Cherry blossom avenue in Berlin, 2020
Germany, Berlin, 19.04.2020. The TV-Asahi cherry blossom avenue in Berlin-Teltow on 19.04.2020. The creation of the cherry blossom avenue was initiated by TV-Asahi, one of the major Japanese television stations. The occasion was the great joy about the reunification of Germany, also in Japan. TV-Asahi collected donations from its viewers for the creation of the avenue on the former border strip (Sakura Campaign). In total, more than one million euros in donations from Japanese people were collected to finance the project. The cherry trees were planted between 1990-2010. Nearly 10,000 Japanese cherry trees now stand on the former Wall strip and other selected sites that were particularly affected by German division. In the Teltow area there are about 1,100 cherry trees. [automated translation]
