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Two the cranes thrown at the base of the transplanted tree.

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Mrs. Tokuko Inouye gives a short speech, translated by Gordon Kadota.

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Linda Ohama and cameraman document the day.

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Tamio Wakayama, the photographer who documented the planting of the original trees in 1977 shoots...

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Chisaki Muraki-Valdovinos, of the Vancouver Planning Department, shovels in some dirt.

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Grace Thomson, Past-President of the NAJC shovels in some dirt.

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Tamio Wakayama, the photographer who documented the planting of the original trees in 1977 shoots...

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Mrs. Tokuko Inouye wields a ceremonial shovel.

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Mrs. Tokuko Inouye wields a ceremonial shovel.

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Derek Iwanaka of the save the legacy sakura coalition throws in a crane.

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Reverend Aoki of the Vancouver Buddhist Church blesses the tree.

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Takeo Yamashiro and Gordon Kadota wait for the ceremony to begin.

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Linda Ohama and cameraman document the day.

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A cold but beautiful day.

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Moving the tree.

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Reverend Aoki of the Vancouver Buddhist Church blesses the tree.

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Teresa Vandertuin

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Oppenheimer Park Drummers

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