Tidal Basin, about 125 feet south of what is now Independence Avenue, SW. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the first lady presented a bouquet of "American Beauty" roses to Viscountess Chinda.

These two original trees still stand several hundred yards west of the John Paul Jones Memorial, located at the terminus of 17th Street, SW.

The illustrated biography The Art of Peace presents Prince Iyesato Tokugawa and his Japanese allies' pivotal involvement in bringing about the gifting of these cherry blossom trees as a means of promoting international goodwill.

The 1915 photo illustration to the right presents Chinda at the event honoring the visit of Baron Shibusawa which was attended by two former U.S. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

[8][9] In January 1919, Sutemi wrote to Chaim Weizmann that, "the Japanese government gladly takes note of the Zionism aspiration to extend in Palestine a national home for the Jewish people and they look forward with a sympathetic interest to the realization of such desire upon the basis proposed.