No Perfect 10

National Cherry Blossom Festival 08 at Washington DC

It was to be the 10th Anniversary of the Cherry Blossom Festival of Southern California, however there will not be a perfect ten, as organizer announced today on its website the 2011 festival scheduled for this weekend in Little Tokyo has been postponed to September.

The reason of cancellation is unknown but festival co-founder Wendy Fujihara Anderson said unforeseen circumstances led to the decision Tuesday to reschedule the event for sometime in September (TBA). Letter was sent to event vendors as well, citing "the financial support we were promised and counting on did not materialize due to circumstance beyond our control, including the disaster in Japan."

While postponing the highly anticipated festival, organizer also announced on its website that there will be a Cherry Blossom Fundraiser and Japan Rebuild with 10,000 cranes in May.

I've covered the festival a few times, back in the early days when it was being held in Pasadena. In 2007, the festival moved to Little Tokyo. It was reported last year's event was attended by over 60,000 visitors.