Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia

The Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP) is a private nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that promotes arts, business, and cultural exchange between the United States and Japan in the Greater Philadelphia region.

The organization operates Shofuso, produces the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, and offers public educational and business programs.

[2] In 1998, JASGP began a citywide beautification program planting ornamental cherry blossom trees in Fairmount Park and along the banks of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River.

Built in 1953 in Nagoya, Japan, for an exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, Shofuso relocated to Fairmount Park and was constructed on the site of a Japanese garden built during the 1876 Centennial Exposition.

Events included an annual general meeting at Philadelphia City Hall[7] and a series of special programs on site at Shofuso.