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High Park in Toronto, Ontario features many Somei-Yoshino cherry trees ( the earliest species to bloom and much loved by the Japanese for their fluffy white flowers ) that were given to Toronto by Japan in 1959.

Through the Sakura Project, the Japanese Embassy donated a further 34 cherry trees to High Park in 2001, plus cherry trees to various other locations like Exhibition Place, McMaster University, York University and the University of Toronto's main and Scarborough campuses.