Cherry Fever in Taiwan

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Benjamin Yeh, The Empire Smiles Back: Taiwan's Japanese cherry festival. AFP, Mar 25, 2012.
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Note:
(a) Beitou 北投
(b) Sanchih 三芝 (in former Taipei county, next to former Taipei city on the north)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchih_Township
(c) LEE Shiao-feng 李 筱峰
(d) pith-helmet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pith_helmet
(a lightweight cloth-covered helmet made of cork or pith)
(e) MAA Yaw-huei  馬 耀輝