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A second association not to be confused with the above was set up by a few Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members of Parliament. It is the Flowering Cherry Association of Japan (Nihon Sakura no Kai) that carries on a similar policy of promoting cherry plantings throughout the world. It has sent more than 1.5 million trees throughout Japan, but also to Monaco, Korea, Peru, and even the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania! Yes, the flowering cherries of Japan have completely recovered from war damage. At a forestry research station at Asagawa in Tama, in the outskirts of Tokyo, a cherry preservation policy was established in 1966. It became a place where horticultural practice and botanical science could meet. Many identification problems were solved here by such researchers as Hayashi and Kobayashi who worked on their cherry publications. The Tama Forest Science Garden is a regional center of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) of the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. It is a large general arboretum including an impressive collection of wild and garden cherries that covers about six hectares. The garden is open to the public and is easily reached on foot from the train station Takao on the line that departs from Tokyo station. A visit in spring is recommended to the reader who has a chance to visit Japan.