@forbiddenvancouver: As we approach the end of cherry blossom season, we’re reflecting on what this beautiful sight represents in our city. Beneath the bright, gorgeous flowers lies a darker truth in Vancouver’s complex history. 🌸 What’s your favourite spot in the city to appreciate the cherry blossoms? 🌸 #vancouverhistory #DidYouKnow #explorevancouver #cherryblossoms #worldwar2
Thank you for educating me Peter a Japanese Canadaian decendant born at St. Paul's educated at Queen Elizabeth elementary school and Lord Byng secondary hello fellow graduates
2026-04-23 22:25:28
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El wero Angeles :
Gracias por el dato histórico.
2026-05-26 03:04:59
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Systemchange :
thank you for sharing this
2026-06-08 16:19:04
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skip :
uhhhh. that's not a cherry tree.
2026-04-23 05:30:39
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🅼🅰🆅🅸🅴🅿🅰🆁🅸🆂🅸🅴🅽🅽🅴 :
Cherry Blossoms originated from Himalayas, not Japan.
2026-04-22 14:27:48
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shewolf5503🇨🇦 :
That’s beautiful… and so sad. 😞 it’s kinda bittersweet. I’m so ashamed of the way our ancestors acted
2026-04-17 22:36:27
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Cheeno🇨🇦 :
Just don’t park your car under them year round
2026-04-26 16:00:19
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huckleberry_hounddog :
just like most of the stories about Vancouver there’s a dark side to it because it’s a dark history. It’s a history of colonialism of racism of imperialism of monarchy and identity. A really sick time so whether it’s gassy jack or Joe fortes or how cherry blossoms were donated to Vancouver from imperial japan to imperial canada
2026-04-24 18:28:23
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I Build Disposable Homes🇨🇦 :
I was working on a development on Heather street, just up from the children's hospital, when they started cutting down all the cherry trees on the Block.
didn't match the new developments landscape plan I guess.
they were in full bloom and every beautiful blossom-filled branch was cut off and fed through a wood chipper.
the remaining 10 ft tall 1.5 foot wide cherry wood logs were thrown into the back of the truck as green waste
2026-04-25 14:05:08
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Sara Irwin🇨🇦 :
🥹🥺🥹🫂
2026-04-18 19:33:11
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natureloverr :
😢😢
2026-04-17 23:13:32
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mom :
💔💔💔
2026-06-01 01:22:40
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rbkukard :
Vancouver has a japanese connection for sure! good and bad. thank you for sharing this background
2026-04-22 15:53:55
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