Spring has sprung at Misawa
Cherry blossoms are blooming throughout Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 01, 2012. In 1912, Japan gave 3,020 cherry blossom trees as a gift to the United States to celebrate the growing friendship between the two nations, which are planted in Sakura Park in Manhattan and line the shore of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaleb Snay/Released)