Sakura Square, Denver

Sakura Square is a small plaza located on the east side of the intersection of 19th Street and Larimer Street in Denver. The square contains busts of Ralph L. Carr, Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943, Minoru Yasui, a Japanese-American lawyer, and Yoshitaka Tamai (1900-1983), a Buddhist priest who lived in Denver. Sakura Square also has a small Japanese garden and it serves as the entrance to the 20-story Tamai Tower apartment building that occupies most of the block. There are several shops and restaurants on the ground and first floors of the apartment building. Denver's annual Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in late June in and around Sakura Square and the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple.