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Belle Isle in Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Japanese Cherry Trees

 
 
Japanese Cherry Trees Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 22, 2021
1. Japanese Cherry Trees Marker
Inscription.
These 100 Japanese cherry trees
planted around the Scott Lagoon
have been donated to the people of Detroit
as a token of our friendship and goodwill jontly by
The Japan Business Society of Detroit, and
The citizens of Toyota, Japan
A sister city of Detroit, Michigan on
April 19, 1994

 
Erected 1994.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational AreasPeace. A significant historical date for this entry is April 19, 1994.
 
Location. 42° 20.059′ N, 82° 59.941′ W. Marker is in Detroit, Michigan, in Wayne County. It is in Belle Isle. It is on Fountain Drive near Casino Way, on the left when traveling north. Located near the James Scott Memorial Fountain. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Detroit MI 48207, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Michigan. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France and also the Northwest
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Grand Army of the Republic (approx. 0.3 miles away); Gen. O. M. Poe Post No. 433 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ransom Eli Olds (approx. 0.4 miles away); International Peace Memorial (approx. half a mile away); The Windsor Ford Strike of 1945 / La Grθve Ford-Windsor de 1945 (approx. 0.6 miles away in Canada); The Dancer (approx. one kilometer away); Detroit Spanish American War Monument (approx. one kilometer away); Perry's Victory (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Detroit.
 
Also see . . .  Belle Isle's Cherry Blossoms. (Submitted on October 15, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)
 
Japanese Cherry Trees Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 22, 2021
2. Japanese Cherry Trees Marker
Detroit's Renaissance Center as backdrop
Japanese Cherry Trees image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 10, 2021
3. Japanese Cherry Trees
A grouping of the trees with the Scott Fountain outflow on the right
Japanese Cherry Trees image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, April 10, 2021
4. Japanese Cherry Trees
Closeup of one of the trees flowering in Spring.
Japanese Cherry Trees Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, July 22, 2021
5. Japanese Cherry Trees Marker
View of the Scott Fountain from this marker. The cherry trees surround the lagoon formed by the outflow of the fountain.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 908 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 15, 2021, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.
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