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And famously has a lot of cherry trees that were gifts from Japan. And a bunch of shrines. And memorials. And Japanese sister cities, sister counties, and the whole state is a sister of Hyogo prefecture. Look, what I'm staying is Washington State and Japan are hella close so when you hear about "Washington" and "gifts from Japan" you think "State" waaaaaaaaay before D.C.
I think this might be an East v. West debate. On the East Coast I thought the exact opposite. This is the first time I'm hearing about WA & Japan's connection. But hey, I'm glad I learned something today.
That is so cool! I had no idea! Per wiki :