, death and rebirth, on the one hand, and of productive and reproductive powers, on the other.” Though, many Americans also see them as the advent to spring! “

Thank you,
Cody Steffensen