Sakura Festival
Join us for the annual Sakura Festival on April 16, 2026
1:00 p.m. Ceremony in the Japanese Garden*
2:00 p.m. Activities and Displays in Gaiser Student Center
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Hosted by Clark College with the Vancouver Rotarians, and the City of Vancouver
The event is free and open to the public
For additional information please contact Michelle Golder at 360-992-2543
*If weather prohibits the opening ceremony from taking place outdoors, it will be held in the Gaiser Student Center.
Over 25 years ago, the City of Vancouver received a gift of friendship: 100 Shirofugen cherry trees. They were planted at Clark College, creating an enduring reminder of the bonds between our region and Japan. Over the years, those trees have grown and blossomed—as has that friendship, creating traditions like the establishment in 1995 of a sister-city relationship between Vancouver and Joyo, Japan, and our annual Sakura Festival, begun in 2006.
Learn and see more about the rich history of the Sakura Festival.
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